Bill bailey who is

He often shares drawings of insects and birds he has found, and shares them with his followers on social media. When he was growing up, Bill had his sights set on being a rock star. But if that didn't work out for him, his back-up careers were being an astronaut or an inventor.

He claims his worst ever job was working in Telesales where he quit after a week because he didn't want to wear a tie. In the comedian published his first book, which celebrated his love of nature. Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to British Birds was a best seller, and his latest book, Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to Happiness, which he wrote during lockdown, has just been released.

Twitter: BillBailey. We work hard to ensure that all information is correct. Facts that change over time, such as age, will be correct, to the best of our knowledge, at the time of the last article update. What to Watch. A photo posted by on. Categories Biographies. I started learning the piano at the age of four. When you start off, the music you are drawn to naturally is the stuff you can play. Then, as your ability increases, it starts to widen your interests.

I played the first movement at school with a small chamber orchestra, and wrote my own cadenza. That was actually one of the reasons for doing it — to show what a pianist can do when he is given free rein by the composer. That idea of taking a style of music or a theme and putting your own spin on it applies to a lot of what I do today. Bill has surprised viewers on last year's Strictly. Bill and Kristen share one son, Dax, Revealing the inspiration behind his name to the Guardian, Bill said: "The name came from a friend of ours who married an Indonesian man.

Bill and Kristen share son Dax - here pictured in Bill is a classically trained musician and performed with boy band The Famous Five. It wasn't until the 80s that his comedy career started and he began to perform stand-up on the circuit.

Bill blends his musical ability into his comedy and performs musical parodies and variations on classic jokes.

He has also turned his hand to acting. In he became a team captain on the musical quiz show Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Like this story?