Roman Kemp is one of the UK’s most promising television and radio broadcasters, first breaking onto the scene on Capital FM radio. As a presenter, Roman’s interviewed some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry, including Ariana Grande, Calvin Harris, Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles, Jennifer Lawrence, Justin Bieber, Little Mix, Meghan Trainor and Selena Gomez.
Roman has long been an advocate for mental health and the awareness of male depression, anxiety and suicide. He spoke openly about his own journey in 2021 when BBC1 broadcast his highly-praised documentary Roman Kemp: Our Silent Emergency (2021). More recently (2023) Roman fronted the follow-up documentary, Roman Kemp: The Fight for Young Lives, which continues to promote conversation around mental health, encouraging young people to talk about their wellbeing, and to make sure they are properly supported when they speak out.
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Roman’s hard-hitting documentary, Roman Kemp: Our Silent Emergency, which explored the growing concerns of mental health and suicide among young men was highly praised. The documentary was a personal journey for Roman after his friend took his own life last year. He now uses this experience to inspire others, especially young men, to openly talk about their own mental health and explores ways that people can seek help.
Thanks to this prominent position, Roman has teamed up with a number of companies and educational establishments to promote the awareness of male suicide and men’s mental health. Roman teamed up with Legal and General Group Protection’s ‘Be Well, Get Better, Be Supported’ campaign in 2021 as their mental health ambassador. Between them, they made a series of films about Roman’s own personal experience of mental health and wellbeing.
He also teamed up with Edge Hill University, Lancashire, taking part in a panel discussion analyzing mental health. Also on the panel were Professor Andy Smith, a forerunner of ground-breaking research into sport, education and mental health, Olivia Izzo, a student mentor on the ‘Tackling the Blues’ programme who is encouraging young people to open up about their mental health, and Mike Salla, Director of Health and Sport at Everton in the Community, the official charity of Everton Football Club. Roman is a patron of Joe’s Buddy Line, a charity that provide mental health workshops in schools, and has taken part in Soccer Aid (2006-) in 2019, 2020 and 2021, raising money for UNICEF.
Roman has hosted a number of events, award ceremonies and fundraising gigs including the 2021 TRIC Awards, the Global Awards, and ITV’s Concert for Ukraine alongside Marvin Humes and Emma Bunton. For a unique double act, why not book Roman alongside his father Martin Kemp; perfect for corporate awards events.
Roman Kemp always had a keen eye on the entertainment world. When he was 15, he signed a record deal with Universal Music as a DJ and was able to work with some great artists and play in incredible venues.
Roman soon expanded into television with a variety of presenting and narrating jobs. Roman was announced as part of The X Factor UK (2004-2018) team in 2016 and went on to present the live Xtra Factor (2004-2016) as well as present on their social media channels. He has also hosted Nick Kicks (2016), 2Awesome (2017) and The Hot Desk (2007-2017).
He has participated in a number of reality and panel shows including Stand Up To Cancer: First Dates (2013-), Len Goodman’s Partners in Rhyme (2017), Loose Women (1999-) – participating in the first all-male panel in the programme’s history, Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel (2021-), Would I Lie To You (2007-) and Celebrity Juice (2008-). In 2019, he took part in I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here (2002-), where he made it to the final and finished in third place.
Since 2019, Roman has appeared in the Channel 4 reality series Celebrity Gogglebox (2019-) alongside his father, Martin Kemp of Spandau Ballet fame. In 2020, Roman co-hosted a Sunday morning programme with his father for ITV called Martin & Roman’s Sunday Best! (2020-), followed by its spin-off, Martin & Roman’s Weekend Best! (2020-).
Roman has gone on to present the TV BAFTA red carpet, Capital FM’s Jingle Bell Ball (2008-) and Summertime Ball (2009-), the London New Year celebration show in 2017 and 2019, backstage at The Brit Awards in 2018, the National Lottery Award red carpet, the GQ Awards red carpet, backstage at Children in Need Rocks the 80s (2017), the Global Awards in 2018, 2019 and 2020 alongside Rochelle Humes and Myleene Klass, and hosted a number of film premieres, including IT Chapter Two (2019).
Roman’s other work includes narrating the ITV2 reality show Bromans (2017), voicing the UK and Global series of Takeshi’s Castle (1986-1990; 2018), and appearing on the ‘showbiz’ segment of This Morning (1988-).
Roman has collaborated with a number of other top brands including Absolut, Cadbury, Coca Cola and EE. Not content with TV presenting, radio broadcasting, and event hosting, Roman has written two very successful books for children alongside his Capital co-host Vick Hope, Listen Up (2019) and Shout Out (2021). Prior to his presenting career, Roman was a successful model, working for the likes of Dropdead and Topman. In 2020, he teamed up with Topman to launch his own collection of bandanas in collaboration with mental health charity Mind.
Working for ITV, the BBC, Channel 4 and Capital FM, he has vast experience and is the ideal choice to book for music festivals, award ceremonies and corporate events.
It was a pleasure to be joined by Roman Kemp to give a fascinating internal talk as we round off our Mental Health Awareness Month. Roman spoke to a member of our Thrive network committee for a frank and open conversation about mental health and suicide. We heard from Roman about why he has become an advocate for mental health and Roman discussed topics such as masking his own personal experiences of suicidal thoughts. Thank you to Roman for such an engaging session.
Michael Craig | Associate
Great British Speakers Client
It was a pleasure to be joined by Roman Kemp to give a fascinating internal talk as we round off our Mental Health Awareness Month. Roman spoke to a member of our Thrive network committee for a frank and open conversation about mental health and suicide. We heard from Roman about why he has become an advocate for mental health and Roman discussed topics such as masking his own personal experiences of suicidal thoughts. Thank you to Roman for such an engaging session.
Gabriella Wickes
Great British Speakers’ Client
