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Joseph Adam Swash (born ) is a British actor and television presenter from London, best known for his role of Mickey Miller in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders and various presenting roles with ITV2. He won the eighth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2008 and the twelfth series of Dancing on Ice in 2020.
However, he has expressed an interest in returning. He later reprised his role of Mickey Miller for two episodes on 19 and 20 September 2011, in order to coincide with his on screen brother's departure from the soap. He reprised the role for two episodes on 9 and 10 December 2024.
From 2009 onwards, Swash has been part of the presenting team on the spin-off series I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here, NOW!. He co-presented the show with Caroline Flack (2009–2010), Russell Kane (2009–2011), Laura Whitmore (2011–2015), Rob Beckett (2012–2014) and David Morgan (2015).
In 2016, the show was renamed . Swash has co-presented this show with Vicky Pattison (2016), Stacey Solomon (2016), Chris Ramsey (2016), Joel Dommett (2017–2018) and Scarlett Moffatt (2017–2018). On 20 July 2019, it was confirmed that Swash had left the show and would not return for the series that year.
In 2010, he was a team captain on What Do Kids Know? with Rufus Hound and Sara Cox on Watch.
In 2011, Swash presented the children's show Gimme A Break on the CBBC. In 2011, Swash and Caroline Flack worked on ITV2 game show Minute to Win It as team captains. In November 2011 Driving Academy aired on the CBBC, with Swash as presenter/narrator. In 2014, a brand new series was aired with celebrities taking part called Celebrity Driving Academy.
In 2013 and 2014, Swash was a regular team captain on ITV2 panel show Fake Reaction. In 2016, he joined the line-up on The Jump as a contestant.
In 2021, Swash appeared on the cooking show MasterChef, when he made the final 3.
In 2023, he appeared in I'm a Celebrity... South Africa.
In 2009 and 2010, he appeared in the pantomime Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in Bristol.
On 16 June 2007, Swash's fiancée, Emma Sophocleous, gave birth to their first child, a boy. On 19 January 2008, it was announced the couple had separated. On 3 November 2009, Swash was declared bankruptcy by London's High Court after failing to pay a £20,000 tax bill. Swash's agent Becca Barr said it was a mix-up and the actor was not in financial difficulty.
Swash was in a relationship with his EastEnders co-star Kara Tointon from 2008-2010.
Swash started dating Stacey Solomon in January 2016, after meeting on I'm a Celebrity several years previously. In 2019, the two announced that they were expecting their first child together, joining their family of Swash's son and Solomon's two sons. In May 2019, Solomon gave birth to their first child together, a boy.
Swash and Solomon got engaged on 24 December 2020, after being together for five years. In July 2021 the pair announced they were expecting a baby girl. On 5 October 2021 Stacey announced on Instagram that the baby had been born. On 24 July 2022 they were married in a small ceremony held at their home, Pickle Cottage, in Essex.
On 28 December 2022, Solomon announced she was eight months pregnant with her fifth child and third with Swash. The couple announced the birth of their second daughter on 11 February 2023.
| 1996 | The Adventures of Pinocchio | Fighting Boy | |
| 2002 | Shooters | Boy #1 | Credited as Joseph Swash |
| 2018 | The Best of EastEnders | Mickey Miller | Uncredited Direct-to-video |
| You Rang M'Lord | Child | BBC Season 3 episode 2 | |
| Soldier Soldier | Sam Garvey | ITV Season 4 episode 8 Baby Love and episode 10 Going Back | |
| 1996, 2001 | London's Burning | To be added | |
| 2000 | Time Gentlemen Please | Young hoodlum in bar | Credited as Joseph Swash |
| 2003–2008, 2011, 2024 | EastEnders | Mickey Miller | Regular role; 368 episodes |
| 2006, 2008 | The Weakest Link | Himself | |
| 2008 | I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! | Winner | |
| Family Fortunes | |||
| 2008–2011 | Gimmie a Break | Co-presenter | |
| 2009 | Hole in the Wall | Team captain | |
| The Sunday Night Project | |||
| Total Wipeout | |||
| 2009–2012, 2014 | Celebrity Juice | Panelist | |
| 2009–2018 | Co-presenter | ||
| 2010 | What Do Kids Know? | Team captain | |
| Contestant | |||
| 2011 | Minute to Win It | Team captain | |
| Let's Dance for Comic Relief | Participant | ||
| 2011–2014 | Driving Academy | Presenter / narrator | |
| 2012 | The Magicians | ||
| Mad Mad World | |||
| 2013 | Contestant | ||
| 2013–2014 | Fake Reaction | ||
| 2014 | Through the Keyhole | ||
| Dinner Date | |||
| Keep It in the Family | |||
| 2014, 2020 | |||
| 2015, 2016 | The Dog Ate My Homework | Panelist | |
| 2015 | Reality Bites | Guest panelist | |
| Big Star's Little Star | |||
| Celebrity Benchmark | Benchmarker | ||
| Contestant | |||
| 2016 | The Jump | ||
| 2016, 2022 | Pointless | ||
| 2017 | The Crystal Maze | ||
| 2020 | Dancing on Ice | Winner | |
| Would I Lie to You? | |||
| 2020–2021 | Thomas & Friends | Sonny (voice) | |
| 2023 | I'm a Celebrity... South Africa | Himself | |
| Joe Swash: Teens In Care | |||
| Presenter; 2 episodes | |||
| The Festive Pottery Throw Down | Contestant | ||
| 2025 | Batch from Scratch: Cooking for Less | Co-presenter | With Suzanne Mulholland |
| Meal Deals: Behind the Bargain | Presenter | Two-part documentary | |
| TBA | Joe Swash: Britain’s Young Dads (w/t) | Upcoming documentary |
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