All sorts of actors have stories about how they could've or should've been pro athletes, but very few ever actually play at that level. The bruiting Brit Bradley Walsh is one of those talented few who actually did. See, Bradley played for a few Premier League teams, including Brentford, over the course of his soccer career. He grew up in Leavesden, and eventually tried stand up comedy there when leg injuries killed his soccer dreams. An instant success, in addition to the comedy specials he's filmed, Bradley's TV career began after hosting the National Lottery and other games shows including Midas Touch and the British version of Wheel of Fortune. While those had old people in love, madly with Bradley, Mr. Walsh left the hosting world to try and make it as an actor, which seemed risky but very much worked out for him in the end. His first serious acting role came in the TV series Lock, Stock... butBradley first found actual acting success when he played Danny's brother Woody Dexter on the wild British soap opera sometimes compared to Twin Peaks, Night & Day, before he moved on to star as Danny Baldwin on Coronation Street. The dude we'd follow anywhere if it meant we got the pipe was The Pied Piper on The Sarah Jane Adventures in 2008, and played the British version of Lennie Briscoe, Ronnie Brooks on Law & Order: UK from 2009 to 2014. But Bradley really had us loving him in 2015 when he played the retired journalist Brutus in SunTrap. Suns out, buns out, Bradley was thirst trapping viewers in that investigative journalist scooping the news on a Spanish party island comedy. At one point, Bradley takes his bathrobe off to show he's wearing just a tight blue thong. Pasty but still tasty, Brutus has those beefcakes! More recently, Bradley was Pop Larkin on the family sitcom The Larkins, and had a long run as the cancer surviving ex-bus driver Graham O'Brien on Doctor Who. But even with all this acting, Bradley might be best known as the longtime host of the quiz shows The Chase and Celebrity Chase. After seeing that ass, we'd chase after Bradley Walsh to the rear ends of the earth!
