Chucky Venice was born on 24th June 1973, and raised in West London, to Nigerian parents, He grew up in a large household; the eldest of five siblings. His friends and Family always felt he was destined to be in the spotlight, and growing up he won a number of modelling competitions but decided on a career in acting quite accidentally; filming with friends in the park with a new toy, a video camera. After years of networking, religiously reading The Stage newspaper he's virtually done it all, from extra work, modelling, music videos, community theatre and low budget, independent movies. His big break came when he auditioned for the role of Curtis Alexander on Sky Ones football soap Dream Team. What originally started out as a two episode contract developed into a three year role. He then swapped soaps and appeared in ITV's Footballers' Wives as bling footie star, Tre.