Charlie Hides is YouTubes Man of a Thousand Faces

  Comedian Charlie Hides has made a name for himself as the latest YouTube sensation with his uncanny portrayal of a wide range of celebrities. Justin Bieber and Elton John to Madonna, Cher and Lady Gaga among the numerous A-Listers he has portrayed.

Born in Boston Massachusetts, the 7th of ten children he developed a skill for mimicry on the school playground, imitating teachers, class mates and the comedians he’d seen on television.


In 1999 Charlie moved to London and has been performing stand up and in cabaret and fringe theatre productions. In March of 2011 a friend suggested he upload some of his comedy videos to YouTube, millions of views later he’s acquired a loyal following who eagerly anticipate his weekly comedy sketches. (including Kylie Minogue who called him a Genius on Twitter, Boy George, and even Cher)

As well as entertaining YouTube audiences with his comic characters and celebrity impressions he has also become very popular as an in demand entertainer at celebrity parties.

Elton John, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Liz Hurley, Sarah Furgeson, Billy Connolly, Jennifer Aniston, Emma Thompson, Ewan McGregor, Jasper Conran, Kerry Catona, Coleen Rooney, Ricki Lake etc. are among the huge list of Celebrities who have been entertained at private parties by Charlie’s original and renowned characters.

 Charlie is particularly skilled at rapidly recreating news worthy celebrity moments such as his take on the now infamous Madonna Hydrangea incident. (His version went viral shortly after the world’s media reported on the event at the Cannes Film Festival.)  He recently filmed and uploaded, within hours of the Awards ceremony, a recreation of Elton John and Madonna’s feud at the Golden Globes complete with a costume identical to Madonna’s Reem Acra gown.  Many have commented on Charlie’s keen attention to detail and his ability to morph into the various celebrities he portrays. – I don’t know how he writes all the witty lines – and I am amazed at how much time go into some of the videos with multiple characters!


  Despite the fact the he has often targets Madonna and Lady Gaga, he has impressed and gained a loyal following from their legions of devoted fan clubs, blogs and web masters of their official fan sites because his gently mocking portrayals are affectionate and not malicious.


He is really talented and amazingly funny! 
You need to follow his YouTube page, Charlie Hides TV
 there is a new clip every week that goes up!

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