Pete Bennett

Pete Bennett was born on 22 March, 1982, in Dulwich and grew up on a rough council estate in Peckham.Pete was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome at the age of 14. He was bullied at school from an early age as he was deemed an outcast by fellow children at this time.In 2001 he moved from London to Brighton to study Music where he quickly earned his reputation as a local legend for his eccentricity and extrovert personality. Despite Tourette's Syndrome Pete fronted a band, Daddy Fantastic and the LoveDogs.After spending 13 weeks as a BB7 contestant, Pete emerged as the winner on 18 August 2006 with over 61% of the vote, and has given all his winnings £100,000 to his mother to pay off her mortgage. He chose Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association to receive £400,000 from proceedings of the BB7 phone-in votes. Not long after leaving the Big Brother house he's parted his way with the band for reasons not reported.He released his autobiography (in November, 2006, through HarperCollins UK). He also worked on a solo music project with British music producer Guy Chambers.in 2012 he got his first break when he auditioned for comedy horror Zombie Women of satan 2 directed by Warren Speed, nabbing a main part as Berty Dumble a zombie wielding Playboy , and Twitch the jester in Coulrophobia. Word got about of his eccentric performance and got a part in John williams short film The White Room as a Psychotic killer clown Which led on to John casting him for The Mothertown as a Unhinged news reporter in a Zombie outbreak which pete got rave reviews for his acting in multiple online horror Magazines, the Slayers as a Vampire and Crispy's Curse as a Fame hungry documentarist. Pete has also starred in a fantasy romance filmed in brighton where he shows off his singing and dancing skills, various comedy shorts including XD junction as an Alien fox overlord and War in the seventh circle as a cannibal which pete wrote the soundtrack.Pete is also a music programmer under the name The Daddy on soundcloud and is now working on his album , he also dreams of getting to hollywood with his acting and one day meeting his hero Jim Carrey Show less «