Elroy Powell
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| Born | August 28, 1973 |
| Occupations | singer, songwriter, producer |
Elroy Powell, better known by his stage name Spoonface (born 28 August 1973), is a British singer, songwriter, producer and actor. He is known as a member of the music group Black Legend.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Powell grew up in Tottenham, the son of immigrants from Jamaica.[1]
Career
[edit | edit source]Spoonface achieved international recording success with the Black Legend cover of Barry White's song, "You See the Trouble with Me". The single reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart.[2] He has collaborated with a number of artists including Deekline, High Contrast, Omar Lye-Fook, Janet Kay, Kelis, Craig David, Daniel Merriweather and the Sugababes.[citation needed]
He has also made screen appearances as Biggy Spect in the BBC series Trexx and Flipside[3] and as a presenter on Trouble TV’s interactive game show, Freakin Famous. Spoonface also appears on the BBC TV soap opera EastEnders and in Star Wars Episode VII as Rosser Weno.[4] More recent appearances include the film Fighting with My Family,[5] Pirates,[6] Jingle Jangle and the Harry Enfield 100 years of BBC special.
Spoonface is also a video game voice actor. He has appeared in Dying Light 2 Stay Human for which he won the One Voice Conference award for Best Male Voice in Gaming.[citation needed] Spoonface has also appeared in Dota 2 voice the character Magnus, and as the character Knowledge in Minecraft Legends.[7]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Elroy Powell discography at Discogs
- Elroy Powell at IMDb
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- British male singer-songwriters
- Musicians from Sunderland
- 21st-century Black British male singers
- 21st-century British male singers
- English people of West Indian descent
- Black British male actors
- British male film actors
- British male television actors
- 21st-century British male actors
- British singer stubs