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Simon Pryce

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For his character in The Wiggles, see Simon Wiggle.

Simon Pryce
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Birth name

Simon James Pryce

Born

March 7, 1972 (age 52) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Height

6' 2" (1.88 m)

Role

Simon Wiggle, Gremlin #1, Ringo the Ringmaster, Gino the Genie, Professor Singalottasonga, Mumbles

Spouse

Lauren Hannaford

Years active

1997-present

Children

Asher Pryce

Simon James Pryce (born March 7, 1972) is the current Red Wiggle. Before he was the Red Wiggle, however, he played Gremlin #1, Ringo the Ringmaster, Gino the Genie and eventually replaced Murray Cook as the Red Wiggle in 2012. He is the third tallest Wiggle out of all of The Wiggles, slightly shorter than Murray himself, who is slightly shorter than Greg Page. He is also the tallest of the current line-up slightly taller than Lachlan Gillespie who is slightly taller than Anthony Field. When he was a little boy, his grandparents who were opera singers taught him how to sing. He has a sister named Megan and Stella and Trevor are his parents. He began being a singer in musicals such as Cats as Old Deuteronomy and Phantom of the Opera as the title role. He also became an actor such as Home and Away and Soldier Soldier.

Starting in about 2001 or 2002, he helped out with the low bits in some songs. He did the voice for Santa Claus in the non-Wiggles cartoon video Dorothy the Dinosaur Meets Santa Claus. He is married to Lauren Hannaford. According to his Facebook page, he loves playing cowbells more than guitars. Simon played Maxwell Robert for John Field's musical Who's Love Me.

On February 23, 2016, he announced that he is engaged to Lauren Hannaford after four years of dating and they wed in January 2017.

On August 10, 2020, he was on The Masked Singer Australia's 2nd season as Puppet after being eliminated on the sixth episode.

On September 5th, 2020, Simon announced that him and Lauren will be expecting their first child in 2021.

Wiggles Media Credits[]

Albums[]

For a full list of songs written and arranged by Pryce, see Simon Pryce Songs

Character Roles[]

Trivia[]

  • He was born 2 months after Greg.
  • He and Murray have the same middle name (James).
  • Simon was a member of The Manzillas.
  • Simon has been writing songs of The Wiggles since 2010 when he first wrote Cook, Captain, Cook! for their Let's Eat! album.
  • Simon played Ringo the Ringmaster in live shows from 2009 until 2012 when he became a Wiggle.
  • Simon was originally supposed to replace Sam as the Yellow Wiggle in 2012.
  • He is the oldest Wiggle to become a Wiggle as he became a Wiggle when he was 40 years old. However, he was a part of the organization since 2002.
  • He appeared on the second season of The Masked Singer Australia as "The Puppet". He placed fourth in the competition. He is also the first Wiggle to compete on the show, being followed by Emma Watkins, who placed eighth in the fourth season of the show, disguised as "The Zombie".
  • In 2018, he appeared on Australian Ninja Warrior, but unfortunately was unable to finish the course, only lasting 47 seconds.
  • On January 7, 2021, his son Asher was born.
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