---
name: "Gok Wan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gok-wan"
fi1m_id: "gok-wan"
imdb_id: "nm2317065"
tmdb_id: 1220225
wikidata_id: "Q5578020"
roles: []
born: "9 September 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T18:58:07.168331+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Gok Wan

## Identity

Gok Wan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gok-wan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gok-wan
- **IMDb ID:** nm2317065
- **TMDB ID:** 1220225
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5578020
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gok_Wan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5578020, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2317065/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220225

Actor. Born 9 September 1974 in Leicester, England, UK.

## Details

- **Born:** 9 September 1974, Leicester, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gok_Wan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5578020, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2317065/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220225

## Biography

Gok Wan is a British television presenter, fashion stylist and author. Born in Leicester in 1974, he trained in performing arts at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama before moving into hair and make-up and then fashion styling for magazines and celebrities.

He became widely known as the presenter of Channel 4's *How to Look Good Naked* (2006–2010) and subsequent series including *Gok's Fashion Fix* and *Say Yes to the Dress Lancashire*. Wan has also appeared as a guest on panel shows such as *Would I Lie to You?* and as Self in the fashion episode of *Rob & Romesh Vs* (2019). He has written several books on fashion and cooking, and was appointed MBE in 2019 for services to fashion and social awareness. Early in his career he performed in pantomime.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, sky.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Rob & Romesh Vs* (2019), Fi1m 77, as Self — [page](https://film.one/tv/rob-and-romesh-vs.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Comedy Roast* (2010), series, Actor
- *Gok's Fashion Fix* (2008), series, Creator
- *Celebrity Mastermind* (2003), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Gok Wan](https://film.one/media/person/6798482/gallery-f6835786ac5d.jpg) Gok Wan — Garry Knight from London, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Gok_Wan_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Gok Wan Live @ Easons O'Connell Street Dublin in Ireland - booksigning (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/6798482/gallery-d5e1346bbe5e.jpg) Gok Wan Live @ Easons O'Connell Street Dublin in Ireland - booksigning (2008) — U-g-g-B-o-y-(-Photograp h-World-Sense-), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/GokWan2008.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Gok Wan at the Pride festival, London 2012.](https://film.one/media/person/6798482/gallery-afc76a122fb8.jpg) Gok Wan at the Pride festival, London 2012. — Garry Knight from London, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Gok_Wan_at_Pride_London_2012.jpg/1280px-Gok_Wan_at_Pride_London_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/gok-wan