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He attended the Guildford School of Acting in Surrey, and after graduating in 1993 he worked as a singer in Germany for six months in the stage musical Chicago.
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He has appeared in numerous stage musicals, and played the role of Lenny Wallace in British Broadcasting Corporation"s EastEnders. In 2007 he became the weatherman for British Broadcasting Corporation"s East Midlands Today but was sacked in 2011 for breaching on-air guidelines. Coleman worked as a welder after leaving school aged 16, before deciding to pursue a career in performing.
He then landed a starring role in the musical Mission Saigon.
In 1996 he was cast as wideboy Lenny Wallace in the British Broadcasting Corporation soap opera EastEnders. His first television job, Coleman remained with the soap until 1999.
His television work post EastEnders has included: Is Harry on the Boat? (2001). Casualty (2003); The Bill (2004), and Doctors (2004.
2006). He also appeared in the 2001 film Submerged with Sam Neill.
On stage he has appeared in London’s West End"s Rent, Simply Heavenly, and understudied the lead in Trevor Nunn’s musical opera Porgy and Bess. Currently, Des works on The One Show as a reporter. Coleman has worked for British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Derby, where he was asked to do the weather report at the Broadcast Centre in Nottingham.
This led to a career change.
He trained as a weather presenter and in 2007 he began presenting for British Broadcasting Corporation"s East Midlands Today television The British Broadcasting Corporation terminated his contract in 2011 after Coleman used a live weather report to protest his innocence over firearm charges.
He deliberately put the wrong temperature on the weather map and told viewers they should not believe everything said by the media.
