Elroy Powell

Not to be confused with Elsroy Powell.

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.

Elroy Powell
Powell in 2022
Background information
Born	(1973-08-28) August 28, 1973 (age 52)
Occupation(s)	singer, songwriter, producer

Early life

Powell grew up in Tottenham, the son of immigrants from Jamaica.^[1]

Career

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]