- He invested £500,000 of his own money into Malcolm Needs' Shoreditch (2003), which grossed only £2,270 from a budget of £6 million. The film was shown in cinemas for a week, after which it closed due to poor box office returns and critical reaction. Shoreditch (2003) is one of the most unprofitable British films of all time.
- He once pulled a man from a blazing vehicle at a petrol station.
- According to his autobiography, "Rags to Richie", he lost his virginity at age 13 to his younger brother's babysitter.
- He became a father for the fourth time at age 44 when his second wife Christie Goddard gave birth to their daughter Lolita Bell Roche on 28 July 2008.
- He became a father for the fifth time at age 47 when his second wife Christie Goddard gave birth to their daughter Romani-Skye Angel Shelley Roche on 27 April 2011.
- He is an old friend of Tony Hadley.
- He was the singer of the official 2003 [error] single "I'm Your Man", which peaked at #2 in the UK charts. [November 2002].
- He was named after his mother's favourite film, Shane (1953).
- He took his stage name from singer Lionel Richie.
- He began his career as a bluecoat entertainer in Pontins holiday camps as a teenager. He progressed to stand up comedy - receiving a nomination for best new stand-up at the inaugural British Comedy Awards.
- He married Coleen Nolan in a gazebo by a lake in Orlando, Florida with only their son, Shane Richie Jr., Coleen's sister, Maureen Nolan, and Shane's best friend Chris Gosling present.
- He is the godfather to Beau Jessup (b. 1999), daughter of his "Boogie Nights" co-star Lisa Maxwell.
- He met second wife Christie Goddard through friends after a performance of his pantomime "Jack and the Beanstalk" in December 2001.
- He proposed to Christie Goddard at her 26th birthday party in April 2005.
- He was ranked #18 in the 100 Greatest EastEnders (1985) Characters of All Time for his performance as Alfie Moon (2010).
- His EastEnders (1985) character Alfie Moon's wedding to Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace), dated on 25 December 2003, is ranked #4 in "The 50 Greatest EastEnders (1985) Weddings of All Time" (2010).
- He is one of seven EastEnders (1985) actors to have won a Best Actor Award at the British Soap Awards; the others are Ross Kemp, Joe Absolom, Martin Kemp, Robert Kazinsky, Scott Maslen and Adam Woodyatt.
- He became a father for the first time at age 24 when his girlfriend [now ex-wife] Coleen Nolan gave birth to their son Shane Christopher Roche, aka Shane Richie Jr., on 2 December 1988.
- He became a father for the second time at age 28 when his first wife [now ex-wife] Coleen Nolan gave birth to their son Jake Peter Roche, aka Jake Roche, on 16 September 1992.
- He became a father for the third time at age 42 when his fiancee [now second wife] Christie Goddard gave birth to their son Mackenzie Blue Roche on 23 April 2006.
- He was ranked #11 in The 100 Greatest EastEnders (1985) Characters of All Time for his performance as Alfie Moon (2015).
- He turned down a recording contract with Simon Cowell due to his EastEnders (1985) contract.
- As of 2017 he is the 10th-longest serving actor in the history of EastEnders (1985) (tied with John Altman, Tony Caunter, Ricky Groves, Nitin Ganatra and Himesh Patel, and behind only Adam Woodyatt, Steve McFadden, Perry Fenwick, Sid Owen, Rudolph Walker, a tied Mike Reid and Todd Carty, John Bardon, a tied Bill Treacher, James Alexandrou, Derek Martin, Jake Wood and Jamie Borthwick, and a tied Ross Kemp, Dean Gaffney and Shaun Williamson), having played the character Alfie Moon intermittently for 9 years (initially from 2002 until 2005 and then from 2010 until 2016).
- He became a grandfather for the first time at age 51 when his son Shane Richie Jr. and girlfriend Emma welcomed a daughter, Amelia Rose Roche, on 13 January 2016.
- He worked alongside his former EastEnders (1985) screen wife Jessie Wallace on three separate projects after they quit the soap opera in January 2016; the UK tour of "A Perfect Murder", the EastEnders (1985) TV spin-off Redwater (2017), and the pantomime "Robin Hood". They played husband and wife in all three of these projects.
- He loves country music and released a country album in 2017.
- Participated in the 20th series of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! (2002) in 2020, finishing 4th out of 12 celebrities.
- He was originally due to take over as presenter of The Big Breakfast (1992) when Chris Evans left in 1994, but other commitments got in the way.
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