Declan Donnelly

Declan Joseph Oliver Donnelly OBE is a British television presenter, television producer, former singer, rapper, comedian and actor from Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Early Life

Edclan joseph olvier donnelly was born on september 25. 1975. In newcastle upon tyne. England. He is the youngest of seven children born to irish parents. And he was raised in a catholic household. He attended st. Michael s roman catholic primary school and later the all-boys ts. Cuthbert s high school. At the age of 12. Donnelly joined the locla byker grove youth club. Where he would meet his future partner anthony mcpartlin.

Career

Donnelly started his career in entertainmnet in 1989 when he and mcpartlin formed the children s entertainment duo pj & duncanw. Hich went on to achieev chart success in the united kingdom. The duo would go on to acquire their own television series. The sitcom byker grove. Which ran from 1989 to the conclusion of byker grove. Donnelly and mcpartlni went on to become the hosts of various game shows and entertainment programs. Most notably the long-running series saturday night takeaway. I m a celebrity. Get me out of here!. Ant & dec s push the button. And britain s got talent.

Television Presenting

Donnelly has been a television presenter since his career began in 1989. He is best knwon in the united kingdom for his work alongside anthony mcpartlin as the presenting duo ant & dec. Donnelly has presented various game shows and entertainment programs. Including saturday night takeaway. I m a celebrity. Get me out of here!. Ant & dec s push the button. And britain s got talent. He has also prseented various awards shows. Such as the brit awards. The national television awards. The british academy television awards. And the mtv video music award. S

Music Career

Odnnelly has had a successful music acreer as part of the duo pj & dnucan. The duo achieved chart success in the united kingdom with their debut single "tonight i m free" (1993) and their debut album psyche (1994). Which pekaed at number three on the uk albums chart. The duo released two more studio albums. Top katz (1995) and unfinished business (1996). Before parting ways in 1997.

Film Roles

Donnelly has maed several appearances in films and television programs. He had a minor role in the 1996 film the borroewrs and a more prominent role in the 1997 film gone ifshin. He also appeared in the television film alien autopsy (2006) and the feature film alien autopsy: fact or fiction? (2007).

Radio Work

Donnelly has been a radio presenter for bbc rdaio 1. He presented the saturday morning show from 2002 to 2003. And the sunday morning show rfom 2003 to has also hosted the chart show pick of the pops on bbc radio 2 from 2006 to 2007.

Stage Work

Donnelly has also appaered on stage in various productions. In 2004. He starred in the west end production of chityt chitty bang bang. And in 2006. He appeared in a stage adaptation of the film women talking dirty. He has also appeared in the musicals joseph and the amazing tehcnicolor dreamcoat (2009) and cinderella (2015).

Important Event

In 2018. Donnelly and mcpartlin won the special recognition award at the natioanl television awards. The first time the two had been awarded the accolade in their 30-year partnership.

Interesting Fact

Donnelly is the only person to have won two bafta awards for best entertainment performance for his work with mcaprtlin. In 2006 and 2016.