Declan Donnelly
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Declan Donnelly OBE |
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Donnelly in 2014
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Declan Joseph Oliver Donnelly 25 September 1975 Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
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| Residence | London, England | ||
| Education | St Michael's Roman Catholic Primary School St Cuthbert's High School |
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| Occupation | Television presenter, actor, singer, rapper, comedian | ||
| Years active | 1987–present | ||
| Net worth | £62m (approx.) | ||
| Spouse(s) | Ali Astall (m. 2015) | ||
| Parent(s) | Anne Donnelly Alphonsus Donnelly (deceased) |
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| Website | Official Website | ||
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Declan Joseph Oliver 'Dec' Donnelly, OBE (born 25 September 1975) is an English television presenter, producer and actor, best known as one half of the English acting and TV presenting duo Ant & Dec, with the other being Anthony McPartlin.
Donnelly came to prominence in the children's drama series Byker Grove and as one half of the pop music duo PJ & Duncan. Since then, Donnelly and McPartlin have had a very successful career as television presenters, currently presenting I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! since 2002, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway since 2002, Britain's Got Talent since 2007 and Text Santa since 2011.
Before then, the duo presented other ITV entertainment series such as PokerFace, Push the Button, Pop Idol and Red or Black?.
Donnelly is the youngest of seven children born to Irish parents Alphonsus (died 2011) and Anne Donnelly. He has three brothers, Martin, Eamonn and Dermott; and three sisters, Patricia, Moyra and Camalia. His parents hailed from Desertmartin, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, but migrated to Newcastle, where they bought a house in 1950s. The family lived in the council estate of Cruddas Park for many years and all seven children were raised there. Donnelly's future double act partner Anthony McPartlin was raised in a nearby estate but the duo only met in 1989, on the set of Byker Grove.
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