Keith Duffy

Keith Duffy
Keith Duffy at the British Soap Awards in 2011
Born	Keith Peter Thomas Francis John Duffy (1974-10-01) 1 October 1974 (age 42) Donaghmede, Dublin, Ireland
Nationality	Ireland
Occupation	Musician, singer-songwriter, actor, dancer, drummer, television presenter
Spouse(s)	Lisa Smith
Children	Jay Duffy Mia Duffy
Musical career
Genres	Pop, rock
Years active	1993–present
Associated acts	Boyzone

Keith Peter Thomas Francis John Duffy (born 1 October 1974) is an Irish singer-songwriter, actor, radio and television presenter and drummer who began his professional music career as part of Irish boy band Boyzone alongside Ronan Keating, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and Stephen Gately in 1993. The band decided to focus on solo projects in 2000 since which Duffy has achieved critical acclaim for his acting roles, particularly in soap operas such as Coronation Street and Fair City. He has also presented The Box and You're a Star.

Duffy has been an autism "awareness" campaigner since his daughter was diagnosed with the condition at age 18 months, and acts as the patron for Irish Autism Action holding regular fundraising events and informational talks. In 2012, he admitted his disappointment that One Direction were already "much, much bigger" than Boyzone.

Duffy was the winner on the British reality series The Door in 2010 and came third in the second series of Splash! in 2014.

Duffy was born on 1 October 1974 in Donaghmede, Dublin to parents Sean and Pat. He has an older brother, Derek, and a younger brother, John. He was raised Roman Catholic. As a young child he contracted pneumonia. Between the ages of 7 and 18 he played hurling and Gaelic football, representing the Dublin under 16 hurling team for three years. At the age of 16 he bought a drum kit and played in bands called Toledo Moon and This Burning Effigy. Duffy studied architecture for a year at college, before dropping out.