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Declan Donnelly is a Actor British born on 25 september 1975 at Newcastle upon Tyne (United-kingdom)

Declan Donnelly

Declan Donnelly
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Birth name Declan Joseph Oliver Donnelly
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 25 september 1975 (48 years) at Newcastle upon Tyne (United-kingdom)

Declan Joseph Oliver 'Dec' Donnelly (born 25 September 1975)' is an English television presenter 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?.

Biography

Donnelly was the best man at Anthony McPartlin's wedding to Lisa Armstrong on 22 July 2006. On 13 November 2014, it was announced that Donnelly had become engaged to their longtime manager Ali Astall, whom he had been dating since 2013.

After getting engaged to Ali Astall in November 2014, Donnelly and Alstall were married on 1 August 2015 at St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Elswick, Tyne and Wear. The ceremony was conducted by his brother Fr Dermott Donnelly, a Catholic priest. Ant was his best man.

Donnelly has stated that he is a practising Roman Catholic but does not publicly discuss religion or his family in depth.

Donnelly is a supporter of the Labour Party.


Charity
Donnelly and McPartlin are patrons of the charity Sunshine Fund. When their single 'Let's Get Ready to Rhumble' reached No.1, Ant & Dec donated the single's success to the charity ChildLine. They also support the Text Santa appeal.

Donnelly also supports the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle's Youth Ministry Team, directed by one of his older brothers Fr Dermott Donnelly, Dean of St Mary's Cathedral in Newcastle.

They opened the W4 Youth Centre in 2013.

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Filmography of Declan Donnelly (2 films)

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Alien Autopsy, 1h35
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Documentary, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films
Actors Anthony McPartlin, Declan Donnelly, Bill Pullman, Harry Dean Stanton, Götz Otto, Morwenna Banks
Roles Ray Santilli
Rating58% 2.948112.948112.948112.948112.94811
In 1995, Ray Santilli, along with his friend Gary Shoefield, go to America to find Elvis memorabilia to sell on the market stall Ray runs in London. Harvey, a former US Army cameraman, sells them a silent black and white film of Elvis performing live, but later returns with an intriguing offer. Harvey takes Ray to Miami, Florida to see a film from 1947 showing the autopsy of an alien supposedly killed in a UFO crash in Roswell, New Mexico. Harvey wants $30,000 for the film. Gary and Ray return to England to look for an investor to give them the money.
Love Actually, 2h15
Directed by Richard Curtis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Christmas films, La provence, Films about marriage
Actors Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Rory MacGregor, Laura Linney
Roles Dec
Rating75% 3.796983.796983.796983.796983.79698
The film begins with a voiceover from David (Hugh Grant) commenting that whenever he gets gloomy with the state of the world he thinks about the arrivals terminal at Heathrow Airport, and the pure uncomplicated love felt as friends and families welcome their arriving loved ones. David's voiceover also relates that all the messages left by the people who died on the 9/11 planes were messages of love and not hate. The film then tells the 'love stories' of many people: