Declan Donnelly

Declan Donnelly OBE
Donnelly in 2014
Born	Declan Joseph Oliver Donnelly (1975-09-25) 25 September 1975 (age 49) Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Education	St Michael's Roman Catholic Primary School St Cuthbert's High School
Occupations	Television presenter television producer former singer comedian actor rapper
Years active	1987–present
Spouse	Ali Astall ​ (m. 2015)​
Children	2
Declan Donnelly's voice from the BBC programme Desert Island Discs, 29 December 2013.[1]
Website	officialantanddec.com

Declan Joseph Oliver Donnelly OBE (born 25 September 1975) is a British television presenter, television producer, former singer, rapper, comedian and actor. He is best known for working alongside Ant McPartlin as part of the presenting duo Ant & Dec.

Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Donnelly came to prominence, alongside McPartlin, in the children's drama series Byker Grove, with both men establishing successful careers as television presenters, in which they are most known for presenting SMTV Live (between 1998 and 2001), I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! alongside Ant McPartlin (2002–2017, 2019–) and Holly Willoughby (2018) and Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (2002–2024), and Britain's Got Talent (since 2007).

Other notable highlights of Donnelly's career alongside McPartlin include presenting PokerFace, Push the Button, Pop Idol, and Red or Black?, being hosts of charity appeal Text Santa (between 2011 and 2014), and also performing as pop music duo PJ & Duncan.