Residence London Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Music group Ant & Dec Net worth £62m (approx.) Spouse Lisa Armstrong (m. 2006) | Years active 1987–present Role Television presenter Nationality British Name Anthony McPartlin | |
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Full Name Anthony David McPartlin Born 18 November 1975 (age 49) ( 1975-11-18 ) Newcastle upon Tyne, England Occupation Television presenter, actor, singer, rapper, comedian Movies Alien Autopsy, Love Actually Parents Christine Woodhall, Raymond McPartlin TV shows Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Tak, Britain's Got Talent, I'm a CelebrityGet Me Out of, Best Time Ever with Neil Patri, Pop Idol Similar People Declan Donnelly, Lisa Armstrong, Stephen Mulhern, Ali Astall, Ashley Roberts | ||
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Anthony David "Ant" McPartlin, OBE (born 18 November 1975) is an English television presenter, producer and actor, best known as one half of the British acting and TV presenting duo Ant & Dec, with the other being Declan Donnelly.
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- Anthony mcpartlin declan donnelly bafta tv awards winners
- Career
- Personal life
- Charity
- Earnings
- Honours and awards
- National Television Awards
- Apps
- References
McPartlin came to prominence in the children's drama series Byker Grove and as one half of the pop music duo PJ & Duncan. Since then, McPartlin and Donnelly 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?.
Career
Ant's first appearance on television was on the children's workshop programme Why Don't You? but he rose to prominence playing PJ in the Children's BBC series Byker Grove. It was here that he first met Declan Donnelly, who was cast in the part of Duncan, and real life mirrored the programme as the two became best friends both on set and off. In the guise of "PJ & Duncan AKA", they had a number of hit records, starting with "Tonight I'm Free", a song that they had performed on the show. The two left the series in 1993.
Since that time the pair have appeared together in such programmes as SMTV Live, Friends Like These, Pop Idol, Britain's Got Talent, I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, PokerFace and Push the Button. They have also returned to acting, starring in a 2002 Tribute to The Likely Lads and the 2006 film Alien Autopsy.
In 2007 it was discovered that two shows, Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon and Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, which he co-presented with Donnelly, had defrauded viewers participating in phone-ins. The latter was produced by the pair's own production company.
In April 2009, Ant & Dec achieved wide international exposure when, as backstage commentators for Britain's Got Talent, they interviewed contestant Susan Boyle, whose audition would become the most viewed YouTube video of the year and whose record album topped sales charts in dozens of countries.
Personal life
On 22 July 2006 he married longtime girlfriend and make-up artist Lisa Armstrong at Cliveden, a country house hotel in Buckinghamshire. They met when they were both performing at a pop concert at Newcastle City Hall in 1994. McPartlin was there as part of PJ & Duncan AKA, whilst Armstrong was in the pop band Deuce.
McPartlin was formerly a Labour Party supporter. However at the 2010 election he voted for the Conservatives. In February 2013, he told The Guardian newspaper that he would struggle to justify voting for the Conservatives or Labour "at the moment".
In June 2017 McPartlin checked himself into rehab for drink and drug addictions. It was revealed that he had been battling a prescription drug addiction for around a year after a botched knee operation left him in pain.
Charity
McPartlin and Donnelly 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.
They opened the W4 Youth Centre in 2013.
Earnings
In 2007, McPartlin with his on-screen presenting partner Donnelly, signed a £30 million two-and-a-half year contract with ITV.
Honours and awards
McPartlin was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting and entertainment.
Ant and Dec have won or been nominated for the following awards:
In September 2006, they were voted by the general public as number 7 in a poll of TV's 50 Greatest Stars.
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National Television Awards
Ant & Dec have won the National Television Award for Most Popular Entertainment Presenter(s) 16 years running 2001 to 2017.