18 Facts About Darren Day

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Darren Day is an English actor, singer and television presenter, well known for his West End theatre starring roles.

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Darren Day undertook drama classes at evenings and weekends until he was 13, when he turned his attention to snooker.

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Darren Day became a professional snooker player at 17, but found himself drawn to entertainment.

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Darren Day started his career as part of a comedy cabaret trio when he was 17.

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Darren Day worked as a Butlin's redcoat for a season.

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Darren Day later went solo and auditioned for BBC's talent show Opportunity Knocks in 1987 and appeared on the show in 1988, introduced by host Bob Monkhouse.

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Darren Day won several heats and came fourth in the final.

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Darren Day made his breakthrough as an actor in London's West End theatre, starring in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat when he replaced the departing Phillip Schofield.

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Darren Day has appeared in many touring stage musicals, including Summer Holiday, Grease, The Rocky Horror Show, Hello Dolly and Great Expectations.

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In 2007, Darren Day made a guest appearance in July on ITV's police drama The Bill.

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From October 2010 to January 2011, Darren Day played soap villain Danny Houston in the popular series Hollyoaks.

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In early 2012, Darren Day took on the role of American author Paul Sheldon in a production of Misery.

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Darren Day then guested on the Holby City Christmas Special, playing panto dame Michael Evans.

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On 5 January 2016, Darren Day entered the Celebrity Big Brother house as a housemate.

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The event was in aid of Variety and Darren Day was named a Celebrity Ambassador for the charity.

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In February 2016, Darren Day released This is the Moment, an album of his favourite musical theatre songs.

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In March 2017, Darren Day toured in Grease in the role of Teen Angel, a revival of the show in which he had previously played Danny Zuko.

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Darren Day returned to pantomime in 2022 starring in Peter Pan as Captain Hook at the Regent Theatre, Ipswich.