Declan William Bennett was born on 20 March 1981 and is an English singer-songwriter, actor and playwright.
21 Facts About Declan Bennett
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Declan Bennett gained prominence as a member of the band Point Break, before going on to be a solo musician.
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Declan Bennett is known on screen for his roles as Charlie Cotton in the soap opera EastEnders and Jonathan Roberts in the ITV series The Long Call.
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Declan Bennett was born in Coventry and has an older brother Kieran.
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Declan Bennett attended Christ the King Primary School in Coundon and then Cardinal Newman Catholic School and Community College.
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Declan Bennett performed with the National Youth Music Theatre, in The Kissing-Dance 1999.
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In May 1999, Declan Bennett was one of nine teenagers chosen to sing live on the ITV morning TV show This Morning in a feature that put together a boy band.
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In January 2005, Declan Bennett released his first solo album under the pseudonym "Sumladfromcov" entitled The Painters Ball on his own record label, Covboy Records.
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Now performing as a singer-songwriter under his own name, Declan Bennett released a five-track iTunes-only EP in March 2007 entitled 10 Nelson Road.
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On 31 January 2010, Declan Bennett performed on the Grammy Awards with Green Day as a cast member of the rock opera American Idiot, which ran on Broadway from 20 April 2010 to 24 April 2011.
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Declan Bennett was a member of the ensemble, understudying and performing the role of Will.
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Declan Bennett released the album record:BREAKUP on 25 April 2011 in New York.
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In January 2002, Declan Bennett was given the part of Guru Dazzle in Boy George's West End show Taboo, which received four Olivier Award nominations and he later took over one of the lead roles, Billy, playing alongside Matt Lucas, Boy George, and Julian Clary among others until the show closed in London in April 2003.
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Declan Bennett played the role of Billy in the UK tour of the show from December 2003 to 2004.
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In September 2006, Declan Bennett took over the role of Roger Davis in the American national tour of Broadway rock opera Rent.
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Declan Bennett completed a nine-month tour of the United States from September 2006 to May 2007.
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Declan Bennett reprised the role on Broadway from October 2007 until May 2008.
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In 2013, Declan Bennett premiered the romantic lead Guy in the West End production of Once opposite Zrinka Cvitesic as Girl at the Phoenix Theatre in London.
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In June 2021 it was announced Declan Bennett would be starring as Billy Bigelow in the Regents Park Open Air Theatre summer production of Carousel.
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Declan Bennett starred opposite Ben Aldridge in the 2021 adaptation of The Long Call on ITV and BritBox.
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Declan Bennett lived in New York City and London for a number of years before moving to rural Oxfordshire, where he currently lives with his husband, fellow actor and singer Fra Fee.