Duncan Matthew James Inglis was born on 7 April 1978 and is an English singer, actor and television presenter.
27 Facts About Duncan James
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Duncan James became widely known in 2001 as a member of the boy band Blue and later for playing Ryan Knight in the British soap opera Hollyoaks.
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Duncan James was raised a "strict Catholic" and educated at Dumpton School, Milldown School, Corfe Hills School, and Sidmouth College.
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Duncan James is a great-grandson of English football player Herbert Chapman.
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Duncan James returned to the music scene in May 2006 with his solo single "Sooner or Later", releasing the video in early May and planning to release the single commercially on 5 June 2006.
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Duncan James' album fell short, selling less than 1,000 copies in the UK in its first week.
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The release was cancelled and Duncan James was dropped from his recording contract.
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Duncan James has since announced he has quit his solo career.
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Duncan James completed ten more weeks in Chicago from 10 December 2007 until 9 February 2008.
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Duncan James appeared in an episode of The Bill entitled "The Morning After", which aired on 1 January 2009.
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In May 2009, Duncan James announced the UK's voting in the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Duncan James presented Hannah-Oke on Disney Channel UK, a singing and dancing contest based on the popular Disney TV series Hannah Montana.
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In 2006, Duncan James appeared with the other members of the boyband Blue on 26 June episode of Ministry of Mayhem, where Duncan James and the other band members were all hypnotised by UK stage hypnotist David Days.
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Duncan James has worked occasionally as a television presenter, having presented the 95.8 Capital FM's Party in the Park for the Prince's Trust, and ITV2's coverage of the TV series Soapstar Superstar, along with Jayne Middlemiss.
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Duncan James's other presenting work includes Pop City Live, Variety Club Showbusiness Awards 2004, T4 Movie Special: Spider-Man 2, Record of the Year: Downloaded and GMTV's Entertainment Today.
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Duncan James took part on ITV1's Dancing on Ice in 2007, when he made it to the grand final alongside rugby player Kyran Bracken and actress Clare Buckfield.
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Duncan James came third in the contest, although was unable to perform his Bolero performance.
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In 2007, Duncan James played himself in the pilot episode of Plus One, which was part of Channel 4's Comedy Showcase.
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Duncan James made an appearance on a new show for Sky One, Guinness World Records Smashed, performing with Festival4Stars contestants.
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Duncan James was cast as one of the leads in the musical Legally Blonde as it transferred from Broadway to London's West End in December 2009.
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Duncan James played opposite Sheridan Smith as Elle, and Aoife Mulholland as Brooke.
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In December 2009, Duncan James appeared as Warner Huntington III in the West End production of Legally Blonde.
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Duncan James appeared as a celebrity guest on 14 August 2009 on Daily Cooks Challenge.
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On Sunday 29 May 2022 Duncan James performed at Durham Pride 2022 as the headline act.
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From 2002 to 2005, Duncan James dated the fashion model Claire Grainger, with whom he has a daughter, Tianie Finn, born in February 2005.
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On 12 July 2009, Duncan James came out as bisexual in an interview from News of the World.
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In 2019, Duncan James featured in two episodes of First Dates Hotel, in which he had his first public date while openly gay with Joao, a 38-year-old Portuguese man.