Declan Donnelly

Birthday: Sep 25, 1975
Birthplace: Newcastle

Bio: Declan Joseph Oliver "Dec" Donnelly is one half of the acting and television presenting duo "Ant & Dec" alongside Ant McPartlin. He came to prominence in the children's drama series Byker Grove and as one half of the pop duo PJ & Duncan.He has regularly appeared on British television from Top of the Pops to the 2002 Tribute to The Likely Lads.In 2003, he broke up… More Bio: Declan Joseph Oliver "Dec" Donnelly is one half of the acting and television presenting duo "Ant & Dec" alongside Ant McPartlin. He came to prominence in the children's drama series Byker Grove and as one half of the pop duo PJ & Duncan.He has regularly appeared on British television from Top of the Pops to the 2002 Tribute to The Likely Lads.In 2003, he broke up with long term fiancée and childhood sweetheart Clare Buckfield, who was in 2point4 children.Dec is the smaller of the two (5'6"), and usually stands on the right of the screen.In 2006, both Ant and Dec took out insurance on each other so they could carry on working without one another.