Declan Joseph Oliver "Dec" Donnelly (born September 25, 1975) 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. September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Anthony McPartlin (born 18 November 1975) and Declan Donnelly (born 25 September 1975), from Newcastle upon Tyne, England are popular presenters of light entertainment television programmes in the United Kingdom, as the duo Ant & Dec. ... Anthony McPartlin (born 18 September 1975) and Declan Donnelly (born 25 September 1975), more commonly known as Ant and Dec, are popular presenters of light entertainment television programmes in the United Kingdom. ... Byker Grove is a British childrens television series shown originally on BBC One and now on the CBBC Channel, and was created by Adele Rose. ... This is a comprehensive listing of official releases by British pop duo PJ & Duncan, now known under their real names of Ant & Dec. ...

He has regularly appeared on British television from Top of the Pops to the 2002 Tribute to The Likely Lads. Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a long-running British music chart television programme, made and broadcast by the BBC. It was originally shown each week, mostly on BBC One, from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. ... The Likely Lads was a hit British sitcom created and written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. ...

In 2003, he broke up with long term fiancée and childhood sweetheart Clare Buckfield, who was in 2point4 children. Clare Buckfield (born 10 April 1976), is an English actress, best known for playing the role of Jenny Porter in the BBC sitcom 2point4 children for much of the nineties. ... 2point4 children was a British sitcom that ran on BBC1 from 1991 to 1999. ...

Dec is the smaller of the two (5'6"), and usually stands on the right of the screen.

Dec conciders himself as being "the cute one on the right"

In 2006, both Ant and Dec took out insurance on each other so they could carry on working without one another. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

External links

• Declan Donnelly at the Internet Movie Database