Jason Orange
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jason Thomas Orange |
| Born |
10 July 1970 Crumpsall, Manchester, England, UK |
| Genres | Pop, pop rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, dancer, musician, songwriter, actor |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1988–2014 |
| Associated acts | Take That, Gary Barlow |
Jason Thomas Orange (born 10 July 1970) is a retired English singer, songwriter, dancer, musician and actor. He was a member of Take That during their original run in the early 1990s and again following their reunion in 2005. He left the group in 2014.
Life and career
Orange was born in Crumpsall, Manchester, Lancashire. He attended South Trafford College for two years beginning in 2001 and studied A-level English, and an access course including psychology, biology, and history though he did not progress onto higher education.[1]
He starred in the show The Hit Man and Her as a dancer along with Spike Dawbarn and Jimmy Constable, both from the boy band 911.
In the 1980s, Orange was a talented young street dancer and a member of the legendary Manchester breaking crew Street Machine.
Orange joined the boy band Take That in November 1990 and stayed with the band until their split in February 1996. He then pursued a career in acting and appeared in the television thriller Killer Net in 1998, and the London stage production of Gob in 1999.[2] He was the lead actor together with Tom Hayes in the play, which was written by Jim Kenworth, and directed by James Martin Charlton.
In 2005, Take That reformed as a four-piece band and released a new greatest hits album, followed in 2006 by their first studio album since 1995, Beautiful World. Orange contributed both songwriting and lead vocals on the album. In 2008, they released another studio album, The Circus.[3] In 2010, the album Progress was released by the band as a five-piece. On 24 September 2014, it was announced that Orange had left the band stating that he did not wish to continue with the music.[4]
Orange appeared in a cameo role in the Channel 4 comedy Shameless, which aired in April 2013.[5]
In 2011 Orange dated comedienne and actress Catherine Tate. They met in early 2011 when Tate portrayed Orange in a parody music video for Comic Relief.
References
- ↑ Katie Shimmon (31 January 2006). "Orange's college days". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- ↑ "HOME - jameskenworth".
- ↑ Chris Johnston. "Jason Orange leaves Take That". the Guardian.
- ↑ O'Mance, Brad (24 September 2014). "Jason Orange has left Take That". Popjustice. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ↑ "Jason Orange in Shameless guest appearance". Telegraph.co.uk. 11 January 2013.
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