Howard Donald

Howard Donald

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1968-04-28 (56 years old)

Biography

Howard Paul Donald (born 28 April 1968) is an English singer, songwriter, drummer, pianist, dancer, DJ and record producer. He is a member of the pop group Take That. He was also judge on the German reality talent show Got to Dance from 2013 to 2014, during a Take That-hiatus.


Donald was educated at Littlemoss High School in Droylsden, gaining no GCSEs, and trained for three years as a vehicle painter, on the Youth Training Scheme (YTS).


A budding DJ, his musical interests were largely informed by his brother Colin's vinyl collection, and included electronic acts such as Kraftwerk, John Foxx, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) and Gary Numan. As a teenager Donald became interested in dancing and frequented the burgeoning breakdancing circuit in the Greater Manchester area, where he would first come into contact with future bandmate Jason Orange. He auditioned for Nigel Martin-Smith's new boy band project at his office in Manchester and was selected. The group was eventually named Take That.


Nigel Martin-Smith recruited Donald, along with Gary Barlow, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams to form a British boyband, Take That. The band enjoyed five years of success until Williams left in 1995, leaving them to carry on as a quartet. Along with Orange, Donald featured less on lead vocals than Barlow, Owen and Williams during the band's first era, however did sing lead vocal on the single "Never Forget", which reached No. 1 in the UK in 1995.


In early 1996, Donald's bandmates Barlow, Owen and Orange came to the difficult decision that Take That was to split. They told Donald, who was not happy, but went along with their decision. Following the split, Donald attempted a solo career, recording an unreleased single, "Speak Without Words", and returned to DJing. In the 2005 documentary Take That: For the Record, Donald confessed to being unstable enough to have the intention of committing suicide by drowning himself in the River Thames, not long after the split.


In 2005, Take That reformed and announced a reunion tour, The Ultimate Tour in the summer of 2006, following the release of their Greatest Hits album, Never Forget: The Ultimate Collection. The tour was followed in late 2006 by their first studio album since 1995, Beautiful World, and from it they achieved two number ones in "Patience" and "Shine". Beautiful World featured Donald on lead vocals on two tracks; "Beautiful World" and "Mancunian Way". The song "Mancunian Way" is a tribute to the band's hometown of Manchester.


On the 2008 Take That album The Circus, Donald sang lead on two tracks, "What Is Love" and "Here". He also shared lead vocals with the rest of the band on the album's opening track, "The Garden".


On the 2010 Take That album Progress, Donald sang lead vocals on the track "Affirmation". He also played drums on several songs on the Progress album and mixed a B-side track for the second single "Kidz" called "Revenge of the Kidz".


On the 2017 Take That album Wonderland, Donald sang lead vocals on "Every Revolution".


In 2021, Donald appeared on The Masked Dancer, masked as Zip. He reached the final and was unmasked in third place.


Donald was one of the judges on a dancing show Got to Dance in Germany from 2013 to 2014. ...


Source: Article "Howard Donald" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

all 51

self 50

Movies 40

TV Shows 11

Self (archive footage)
Derry Girls

Derry Girls (2018)

TV
8
Self - Guest
Skavlan

Skavlan (2009)

TV
Self / Self - Musical Guest / Self - Take That
The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show (2007)

TV
7.5

Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1968-04-28 (56 years old)

Birth Name
Howard Paul Donald

Birth Place
Droylsden, Lancashire, England, UK

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Also Known As
How, DJ HD, Take That

Awards
Bavarian TV Awards

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