Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan ( born June 1, 1968 in Malvern, Melbourne) is an Australian singer and actor.
Biography
As Kylie Minogue and Natalie Imbruglia he played in the late 1980s in the Australian soap opera Neighbours ( Neighbours ) and thereby gained the attention of the successful producers Stock Aitken Waterman trio which he was engaged, and made a successful pop star. Together with Minogue he took on the worldwide hit " Especially for You". The Stock Aitken Waterman subsequent - productions were all quite successful, especially in England and Australia top positions: between mid-1988 and the summer of 1991 he released 14 hit singles. In Germany, especially " Especially For You " ( a duet with Kylie Minogue ), "Sealed with a Kiss " and " Too Many Broken Hearts " from 1989 successfully.
End of the 80s he was the most successful singers in Europe, landed several number-one hits in the UK charts, and five number-one hits in a row in Ireland.
After Donovan had left Stock Aitken Waterman, he played the lead role in the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and reached with the song " Any Dream Will Do " from the last time the top spot in the UK charts. 1998 Jason played the role of Frank'n'Furter in the Rocky Horror Show, first in Perth and then in London. Musically, it was silent from 1993 to him. Especially drug problems and a lawsuit against the magazine The Face for his alleged homosexuality made headlines.
A roll of film in the British thriller Sorted followed. At the same time, the relationship with Angela Malloch became public, with which he was already romantically involved during the time of the Rocky Horror Show. They expected their common baby. Her daughter Jemma was born in 2000 and a year later their son Zac.
Other film roles followed, including Ned and Loot. Back in Melbourne he played further in the Australian ABC series Doctor "MDA" ( Medical Defences Australia) ". 2004 and 2005, Jason returned back after years at the London Palladium. He played the lead role of Caractacus Potts in the family musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. 2006 Jason toured with the musical Sweeney Todd across the UK before he in the drama festivals ( " The Celebration" ) was the English playwright David Eldridge on stage in summer in Melbourne. At the end of the year he was one of the candidates of the British jungle camp TV show I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here, in which he finished third.
In May 2007, Donovan was successful with his "All The Hits And More Tour" in the UK on the road. The following month, he released his new single " Share my World ". In the summer, he stood for the series Echo Beach in Cornwall front of the camera, which was shown in the spring of 2008 on British television on ITV. On 1 October 2007 he published his autobiography, in which he reported openly about his childhood love for Kylie Minogue as well as about his process in 1992 against the " Face - Magazine " and his drug abuse in the 90s.
In the role of Daniel Marrack Donovan was shown on ITV in the spring of 2008 in the British soap opera Echo Beach. Since 6 April 2008, he hosts a weekly radio show Sunday nights, which is broadcast on many local frequencies in the UK. Since March 2009, he plays the role of Tick in the musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert at the Palace Theatre in London. The musical is based on the Australian film Priscilla - Queen of the Desert from the year 1994.
Private Donovan made in 2008 with the marriage of his longtime partner Angela Malloch, mother of his two children, headlines. They went out while vacationing - shortly before his 40th birthday - in Bali tie the knot.
2011 Toured Donovan then along with Jeff Wayne and other actors for the live show " Jeff Wayne 's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds - Alive on Stage" by England, where he took over the role of the artillerymen. 2012/2013 he participated again at the musical performance in England and Europe, but this time played the role of Parson Nathaniel.