Declan Bennett Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter

Declan Bennett Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter

Declan Bennett (born 20 March 1981) is an English singer-songwriter
and actor. During his musical career from 2001 to 2006 he appeared
under the name Sumladfromcov, now performing under his own name. As a
teenager he was a member of pop/rock band Point Break, and he has
performed lead roles in shows in London's West End, including the lead
role, Guy, in the UK premier of Tony-winning Broadway musical Once at
the Phoenix Theatre in London. Bennett also appeared on EastEnders as
Charlie Cotton, the secret grandson of long-serving character Dot
Branning (June Brown). In 2019 he most recently starred in The View
UpStairs playing the role of Dale at the Soho Theatre, in London from
18 July to 24 August.As a teenager, Bennett performed with the
Belgrade Youth Theatre and the Coventry Youth Operetta Group (YOG)
Coventry, including appearances in Willy Russell's Our Day Out in
September 1996, and in Boy Band, which featured a number of his own
compositions. He also performed with the National Youth Music Theatre,
in The Kissing-Dance 1999. It was revealed on ITV's This Morning that
Bennett's parents are both Irish, something which led to the casting
of Irish actress, Pauline McLynn (Father Ted, Shameless), as his
on-screen mother, Yvonne Cotton, in EastEnders. He is openly gay.In
May 1999, Bennett was one of nine teenagers chosen to sing live on the
ITV morning TV show This Morning in a feature that put together a boy
band. Following his appearance, he was contacted in the studio by
another band, Point Break, which featured Brett Adams and David
'Ollie' Oliver from UK children's TV programme Byker Grove, who were
signed to Warner Music, and who were looking for a new member. The
band released five singles, four of which made the UK top 20, and an
album, which was number one in three countries in South east Asia,
including Japan, and made the UK top 40. Bennett left the band in
December 2000.[citation needed]
Declan Bennett Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter


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