Declan Joseph Oliver “Dec” Donnelly OBE is a British television presenter, television producer, singer, comedian and actor.
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Dec is best known for working alongside Ant McPartlin as part of the presenting duo Ant & Dec.
Dec came to prominence, alongside McPartlin, in the children’s drama series Byker Grove, with both men establishing successful careers as television presenters, in which they are most known for presenting;
- SMTV Live (between 1998–2001),
- I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!,
- Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway (since 2002), and
- Britain’s Got Talent (since 2007).

Other notable highlights of Dec’s career alongside McPartlin include presenting;
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- PokerFace,
- Push the Button,
- Pop Idol,
- Red or Black?,
- Being hosts of charity appeal Text Santa (between 2011 and 2014), and
- Also performing as pop music duo PJ & Duncan.
For his personal life, Dec became engaged to the duo’s manager Ali Astall, with whom he had been in a relationship for over a year on 13 November 2014.
Dec and Astall’s marriage took place at St Michael’s Roman Catholic Church, Elswick, Tyne and Wear, on 1 August 2015.
Has Dec got a child?
Dec has a child named Isla Elizabeth Anne, born in 2018.
On 1 September 2018, after announcing earlier in the year that the couple were expecting their first child, Dec’s wife gave birth to a daughter, whom the couple revealed had been named as Isla Elizabeth Anne.


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