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}} Anthony David "Ant" McPartlin (born 18 November 1975) also known as P.J. is an English television presenter and actor, perhaps best known as one half of the English comedy and television presenting duo Ant & Dec, with the other being Declan Donnelly. He initially came to prominence in the early-to-mid-1990s in the children's drama series ''Byker Grove'' and as one half of the pop music duo PJ & Duncan. Since the late 1990s, Ant & Dec have had a very successful career as TV presenters, fronting programmes such as ''SMTV Live'', ''Friends Like These'', ''Pop Idol'', ''I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'', ''Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway'', ''Britain's Got Talent'', ''PokerFace'', ''Push the Button'', ''Red or Black?'' and ''Text Santa''. They have also returned to acting, starring in a 2002 ''Tribute to The Likely Lads'' and the 2006 film ''Alien Autopsy''. == Career == (詳細はWhy Don't You?'' but he rose to prominence playing PJ in the Children's BBC series ''Byker Grove''. It was here that he first met Declan Donnelly, who was cast in the part of Duncan, and real life mirrored the programme as the two became best friends both on set and off. In the guise of "PJ & Duncan AKA", they had a number of hit records, starting with "Tonight I'm Free", a song that they had performed on the show.〔 〕 The two left the series in 1993. Since that time the pair have appeared together in such programmes as ''SMTV Live'', ''Friends Like These'', ''Pop Idol'', ''Britain's Got Talent'', ''I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!'', ''Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway'', ''PokerFace'' and ''Push the Button''. They have also returned to acting, starring in a 2002 ''Tribute to The Likely Lads'' and the 2006 film ''Alien Autopsy''. In 2007 it was discovered that two shows, ''Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon'' and ''Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway'', which he co-presented with Donnelly, had defrauded viewers participating in phone-ins. The latter was produced by the pair's own production company.〔 〕 In April 2009, Ant & Dec achieved wide international exposure when, as backstage commentators for ''Britain's Got Talent'', they interviewed contestant Susan Boyle, whose audition would become the most viewed YouTube video of the year and whose record album topped sales charts in dozens of countries. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anthony McPartlin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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