Jason Orange
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Jason Thomas Orange was born on 10th July 1970 at the Crumpsall hospital in Manchester. Jason's first school was Haveley Hey in Wythenshawe, Manchester. He then went to South Manchester High School. He left school when he was 16 without many qualifications. Jason says he wasn't interested in school, he preferred to do sports like playing football, running and swimming. On his last day of school he walked out the gates, turned round and thought 'Freedom!'
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After leaving school, Jason and his twin brother joined a Youth Training Scheme. He managed to get a job as a painter/decorator with a company called Direct Works. Although he enjoyed his job, he didn't want to work there for the rest of his life.
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In
his spare time Jason loved to break-dance. He was part of
a crew called Street Machine. His amazing dancing talent also
got him onto a TV program called 'The Hit Man and her', starring
Pete Waterman and Michaela Strachan. Through break-dancing
he met Howard Donald, who was in a rival crew. Together they
formed their own crew called 'Street Beat' and went to Nigel
Martin Smith, who introduced them to Gary Barlow and Mark
Owen. Later Robbie Williams joined and Take That was born. |
After Take That split in 1996, Jason decided to take a break from show business and he went backpacking around the world. In 1998 he went to New York to take an acting course together with Max Beesley, who had played percussion for Take That. His first role was a small part in 'Let's all go to the Fair' at London's Royal Court Theatre. His first major TV role was in Lynda La Plante's 'Killer Net' (1999). He played the sinister and far from wholesome drug dealing DJ Brent Moyer. 'Gob', a play by James Kenworth and directed by James Martin Charlton, saw him return to the theatre. He played a loud-mouthed street poet at the King's Head Theatre in Islington, London.
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Jason then enrolled at college studying Psychology & Sociology and made a lot of appearances for charity, whilst staying out of the limelight.
Then in 2005 Jason took part in the documentary Take That- For the Record and Take That was reunited as the ended, as a four-piece. Jason, along with Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald announced that after 10 years Take That would be getting back together. Two record-breaking sell out Tours followed.
Jason is currently taking a break after completing Take That's sell out Beautiful World Tour in December 2007.