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Jonathan Lee (born 26 April 1982) is an English actor and singer. Lee was the youngest member of pop group
S Club 7 S Club 7 were a British pop group from London, created by former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller and consisting of members Bradley McIntosh, Hannah Spearritt, Jo O'Meara, Jon Lee, Paul Cattermole, Rachel Stevens and Tina Barrett. The group ...
, which disbanded in April 2003. The group starred in a number of their own television series, beginning with ''
Miami 7 ''Miami 7'' (known as ''S Club 7 in Miami'' in the U.S.) is a television series starring British pop group S Club 7. Thirteen episodes were produced and aired on CBBC from 8 April to 1 July 1999. During each episode, the members would perform on ...
'', playing themselves. Since the group split, Lee has had a career in
musical theatre Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movemen ...
, taking on roles in more than 17 productions, including the West End shows ''
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'' and ''
Jersey Boys ''Jersey Boys'' is a jukebox musical with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe, and book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. It is presented in a documentary-style format that dramatizes the formation, success and eventual break-up of th ...
''.


Career


1994–1998: stage

At the age of 13, Lee played the leading role in the West End production of ''
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'' at the
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Theatre, alongside
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, and later
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, as
Fagin Fagin is a fictional character and the secondary antagonist in Charles Dickens's 1838 novel ''Oliver Twist''. In the preface to the novel, he is described as a "receiver of stolen goods". He is the leader of a group of children (the Artful Dod ...
. In 1997, Lee played the role of Julian in the premiere of ''Famous Five Smuggler's Gold'' the musical. Played josh Haye in eastenders in 1998


1999–2003: S Club 7

Lee was a member of pop group S Club 7, who rose to fame by starring in their own
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television series, ''
Miami 7 ''Miami 7'' (known as ''S Club 7 in Miami'' in the U.S.) is a television series starring British pop group S Club 7. Thirteen episodes were produced and aired on CBBC from 8 April to 1 July 1999. During each episode, the members would perform on ...
'', in 1999. Over the five years they were together, they had four UK No.1 singles, one UK No.1 album, hits throughout Europe, and a top-ten single in the United States, Asia, Latin America and Africa. They recorded four studio albums, released eleven singles and sold over fourteen million albums worldwide. In 2001 the group earned the
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award. Group member
Paul Cattermole Paul Gerald Cattermole (born 7 March 1977) is an English singer. He was a member of the group S Club 7, but left the group in 2002. Early life Cattermole was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire. He was a member of the National Youth Music Thea ...
departed the group in 2002, and the group changed its name from S Club 7 to simply S Club. On 21 April 2003, during a live onstage performance, S Club announced that they were to disband.


2004–present: acting

In 2004 Lee played the role of Marius in ''
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'' at the Palace Theatre in London, and continued the role following the show's move to the smaller Queen's Theatre. In 2005 Lee toured the UK with the new musical, ''Love Shack'', featuring disco classics and hit
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songs from the charts, starring alongside Steps'
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and
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's
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. In August 2006 Lee starred in The Heather Brothers' production of ''Teen Scream'' at the Assembly Rooms at the
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. He returned to the London stage in 2010 in the musical '' Tomorrow Morning''. Lee worked on a number of other musical projects before returning to the stage, including BBC's "
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". In 2008 he recorded a song for the CD ''Act One – Songs From The Musicals Of
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'', an album of 20 new recordings by 26 West End stars. It was released in November 2008 on Dress Circle Records. In 2008 Lee voiced the part of Max, in the British
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cartoon series '' Famous 5: On the Case''. Over Christmas and New Year's 2008–09 he appeared at The White Rock Theatre,
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, performing the leading role in the
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. Both Lee and the show were well received. Later in 2009 Lee appeared as
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in
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's new film ''
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''. On 22 May 2010 he appeared in BBC One's ''
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'' as Craig, who is diagnosed with
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. He played John in the internationally acclaimed musical '' Tomorrow Morning'' by
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at the Landor Theatre in London. Over the following Christmas and New Year's, Lee appeared at the
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, Woking as
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in ''
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''. In October 2012 Lee announced his debut solo album, ''Fallen Angel''. The first track on the album, "My Father's Son", was premiered on 4 November by
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's
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. The album was released on 4 March 2013. Lee took on the part of
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in ''
Jersey Boys ''Jersey Boys'' is a jukebox musical with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe, and book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. It is presented in a documentary-style format that dramatizes the formation, success and eventual break-up of th ...
'' at the
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, London, from 15 March 2011 until 7 March 2014. At the end of 2012, whilst maintaining his ''Jersey Boys'' commitments, Lee took the lead role in ''
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'' at
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in London and acted alongside O'Grady, who revived his alter-ego
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. In August 2016, Lee appeared at the Lytham Festival's ''West End Proms''. In March 2017 Lee appeared on ''
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for Comic Relief'' as part of ''Boys Allowed'' with
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.
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,
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and Ben Ofoedu. In March 2018, he appeared on ITV's ''
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''.


Personal life

In August 2010 Lee revealed, in an interview with ''
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'' magazine, that he was
gay ''Gay'' is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term originally meant 'carefree', 'cheerful', or 'bright and showy'. While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late 1 ...
. He added that he had
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to family and friends at a young age, and that "it's never needed to be a huge change that I've had to tell everyone about".


Stage


Filmography


Discography


Studio albums


Singles


References


External links

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