Jonathan Wilkes (born 1 August 1978) is an English television presenter and singer.
Early life and career
Jonathan Wilkes was born in
Baddeley Green
Baddeley Green is an area of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.
Baddeley Green is part of the Abbey Green ward, which covers the areas of Baddeley Green, Milton and Abbey Hulton as well as Baddeley Edge and Light Oaks.http://www.stoke ...
, Stoke-on-Trent, to Eileen Wilkes and Graham Wilkes, and spent most of his childhood in Packmoor, an outlying village of
Chell, with his friend Robbie Williams. He has one older sister called Kay. He signed for
Port Vale FC, aged seven, and played for
Everton FC
Everton Football Club () is an English professional association football club based in Liverpool that competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club was a founder member of the Football League in 1888 and has comp ...
as a teenager. He was dropped from the team due to his unwillingness to 'eat, sleep and breathe football'.
His first stage role was in a Stoke Amateur Operatic Society production of Hans Christian Andersen, playing opposite his friend Robbie Williams.
In 1996, he won the
Cameron Mackintosh
Sir Cameron Anthony Mackintosh (born 17 October 1946) is a British theatrical producer and theatre owner notable for his association with many commercially successful musicals. At the height of his success in 1990, he was described as being "th ...
Young Entertainer of the Year Award. From this, he went on to work in Blackpool under the name 'Jonathan and the Space Girls', until being spotted by
Kevin Bishop
Kevin Brian Bishop (born 18 June 1980) is a British actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his roles as Jim Hawkins in ''Muppet Treasure Island'', Stupid Brian in ''My Family'', and Nigel Norman Fletcher in the 2016 revival of ''Porr ...
of the
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. He has since gone on to work in West End Musicals, and has presented ''
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After signing a record deal with Virgin, Wilkes had a brief spell as a pop-music singer like his friend Robbie Williams, his single "
" went to No. 24 in the
.
The single hit the Top 5 in 18 countries worldwide. During his brief singing career, he performed with his friend Robbie Williams at the
together which received positive reviews. However, Wilkes later opted to stop making music in order to move back into TV and stage work, the latter being his biggest passion.
Wilkes is a panto star, being a regular at the Regent Theatre Stoke since 2005.
. He is a boyhood fan of
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