Jason Thomas Orange (born 10 July 1970) is an English former singer. He is best known for being a member of the pop group

Take That Take That are an English pop group formed in Manchester in 1990. The group currently consists of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen. The original line-up also featured Jason Orange and Robbie Williams. Barlow is the group's lead singer ...

from the band's creation in 1990 until their split in 1996, and again from their reunion in 2005 until he retired from entertainment in late-September 2014.

Early life

Jason Thomas Orange was born on 10 July 1970 in

Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...

, Lancashire to Tony and Jenny Orange a few minutes before his twin brother Justin. He studied

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English at South Trafford College from 2001 to 2003 and then took an Access to Higher Education course on biology, history and psychology, though he did not attend university.

Career

Orange was part of the Manchester-based breakdance crew Street Machine in the mid-1980s. They won the Manchester round of the UK Breakdancing Championship in 1985. He also appeared on the show '' The Hit Man and Her'' as a featured dancer and was a member of a duo called Look Twice. in the late 1980s. Orange joined

when the group was created in 1990 and stayed with them until their hiatus in February 1996. As an actor, he appeared in the 1998 crime drama series '' Killer Net'', for which his appearance was a major selling point. The following year, he took the leading role in a London stage production of ''Gob'', written by Jim Kenworth and directed by James Martin Charlton. Take That reunited without

Robbie Williams Robert Peter Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer and songwriter. He found fame as a member of the pop group Take That from 1990 to 1995, launching a solo career in 1996. His debut studio album, ''Life thru a Lens'', was re ...

in 2005 and released a new greatest hits album, followed in 2006 by '' Beautiful World'', their first studio album since 1995. Orange contributed both songwriting and lead vocals on the album, as he had done for past albums. In 2008, the band released the album '' The Circus''. In 2010, Williams rejoined the group and they released the album ''

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''. Orange continued to act, appearing in a cameo role in the

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comedy series '' Shameless'' in April 2013. On 24 September 2014, it was announced that Orange had left Take That as he wished to retire from the entertainment industry.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Orange, Jason 1970 births Living people Musicians from Manchester English male singers English male songwriters Take That members English twins Singers from Manchester