Danny Young (actor)

Young appeared on Coronation Street, playing Warren Baldwin from August 2004 to August 2005, until dropped by the show's bosses due to the character's storyline coming to an end. Young then returned to the soap for several episodes in 2006. Before appearing on Coronation Street and given a regular role, Young played Dean in Out of Control which won him the Best Young Actor award in the drama category (2002){drama category for which award?}, and Ricardo on the CBBC series Kerching! (2003). He also had roles in "The Vice" (2003), the award-winning Gone (2003) (a short film) and Wall of Silence (2004). He has since gone onto appear in the horror film Exposé (2009), the directorial début by Martin Kemp from Spandau Ballet, and The Rapture released in 2010. Also in 2010, he co-produced and starred in the horror film Stalker, which was again directed by Martin Kemp.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1411236/fullcredits#cast "Stalker" IMDB page] Also in 2011, Young announced he had joined the cast of Wildboyz, an adult comedy theatre show, in which he will perform some scenes nude. The production toured the UK from April to June 2012.{{Cite web |url=http://www.wildboyztheshow.com/Home.html |title=Wildboyz official website |access-date=26 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419154153/http://www.wildboyztheshow.com/Home.html |archive-date=19 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}

In July 2013 Young launched FitnessFondue.com, a fitness and nutrition advice website with his then girlfriend Chloe Madeley. Young and Madeley regularly posted tips, advice and their own success stories.{{Cite web|url = http://www.fitnessfondue.com|title = Fitness Fondue Official Website}}

In 2010, Young participated in the fifth series of the ITV1 show Dancing on Ice with professional skater Frankie Poultney. He came fifth in the competition. He was eliminated on 14 March 2010 during prop week after he lost out to Hollyoaks' Kieron Richardson and his professional partner Brianne Delcourt because of the "damn hat" to quote Christopher Dean, after Young dropped his hat during his skate off performance.

In 2006, Danny participated in the British football television series The Match. In 2007, Danny participated in Celebrity United football matches, along with footballing professionals and showbusiness personalities to support various national and local charities.[http://www.endofyourrainbow.co.uk/celebrityunited/dannyyoung.html Celebrity United Football Page]

Since August 2010, Young has presented the fitness and health segment on the ITV show This Morning.{{Cite web |url=http://dannyyoung.co.uk/news.html |title=Danny Young Official Website "This Morning" news. |access-date=6 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218135821/http://dannyyoung.co.uk/news.html |archive-date=18 February 2010 |url-status=dead }} In 2011, Danny participated in the "Celebrity Christmas Pantomime Special" series of Come Dine with Me. He featured in five episodes between 25 and 30 December 2011, highlighting his cooking skills.[http://www.channel4.com/4food/on-tv/come-dine-with-me/come-dine-with-me-extras/come-dine-with-me-christmas-pantomime-special Come Dine With Me 'Celebrity Christmas Pantomime Special']

In August 2010, Danny was named Mr Jersey Battle of Flowers 2010 in their annual procession.{{Cite web |url=http://dannyyoung.co.uk/biog.html |title=Personal info listed on Danny Young Official Website |access-date=6 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322230757/http://dannyyoung.co.uk/biog.html |archive-date=22 March 2010 |url-status=dead }}

From 2013-4, he was in a relationship with Chloe, daughter of Richard Madeley.[http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/04/10/chloe-madeley-topless-boyfriend-danny-young-richard-and-judy_n_3050616.html Huffington Post article]{{Cite web | url=http://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/chloe-madeley-love-split | title='We speak on a weekly basis' - Chloe Madeley best friends with ex despite split| date=2014-09-23}}

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• [http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/tag/danny-young/ Danny Young on Dancing on Ice]
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Category:1986 births

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