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Irish singer, actor, radio and television presenter and drummer

This article is about the singer and actor. For the bass guitar player, see Keith Duffy (bassist).

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Born	Keith Peter Thomas Francis John Duffy () 1 October (age&#;50) Donaghmede, Dublin, Ireland
Occupation(s)	Singer, actor, drummer, television presenter
Spouse	Lisa Smith &#; (m.&#;)&#;
Children	2
Musical career
Genres	Pop, rock
Years active	–present
Labels
Member of	Boyzlife
Formerly of
Musical artist

Keith Peter Thomas Francis Julian John Duffy (born 1 October ) is an Irish singer, actor, radio and television presenter and drummer who began his professional music career as part of Irish boy band Boyzone alongside Ronan Keating, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and Stephen Gately in The band decided to focus on solo projects in , since which Duffy has taken acting roles in soap operas such as Coronation Street and Fair City.

He has also presented The Box and You're a Star.

Duffy has been an autism awareness campaigner since his daughter was diagnosed with the condition at age 18 months, and acts as the patron for Irish Autism Action holding regular fundraising events and informational talks.^[1]

Duffy was the winner on the British reality series The Door in and came third in the first series of Celebrity Big Brother in , and in the second series of Splash! in

Early life

Duffy was born on 1 October in Donaghmede, Dublin to parents Sean and Pat.

He has an older brother, Derek, and a younger brother, John. He was raised Roman Catholic. As a young child he contracted pneumonia. He attended primary school at Belgrove National School and secondary school at Ardscoil Rís and Plunket's.^[2] Between the ages of 7 and 18 he played hurling and Gaelic football, representing the Dublin under hurling team for three years.

At the age of 16 he bought a drum kit and played in bands called Toledo Moon and This Burning Effigy.^[3] Duffy studied architecture for a year at college, before dropping out.

Career

Duffy first became aware of Boyzone after hearing auditions to become a member were being held.

He was unsuccessful in securing an audition, but was later noticed by Louis Walsh (who became the band's manager^[4]) whilst dancing in Dublin's POD Nightclub and was invited to audition. Duffy sang Billy Joel's "Piano Man" and danced to Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy". He was chosen as one of the original members of the band.

He played a backing role in Boyzone, with Ronan Keating and Stephen Gately handling the majority of lead vocals. In , Duffy and fellow band member Shane Lynch were involved in a nearly fatal car crash; both survived without serious injuries. Boyzone performed together for the last time before their hiatus in Ireland at the Point Theatre during nine dates running from 3—8 January and 10—12 January ; they had sold more than 13 million records in total by this time and all sixteen of their singles had reached the top five of the UK Singles Chart.

They also became the first Irish act to have four number one hits in the United Kingdom charts.

After Boyzone disbanded in , Duffy teamed up with Shane Lynch and released their pop-rap version of "Girl You Know It's True" under the name Keith 'N' Shane. It was a top 40 hit in the UK, peaking at No.

36 in December ^[5] Duffy's profile was raised as a result of his appearance on the first series of the UK's Celebrity Big Brother in , where he finished third out of six, and on Lily Savage's Blankety Blank.^[6][7] In the same year, he appeared on the celebrity special in the fourth season of Fort Boyard alongside Tris Payne, Scott Wright, Sally Gray, and Nell McAndrew.

He branched out to acting, most notably on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street as the character Ciaran McCarthy. What was meant to be a three-week stint on the show turned into three years from to , with Duffy leaving the show to be closer to his family in Ireland.

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The year saw Duffy take to the stage for the first time as Damien in the play Dandelions at Dublin's Olympia Theatre. Duffy also played the title role in The Wizard of Oz, staged at the Weymouth Pavilion in Weymouth, Dorset.

In May , it was announced that Boyzone would return with their "Back Again No Matter What" Tour which sold over , tickets within three hours.

The tour began on 25 May at Belfast's Odyssey arena and finished at Carlisle Bitts Park on 23 August Duffy went on to play the part of James "Ringo" Leyden in in the Irish soap opera Fair City, with his character leaving the show in Boyzone then played their "Better" Tour, which was the last tour to feature member Stephen Gately.

Duffy acted as pall-bearer at Gately's funeral on 16 October. Speaking after Gately's death, Duffy reminisced on the early days: "He told Louis [Walsh] he was 5ft 7in. When he auditioned for The Hobbit later on, he said he was 5ft 3in. But he was a true giant of a man".^[8]

Duffy became presenter of The Box on Irish television channel TV3, as well as featuring in Irish comedy Mrs Brown.

He later served as a judge on the RTÉ talent contest You're a Star, later presenting the fifth series of the show.^[9]

Landing his first major feature-film role in , Duffy was cast in Irish horror film Loftus Hall. He reportedly had to bow out of the production due a prior contract stipulation committing him to a Coronation Street return, which would have interfered with the film's schedule.^[10][11] Subsequently, he returned to the soap in February , reprising his role as lovable Irish rogue Ciaran McCarthy.

On 2 and 3 April , Duffy appeared in ITV's one-off game show The Door.^[12] He won the show and his prize was £25, for a charity of his choice – Ambitious about Autism (a UK-based charity for autism education, then known as TreeHouse). In June , he continued his work with Autism, launching a mobile phone recycling campaign in Ireland.^[13] He also appeared on All Star Family Fortunes on 11 September again raising money for Ambitious about Autism.^[14]

After leaving Coronation Street in January , Duffy returned to Boyzone who reunited and toured the UK and Ireland during February and March , with a date tour of Ireland and UK with their arena-based "Brother" Tour and four outdoor shows around the UK during August.^[15] Following the end of the "Brother" Tour, Duffy completed a half Ironman Triathlon raising money for Irish Autism Action.

He returned to Coronation Street in September for a short stint. His last appearance as Ciaran was on 25 November ^[16]

From November to February , Duffy played character Teddy Heelin in John B. Keane's play Big Maggie which visited many theatres in Ireland.^[17][18] Fellow Boyzone member Shane Lynch said in an interview on ITV show Loose Women that Boyzone would be releasing a new album and would be touring in , the 20th anniversary of their formation.^[19] In November , he appeared as a drug dealing fitness instructor in two episodes of Irish crime drama Love/Hate.^[20]

–present: Boyzlife

Boyzlife is a duo consisting of Duffy and Brian McFadden, who previously appeared as members of '90s and s boybands Boyzone and Westlife, respectively.

In February , Duffy invited John Junior, Mental Health Activist on stage with Brian McFadden on their Boyzlife tour to share his mental health journey with their fans.

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Junior travels around the United Kingdom with Charlie The Duck, who accompanies him, encouraging people to speak up about mental health. Duffy is friends with Junior and supports his campaign to raise awareness for mental health.^[21]

On 19 January , the duo announced the release of their upcoming second studio album, Old School.^[22]

Personal life

Duffy married Lisa Smith on 24 June in Las Vegas, only proposing two days before.

Ronan Keating acted as his best man. Together, Keith and Lisa have two children, Jordan Stephen Scott Duffy (born 22 April )^[23] and Mia Duffy (born 11 March ).^[24] After Mia was diagnosed with moderate autism, Duffy has become active in raising awareness of the condition and in October received an Honorary Fellowship from the RCSI.^[25]

Duffy was also present in Kilcloon, Meath on 2 March for the official opening of 'Stepping Stones', a specialised school for children with autism stating "All we want to do is give our kids a chance in life".^[26]

Charity work

Following his daughter's diagnosis with autism at 22 months old in ,^[27] he has supported different autism charities and campaigned for better support for autistic children in his native Ireland.

He stepped down as patron of “Irish Autism Action”^[28] after ten years in , raising over €8,,^[29] for the organisation in that time. He subsequently began his own charity, the Keith Duffy Foundation, to support autism charities throughout Ireland.

In he played in the Celebrity Series of the Legends Tour golf tour at tournaments including the Staysure Senior PGA ()^[30] and the Celebrity Series Grand Final in Mauritius ( season, delayed to ^[31]), winning the event^[32] and £25, (€29,) for the charity ,^[33] which helps provide support for children with autism.

Filmography

Film and television

Year	Show	Role	Notes
	FBi	Himself	Presenter
	Celebrity Big Brother	Contestant	Day 1–8
	The Bombmaker	DS Power
	Mrs Browns Boys (original series)	Vet	Episode #
–, –	Coronation Street	Ciaran McCarthy	Series regular; episodes. Nominated for British Soap Award & Sexiest Male, being voted for as one of the top 4 both times.
	Petits Mythes Urbains	Charlie Mason	1 episode: Ruf Mich An
	Mrs Brown's Boys (original series)	Mick O'Leary	1 Episode: "Believe it or Not"
–,	The Clinic	Paul Dunne	Recurring role; 6 episodes
	Be More Ethnic	Dave
	Fair City	Ringo Leyden	Recurring role; 3 episodes
	Death in Paradise	Eddie
	Love/Hate	Fitness instructor	2 episodes
	Robocroc	Nigel Evans
	Splash!	Contestant	Heat 2, semi-final 1 and final
	Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie	Security Guard	Feature film
	The Job Lot	Andy Greene	1 episode
–	Little Roy[34]	Jimmy Jones	Regular role
	The Black Prince	Casey	Feature film
	Celebrity Murder Mystery	Contestant	2 episodes

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