Ross Antony
Ross Antony | |
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Ross Antony at the German Television Awards 2012 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Ross Anthony Catterall |
Born | 9 July 1974 |
Origin | Bridgnorth, United Kingdom |
Genres | R&B / Pop, German Schlager music |
Occupation(s) | musical actor, singer, television entertainer and presenter |
Years active |
1992–2001 (musicals) 2001–2006 (music group) 2006–present (solo) |
Labels | Telamo (Sony Music) |
Associated acts | Bro'Sis |
Website | Official website |
Ross Antony Catterall (born 9 July 1974 in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England); better known by his stage name Ross Antony, is a British musical actor, singer, television entertainer and presenter in Germany, where he also resides near the city of Cologne.[1] He attended Bridgnorth Endowed School and is a graduate of the Guildford School of Acting.[1] He rose to fame as a member of the R&B/Pop group Bro'Sis.[1] Since the group disbanded in 2006, Antony has maintained a profile as a TV personality in Germany, culminating in his 2008 winning of Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!, the German version of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!.[1]
Personal life
Antony came from a family of artists, and was performing on stage from the age of 3, receiving singing and dancing lessons from an early age. After leaving school, he secured a 3-year education at the Guildford School of Acting, where he earned his diploma. He then went on to appear in lots of pantomimes and musicals across England. In 1997 he made his debut on the German stage, with the world premiere of the musical Catharine, in Aachen. In Germany, he played many main roles, including "Claude" in the musical Hair, "Joseph" in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and "Tabaluga" in Tabaluga and Lilli.
Since 2006, Antony has been in a civil partnership with the opera singer Paul Reeves, and the couple live together in Siegburg. As well as this, the two of them run a Bed and Breakfast in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, named "Little Gables". On the 26th of May 2014, he announced via his Facebook page that the two of them had adopted a child, which they'd both fought a long time for.[2]
Musical engagement
- 1992: Soloist, Bridgnorth Endowed School
- 1992: Grease (Roger), Bridgnorth Endowed School
- 1994: Dick Whittington (Zeldomphed), Guildford School of Acting
- 1994: Chicago (Sergeant Fogarty), Guildford School of Acting
- 1994: Calamity Jane {Joe}, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
- 1994: Jack the Ripper (Dinky), Bridgnorth Endowed School
- 1995: Cabaret (Emcee), Guildford School of Acting
- 1995: Trial by Jury (Defender), Guildford School of Acting
- 1995: Troilus and Cressida (Thersites), Guildford School of Acting
- 1995: A Chorus Line (Mark), Millfield Theatre with Amanda-Jane Manning as "(Diana)", Directed By Bonnie Lythgoe
- 1996–1997: Cinderella (Ensemble), Marlowe Theatre
- 1996–1997: La Cage aux Folles (Jean Michel), Nationwide tour
- 1996–1997: Carousel (Enoch Snow), Arts and Leisure Centre Bridgnorth
- 1997–1999: Joseph (Many characters), Coliseum Theatre
- 1999–2000: Mozart! (Ensemble), Vienna
- 2000: Dance to Win: Workshop for Miami Nights, Düsseldorf
- 2000–2001: Tabaluga and Lilli (Tabaluga), CentrO Oberhausen
- 2001: Hair (Ensemble), Bremen
- 2005: Elisabeth (Crown Prince Rudolf), SI-Centrum Stuttgart
- 2006: Saturday Night Fever (Bobby C), Frankfurt Old Opera
Discography
Solo singles
Year | Single |
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2000 | "...and That’s the Way It Is!" |
2001 | "Intimate" |
2008 | "Dschungel Wahnsinn" (Achim Petry feat. Jungle Allstars) |
"Endlich da" (Musical-Single to the musical Casino Pique Dame) | |
2009 | "Zeig dein Gesicht" (For the charity project Alle für Alle) |
2010 | "I Can't Dance Alone" (Duet with Giovanni Zarrella) |
2013 | "Do You Speak English" |
"Ding Ding Dong" | |
2014 | "Kettenkarussell" |
"Goldene Pferde" | |
2016 | "Tatort Liebe" |
Solo albums
Year | Album |
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2011 | Two Ways (Ross Antony & Paul Reeves) |
2012 | Two Ways: Special Winter Edition (Ross Antony & Paul Reeves) |
2013 | Meine Neue Liebe (Ross Antony) |
2014 | Goldene Pferde (Ross Antony) |
Winterwunderland (Ross Antony & Paul Reeves) | |
2015 | Goldene Pferde (Very British Edition) |
2016 | Tatort Liebe |
Musical albums
Year | Album |
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1997 | Catharine |
1999 | Mozart! |
References
- 1 2 3 4 "How Ross Antony became Germany's biggest showbiz star". The Telegraph. London. 2010-11-26. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
- ↑ http://www.merkur-online.de/aktuelles/boulevard/ross-antony-kind-adoptiert-3587665.html
Literature
- Nadja Otterbach, Ross Antony: The Inside Me - Das Leben eines Popstars. Machtwortverlag, Dessau 2007, ISBN 978-3-86761-000-1.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ross Antony. |
- Ross Antony at the Internet Movie Database
- Official Website of Ross Antony
- Official Website from The Inside Me
- Ross Antony at MySpace.com
- common artist's homepage of Paul Reeves and Ross Antony