Duncan James (born Duncan Inglis, 7 April 1978) is an English singer, actor and television presenter. He became widely known in 2001 as a member of the boy band Blue and later for playing Ryan Knight in the British soap opera Hollyoaks.
James grew up an only child in Dorset and was raised primarily by his mother Fiona Inglis and grandparents after his father abandoned his mother before he was born. He was raised a "strict Catholic" and educated at Dumpton School (where his grandfather worked as a music teacher), Milldown School (Blandford Forum), Corfe Hills School (Broadstone), and Sidmouth College (East Devon). James is a great-grandson of English football player Herbert Chapman.[citation needed]
At the age of 15 he played Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Dr Watson in Sherlock Holmes for Sidmouth Youth Theatre.[citation needed]

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