Jason Orange

Jason Thomas Orange (born 10 July 1970) is an English former singer, songwriter, dancer, musician and actor. He was a member of Take That during their original run from 1990–1996 and again following their reunion in 2005. He departed from the group in 2014. 2Life and career Orange was born in Crumpsall in Manchester. He attended South Trafford College for two years beginning in 2001 and studied A-level English, and an access course including psychology, biology and history though he did not progress onto higher education. He 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 in the show The Hit Man and Her as one of the featured dancers on the show (and in a duo called Look Twice) in the late 1980s. Orange joined the boy band Take That in November 1990 and stayed with the band until their split in February 1996. He then pursued a career in acting and appeared in the television thriller Killer Net in 1998, and the London stage production of Gob in 199