Darius Campbell

At 41 years old, Darius Campbell has this physical status:

Career

Campbell Danesh's career began with a non-singing appearance in The Trojans' avant garde 1990s production. In a production of Carmen as an adolescent, he appeared at Covent Garden Royal Opera House with the Scottish Opera.

Darius Danesh first rose to fame in 2001 after appearing on British talent competition Popstars. He was voted into the finals of the TV talent competition, Pop Idol, a year ago. Simon Cowell turned down his record, and then signed with producer Steve Lillywhite.

In an interview with Daily Record, he said he hadn't agreed to delete the Campbell from his name, that it was not necessary to do so, and that all was decided for him and that he should go by the name Darius Danesh.

Campbell Danesh's first single, "Colourblind," debuted on July 29, 2002 and remained at number one on the UK singles chart for two weeks; it was marked silver. On May 1, 2020, it was rated gold.

Dive In's debut album, Dive In 2004, debuted at number 6 on the UK Albums Chart during the competitive pre-Christmas sales period. He then had five top-ten singles in the United Kingdom.

He wrote all 12 songs on the Dive In album and produced "Better Than That," one of the tracks, although not collaborating with a number of other artists, such as The Misfits and The Matrix on the other tracks. On the album, Steve Lillywhite was the executive producer. Campbell Danesh, who also appeared as Darius Danesh, continued to support Shakira on her world tour and went on to finish his own sell-out UK Dive In tour.

In April and May 2003, the Dive In tour took place. On public demand, the fifteen dates scheduled for May have been pushed to twenty three dates.

Sink or Swim, about the dangers of the music industry, was a best seller on Sunday News. He appeared on Coldplay and Oasis' War Child charity album. Alanis Morissette was also starring in India.

After hearing news that his father was diagnosed with terminal cancer, he wrote and dedicated his second studio album Live Twice to Dr. Booth Danesh, who later made a miraculous recovery. Live Twice's fifth top ten single on the album in 2005.

Campbell Danesh appeared in two West End productions in Chicago between 2005 and 2006, and at 25, he became the youngest actor to play Billy Flynn since the show first opened on Broadway in 1975.

In 2007, after seeing Ewan McGregor in the role, he took the lead in Michael Grandage's Olivier Award-winning production of Guys and Dolls, starring Sky Masterson. Billy Flynn reprised his role as Billy Flynn for the 10th anniversary charity appearance of Chicago in order to support the Breast Cancer Haven and Breast Cancer Institute.

In 2008, he returned to London's West End to play Rhett Butler in Sir Trevor Nunn's musical version of Gone with the Wind.

Campbell Danesh won the ITV1 talent competition Popstar to Opera star in which eight pop stars were trained to perform well-known opera arias in January and February 2010. Rolando Villazón, a tenor, taught him on the song "The Impossible Dream." He appeared in Bizet's opera Carmen at The O2 Arena in London in May 2010. He played Carmen's lover from the age of 29. He appeared in The History of the Big Bands tour, a show about the Big Band and Swing Era, as well as Frank Sinatra's music, including recordings from Harry James, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Woody Herman, and Buddy Rich.

Campbell Danesh will play Warden in the musical From Here to Eternity on July 1, 2013.

Following a move from the Menier Chocolate Factory in April 2016, Campbell Danesh appeared Nick Arnstein in Funny Girl at the Savoy Theatre in the West End.

Danesh was reported to have "excited" about the forthcoming Pop Idol reunion, with it being revealed that he was due to duet with both Will Young and Gareth Gates in a reunion special that will be hosted by Ant & Dec. Filming was supposed to begin at the Criterion Theatre in London.

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