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- Full Name
- David Essex
- Born
- July 23, 1947
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- Age
- 78 years
- Zodiac Sign
- Leo
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- Nationality
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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- Profession
- Actor
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Biography
David Essex is 78 years old, an actor, from United Kingdom.
David Essex (born David Albert Cook; 23 July 1947) is an English singer-songwriter and actor. From 1973 to 1994, he had nineteen Top-40 singles in the UK (including two number ones) and sixteen Top-40 albums. Internationally, he had the most success with his 1973 single "Rock On".
Essex has also had an extensive career as an actor, which includes a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles for the film That'll Be the Day (1973) and a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Musical for Evita in 1978.
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