Jason Thomas Orange (born 10 July 1970) is an English former singer. He is best known for being a member of the Pop music group Take That from the band's creation in 1990 until their split in 1996, and again from their reunion in 2005 until he retired from entertainment in late-September 2014.
Orange joined Take That when the group was created in 1990 and stayed with them until their hiatus in February 1996. As an actor, he appeared in the 1998 crime drama series Killer Net, for which his appearance was a major selling point. The following year, he took the leading role in a London stage production of Gob, written by Jim Kenworth and directed by James Martin Charlton.
Take That reunited without Robbie Williams in 2005 and released a new greatest hits album, followed in 2006 by Beautiful World, their first studio album since 1995. Orange contributed both songwriting and lead vocals on the album, as he had done for past albums. In 2008, the band released the album The Circus. In 2010, Williams rejoined the group and they released the album Progress. Orange continued to act, appearing in a cameo role in the Channel 4 comedy series Shameless in April 2013.
On 24 September 2014, it was announced that Orange had left Take That as he wished to retire from the entertainment industry.
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