Dermot O’Leary

Dermot O’Leary: Biography in Details

Who is Dermot O’Leary?

Dermot O’Leary is a British-Irish television personality.

He is widely popular as a television presenter for ITV and a radio presenter for BBC Radio 2.

He is also famous for being the presenter of The X Factor and The Xtra Factor on ITV.

Dermot O’Leary: Age, Parents, Ethnicity, Education

Talking about his early life, Dermot O’Leary was born on 24 May 1973¸in Colchester, Essex, England, UK. His birth name is Sean Dermot Finton O’Leary.

He is the son of Marie O’Leary and Seán Dermot Fintan O’Leary, Sr. His parents moved to the United Kingdom from Ireland.

He holds dual British and Irish nationality and belongs to the Irish ethnicity.

He spent his childhood in Essex.

Dermot completed his primary education at Marks Tey. After that, he attended St Benedict’s Catholic College in Colchester.

After that, he attended Colchester Sixth Form College to study A-Level courses.

He then attended Middlesex University, where he studied for a degree in Media Studies with Politics.

Dermot O’Leary: Career, Salary, and Net Worth

Dermot O’Leary began his career as a disc jockey at BBC Essex. Shortly, he became a runner on the TV show Light Lunch with Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins.

He then began working as a presenter on Channel 4, part of the original presenting line-up of the channel’s T4 strand.

After that, he worked as a presenter on Big Brother’s Little Brother in 2001. He left the job in 2007. After that, he became the new host of ITV’s The X Factor.

After working as the host of The X Factor for eight years, he left the job in 2015.

He also hosted The Xtra Factor in 2011 and 2012. Since then, he works as a presenter of National Television Awards airing live from The O2 Arena on ITV.

From 2010 to 2016, he hosted the celebrity football match, Soccer Aid on ITV in aid of the charity, Unicef. Moreover, he has worked with Channel 4 and BBC.

Dermot returned to ITV’s The X Factor as the host in 2016.

He also works as the presenter of the Saturday morning Breakfast show, Saturday Breakfast with Dermot on BBC Radio 2.

In 2015, GQ magazine named him one of the 50 best-dressed British men.

Dermot is the president of The Young People’s Trust for the Environment.

He has a net worth of 12 million dollars as of 2023.

He is one of the highest-paid TV presenters and his salary is $300,000 per annum.

Is Dermot O’Leary involved in any rumors and controversies?

Dermot was criticized by many people when he left The X Factor.

Many people said that he was too childish to left the show due to a small misunderstanding.

He said that he left the shoe because of Simon Cowell.

Dermot left the show when he became a part of criticism after disagreeing with Simon.

Currently, there are no rumors of him being in any affairs. Also, there are no rumors regarding his professional life.

There is no controversy related to him at the present time.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Moving towards his body measurements, Dermot O’Leary has a good height of 5 feet 9 inches (1.75m).

He has light brown hair color and his eyes are blue.

There is no information about his shoe size and dress size.

Is Dermot O’Leary active on social media?

He is active in various sorts of social media like Instagram, and Twitter but he is not active on Facebook.

He has more than 2.94 million followers on Twitter and more than 362k followers on Instagram.

 

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Dermot O’Leary's Anniversary Dates

Year	Date	Day
2025	September	Sunday
2026	September	Monday
2027	September	Tuesday
2028	September	Thursday
2029	September	Friday

Dermot O’Leary's Birthday Dates

Year	Date	Day
2025	May	Saturday
2026	May	Sunday
2027	May	Monday
2028	May	Wednesday
2029	May	Thursday