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Boy George Biography

Birth Name:
George Alan O'Dowd
Birth Place:
London, England
Profession
Singer, actor

Fast Facts

  • Took a number of jobs to get by prior to achieving success, including picking fruit, millinery work, and joining the Royal Shakespeare Company as a makeup artist
  • Performed with the band Bow Wow Wow after garnering the attention of Malcolm McLaren, the former manager of the Sex Pistols
  • Released his debut album with Culture Club, Kissing to Be Clever, in 1982
  • Overslept the day that Band Aid was recording "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in which George was to be a guest vocalist
  • Wrote lyrics for the Broadway musical Taboo, in which he also co-starred

Relationships

  • David O'Dowd -- Brother
  • Gerald O'Dowd -- Brother
  • Kevin O'Dowd -- Brother
  • Jeremiah O'Dowd -- Father
  • Richard O'Dowd -- Half Brother
  • Dinah O'Dowd -- Mother
  • Siobhan -- Sister