Started out as a DJ on BBC Radio Essex. He then worked as a TV runner before going on to do the warm-up for Channel 4's Light Lunch. He then moved into presenting:
Fully Booked (BBC)
Buzz (Channel 4)
No Balls Allowed (Channel 4 with Margherita Taylor)
Inside Rugby (Channel 4 with Thierry Lacroix)
The Bigger Breakfast (Channel 4 with Josie D'Arby)
T4 (Channel 4, for 2.5 years from when it started until July 2001)
The Barfly Sessions (Channel 4)
The Dogs Balearics (Channel 4 with Jayne Middlemiss)
SMTV Live (guest presenter with Louise Redknapp 15th December 2001)
SAS: Are you tough enough? (BBC, March 2002)
RE:COVERED (BBC Choice and BBC Three, May 2002)
Dermot's Sporting Buddies (BBC Choice, October-December 2002)
SAS Jungle: Are you tough enough? (BBC Two, February 2003)
Born to Win (BBC One)
Shattered (Channel4 and E4, January 2004)
SAS Desert: Are you tough enough? (BBC Two, February 2004)
Dermot's Saturday Club (Radio 2 from September 2004)
Generation Jedi (BBC Three, May 2005)
Morning Glory (Channel 4 January 2006)
The Dermot O'Leary Show (Radio 2 from September 2005)
Big Brother's Big Brain (Channel 4 and E4 May 2006)
Big Brother's Little Brother (Channel 4/E4 from May 2000, during Big Brother and celebrity Big Brother for the last 6 years), became Big Brother's Little Breakfast during celebrity Big Brother 2005
Fully Booked (BBC)
Buzz (Channel 4)
No Balls Allowed (Channel 4 with Margherita Taylor)
Inside Rugby (Channel 4 with Thierry Lacroix)
The Bigger Breakfast (Channel 4 with Josie D'Arby)
T4 (Channel 4, for 2.5 years from when it started until July 2001)
The Barfly Sessions (Channel 4)
The Dogs Balearics (Channel 4 with Jayne Middlemiss)
SMTV Live (guest presenter with Louise Redknapp 15th December 2001)
SAS: Are you tough enough? (BBC, March 2002)
RE:COVERED (BBC Choice and BBC Three, May 2002)
Dermot's Sporting Buddies (BBC Choice, October-December 2002)
SAS Jungle: Are you tough enough? (BBC Two, February 2003)
Born to Win (BBC One)
Shattered (Channel4 and E4, January 2004)
SAS Desert: Are you tough enough? (BBC Two, February 2004)
Dermot's Saturday Club (Radio 2 from September 2004)
Generation Jedi (BBC Three, May 2005)
Morning Glory (Channel 4 January 2006)
The Dermot O'Leary Show (Radio 2 from September 2005)
Big Brother's Big Brain (Channel 4 and E4 May 2006)
Big Brother's Little Brother (Channel 4/E4 from May 2000, during Big Brother and celebrity Big Brother for the last 6 years), became Big Brother's Little Breakfast during celebrity Big Brother 2005
He is now engaged to girlfriend Deborah Koppang.
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He is known for doing mostly live shows.
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Dermot stands at 5 ft 8.5 inches.
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Dermot has a column in the british magazine HEAT.
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Dermot's favourite family movie is Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
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Dermot's a big fan of Steven Spielberg.
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Dermot's hero is Ernest Shackleton.
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He was a researcher on Mel and Sue's The Light Lunch on Channel 4, where he also did the audience warm-up.
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He is an Arsenal fan.
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Dermot is a patron of the male cancer awarness campaign, 'Everyman'.
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He is a dedicated campaigner for Make Poverty History.
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His favourite magazine is Prospect.
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He ran the 2005 London Marathon (his third) under four hours for the first time.
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He is best known for hosting the fanzine show Big Brother's Little Brother.
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He has made it clear that he does not regard himself as English or British, but as Irish, and holds traditional Irish affinities.
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Dermot also attended the Sir Charles Lucas Art College in Colchester.
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Dermot studied Media and Television, with modules in Politics at Middlesex University, gaining a 2:2 and BA.
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He was an altar boy and attended Catholic schools.
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