Duncan Matthew James Inglis (born 7 April 1978) is an English singer, actor and television presenter.He became widely known in 2001 as a member of the boy band Blue and later for playing Ryan Knight in the British soap opera Hollyoaks.At the age of 15 he played Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Dr Watson in Sherlock Holmes for Sidmouth Youth Theatre.James, along with Antony Costa, convinced Lee Ryan and Simon Webbe in early 2000 to form the group Blue.[6] Blue's R&B-influenced pop allowed the group to achieve commercial success in the United Kingdom and many other countries, including Ireland, Portugal, Belgium, Italy, France, Australia and New Zealand.In continental Europe, where "Can't Stop a River" was released a day earlier than in the UK, it similarly proved unpopular, dropping out of the singles charts in many countries such as France, Turkey, Germany, and Belgium.James' album also fell short, selling less than 1,000 copies in the UK in its first week (and failing to reach the Top 50).2 on the chart and was certified platinum for shipments of 80,000 copies), on 2 February 2007, music channel B4 premièred the video for "Amazed", his new single which was scheduled to be released on 12 March 2007.His other presenting work includes Pop City Live, Variety Club Showbusiness Awards 2004, T4 Movie Special: Spider-Man 2, Record of the Year: Downloaded and GMTV's Entertainment Today.He took part on ITV1's Dancing on Ice in 2007, when he made it to the grand final alongside rugby player Kyran Bracken and actress Clare Buckfield.He made an appearance on a new show for Sky One, Guinness World Records Smashed, performing with Festival4Stars contestants.[15] In December 2009, James appeared as Warner Huntington III in the West End production of Legally Blonde.Blue released their fourth studio album, Roulette on 25 January 2013 with "Hurt Lovers" as the lead single.