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Name: Marty Whelan  
   
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Date of Birth: 7th June 1956
   
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
   
Profession: Actor
 
 
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Marty Whelan (born June 7, 1956) is an Irish radio and television personality.

Marty Whelan was born in Dublin in 1956. He spent five years working in an insurance company before he made the break into radio in 1979 on RTÉ's Radio 2, now 2FM. He presented a number of shows such as Drivetime and Marty At Midnight. Whelan also spent three years presenting 2FM's Breakfast Show. In the mid-Eighties Whelan began developing his television career becoming the first male presenter of the hit fashion programme Head 2 Toe. Other popular TV shows followed, including the Where in the World quiz programme (1986-1989) and Video File (1983-1989), in which he interviewed major stars of the music world.

In 1989 Whelan left RTÉ radio to join its rival radio station, Century Radio. When that project failed he was given the cold shoulder by RTÉ. He returned to the national broadcaster in the mid-Nineties presenting such shows as Go for It, Off the Record and Millionaire. He has hosted RTÉ One's summer lottery show Fame & Fortune on Saturday nights for the past eight years.

In 1997, he became the master of ceremonies at the prestigious annual Rose of Tralee Festival, only to be replaced by Ryan Tubridy in 2003. The following year (1998) Whelan was paired up with RTÉ's Mary Kennedy as presenter of Open House, RTÉ's flagship afternoon magazine programme. That show ran until 2004, however, a return with Kennedy in a different format may be in the pipeline. Since then Whelan has appeared as himself in feature films as well as a cameo role on the soap opera, Fair City.

Whelan's television CV also includes ten years as presenter of the John Player Tops and the Jacobs TV Awards. He also hosts RTE's coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest every May.

In the Summer of 2005 he filled in for Gerry Ryan on 2FM. This marked his return to raido. On the September 26 2005 he started to present the 2FM breakfast show again, amid some controvercy after ending Rick and Ruths short lived show.

Whelan lives in Portmarnock in North Dublin with his wife Maria and his two children, Jessica and Thomas.

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