Donny Osmond
Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Infobox person Donald Clark Osmond (born December 9, 1957) is an American singer, dancer, actor, television host and former teen idol. He gained fame performing with four of his elder brothers as the Osmonds, earning several top ten hits and gold albums. In the early 1970s, Osmond began a solo career, earning several additional top ten songs.
He further gained fame due to the success of the 1976–1979 variety series Donny & Marie, which Osmond hosted with his sister, Marie Osmond. The Donny & Marie duo also released a series of top ten hits and gold albums and hosted a syndicated and Daytime Emmy Award–nominated 1998–2000 talk show. Donny & Marie retired from headlining an 11-year Las Vegas residency at the Flamingo Las Vegas in 2019.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
He also successfully competed on two reality TV shows, winning season 9 of Dancing with the Stars and being named runner-up for season 1 of The Masked Singer. He also hosted the game show Pyramid from 2002 to 2004.
Early life
Osmond was born on December 9, 1957, in Ogden, Utah, as the seventh child of Olive May (née Davis; 1925–2004) and George Virl Osmond (1917–2007). He is the brother of Virl, Tom, Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay, Marie, and Jimmy Osmond. Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay and Donny were members of the popular singing group Osmond Brothers. Osmond was raised as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Utah along with his siblings. In his youth, Osmond held a ham radio license, listed as KA7EVD.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Music career
Career beginnings: 1960s and The Andy Williams Show
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After failing to get an audition for Lawrence Welk, their father drove the Osmond Brothers (Alan, Wayne, Merrill and Jay) to Disneyland, where they performed for The Dapper Dans as a barbershop quartet, and were invited to appear on a program sponsored by Disneyland. Jay Emerson Williams, the father of Andy Williams, saw them perform on the Disneyland televised special "Disneyland After Dark".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The group was then invited to audition for The Andy Williams Show. Williams initially had reservations about featuring children on the program but was encouraged by his father to try them out. The Osmond Brothers proved themselves as an asset to the program, soon becoming regulars on the show and quickly gaining popularity.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 1963, Donny Osmond made his debut on the show at the age of six singing "You Are My Sunshine".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The brothers continued to perform on the show throughout the 1960s, along with an occasional visit from their sister Marie and brother Jimmy.<ref name="TDiM The Osmonds">Template:Cite web</ref>
Teen idol: 1971–1978
Osmond became a teen idol in the early 1970s as a solo singer, while continuing to sing with his older brothers. Osmond was one of the biggest "cover boy" pop stars for Tiger Beat,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Flip<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and 16 magazines in the early 1970s.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> His first solo hit was a cover of Roy Orbison's 1958 recording of "Sweet and Innocent", which peaked at no. 7 in the U.S. in 1971. Osmond's follow-ups Steve Lawrence's "Go Away Little Girl" (1971) (U.S. no. 1), Paul Anka's "Puppy Love" (U.S. no. 3),<ref name="EW TD&M">Template:Cite web</ref> and "Hey Girl/I Knew You When" (U.S. no. 9) (1972) vaulted him into international fame, further advanced by his November 20, 1972, appearance on the Here's Lucy show, where he sang Nat King Cole's "Too Young" to Lucy's niece, played by Eve Plumb, and sang with Lucie Arnaz ("I'll Never Fall in Love Again").
Comeback: 1989–1990
In the 1980s, all of the Osmonds abandoned their earlier image—which had originally been crafted to appeal to young viewers—hoping to reach a more adult audience. While his brothers moved toward country music to modest success, Donny was able to revive his career in popular music. He made an unlikely appearance as one of several celebrities and unknowns auditioning to sing for guitarist Jeff Beck in the video for Beck's 1985 single "Ambitious", which was produced by Paul Flattery and directed by Jim Yukich. This was followed in 1986 by an equally unlikely cameo in the animated Luis Cardenas music video "Runaway".<ref>Template:YouTube</ref> He spent several years as a performer, before hiring the services of music and entertainment guru Steven Machat, who got Osmond together with English singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel to see whether Machat and Gabriel could turn Osmond's image into a contemporary young pop act. They succeeded, returning Osmond to the US charts in 1989 with the Billboard Hot 100 no. 2 song "Soldier of Love"<ref name="EW TD&M" /> (originally announced on radio stations as "from a mystery singer") and its top twenty follow-up "Sacred Emotion". Launching an extensive tour in support of the Eyes Don't Lie record, he enlisted guitarist Dick Smith of Earth Wind & Fire and Kenny Loggins, along with keyboardist Mark Jackson.
1991–2000
Osmond was the guest vocalist on Dweezil Zappa's star-studded version of the Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive" which appeared on Zappa's 1991 album Confessions.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The song also included guitar solos from Zakk Wylde, Steve Lukather, Warren DeMartini, Nuno Bettencourt, and Tim Pierce.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Osmond sang "No One Has to Be Alone", which was heard at the end of the film The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He also sang "I'll Make a Man Out of You" for Disney's Mulan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 1998 Osmond released "Christmas at Home", which included an extra CD if purchased from Target stores.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2000s
In the early 2000s, he released an album of his favorite Broadway songs, and a compilation of popular love songs.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2004, he returned to the UK Top 10 for the first time as a solo artist since 1973, with the George Benson-sampling "Breeze On By". The song was co-written with former teen idol Gary Barlow, from the 1990s UK boy band Take That, and reached number 8 on the UK charts.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
His 17th solo album (and 61st album including those with his siblings), The Soundtrack of My Life, released in 2014, features a collection of cover songs with personal meaning to Osmond. He enlisted Stevie Wonder to play harmonica on the track "My Cherie Amour".<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Donny & Marie in Las Vegas
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Following Marie's stint on Dancing with the Stars in 2007, the pair reunited at MGM Grand's Hollywood Theatre in Las Vegas for eight performances, July 17 – 23, 2008. It was their first Las Vegas run since 1979.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The show's success led to a limited six-week engagement at the 750-seat showroom at the Flamingo Hotel. The residency began in September 2008 but proved so successful that it was ultimately extended for an 11-year run totaling 1,730 performances through November 9, 2019.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> "Donny & Marie" was a 90-minute show in which they sang together at the beginning and end of the show and performed solo segments in between. The singing siblings were backed by eight dancers and a nine-piece band. The Flamingo Showroom was updated in 2014 and renamed the Donny & Marie Showroom. It reverted to its old name after their show closed. The last song they performed together there was "May Tomorrow Be a Perfect Day."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Osmond and the show earned three of the Las Vegas Review-JournalTemplate:'s Best of Las Vegas Awards in 2012 including "Best Show", "Best All-Around Performer" (Donny & Marie), and "Best Singer".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Osmond earned "Best Singer" for a second time in the Las Vegas Review-JournalTemplate:'s Best of Las Vegas Awards in 2013.<ref>2013 Best of Las Vegas Template:Webarchive</ref>
Film, radio and television
Donny & Marie
After Osmond and his sister, Marie, co-hosted The Mike Douglas Show for a week in 1974, ABC’s entertainment chief Fred Silverman offered them a show of their own, The Donny & Marie Show, a television variety series which aired on ABC from 1976 to 1979.<ref name="EW TD&M" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In honor of their impact on American pop culture, Donny and Marie received the Pop Culture Award at the 2015 TV Land Awards.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the past, Osmond has expressed regret that the show was canceled, and that he and Marie were unable to decide when to end the show.
Donny and Marie also co-hosted the eponymous and syndicated talk show Donny & Marie from 1998 to 2000. They would occasionally perform with musical guests. Though they received back-to-back nominations for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host in 2000 and 2001, the show was canceled.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Other hosting opportunities
For two seasons in the US, Osmond hosted Pyramid (2002–2004), a syndicated version of the Dick Clark-hosted television game show. He reprised hosting for a British version of Pyramid on Challenge in 2007. For his performance on Pyramid, Osmond was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host in 2003; the award went to Alex Trebek.
Osmond is one of two game show hosts to host two different versions of the same game show in different countries; the other being Howie Mandel for the American and Canadian versions of Deal or No Deal.
Osmond returned to ABC as host of The Great American Dream Vote, a primetime reality-game show that debuted in March 2007. After earning lackluster ratings in its first two episodes, the program was canceled.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Osmond hosted the daytime British version of the game show Identity on BBC Two in 2007.
On April 11, 2008, he hosted the 2008 Miss USA Pageant in Las Vegas with his sister, Marie.
He appeared on Entertainment Tonight as a commentator covering the ABC show Dancing with the Stars during his sister Marie's run as a contestant on the 5th season of the American version of the show in 2007.
Music
Osmond is mentioned in the lyrics of Alice Cooper's song "Department of Youth" on the album Welcome to My Nightmare. As the song fades, Cooper can be heard asking the youth choir backing him up, "Who's got the power?" to which a crowd of young people screams "We do!" After a couple of repetitions, this changes to "We've got the power" with a cheering response. On the final repetition, Cooper changes the question to "...and who gave it to you?" The crowd answers, "Donny Osmond!" Cooper then responds "What?!"
Osmond is featured in the song "Start the Par-dee" with Lil Yachty, written as a promotion for Chef Boyardee's throwback recipe ravioli. His most iconic line is "My name is Donny O, and you know I love my ravio's".
Film and television
In the animated television series Johnny Bravo, Osmond voiced himself as a recurring character.
He has done guest spots on numerous television shows such as Friends, Diagnosis: Murder, and Hannah Montana.
He appeared in a Pepsi Twist commercial during the Super Bowl with his sister, Marie, and Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne.
In 1978, he appeared in Goin' Coconuts with sister Marie. His future wife Debbie (credited as Debbie Glenn) made a cameo appearance at the end of the film.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 1982, he co-starred with Priscilla Barnes and Joan Collins in the television movie The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch for Aaron Spelling.
In 1985, he appeared in a cameo role impersonating himself on Jeff Beck's video for the track "Ambitious", written by Nile Rodgers.
In 1998, Osmond was chosen as the singing voice of Shang in Disney's Mulan. He sang "I'll Make a Man Out of You".<ref name="EW TD&M" />
In 1999, he starred as Joseph in the movie version of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by Andrew Lloyd Webber's request who said, "to me, there is no better selection."
In 2002, he sang "No One Has to Be Alone" for the end credits of The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water.
In the Bob the Builder special "Built to be Wild", he played Jackaroo the pickup truck.
Osmond remarked in an interview that his movie appearance on College Road Trip and upcoming appearances on two Disney Channel shows would mean that he would be coming full circle since he and his family were discovered by Walt Disney.
Osmond appears in the music video of "Weird Al" Yankovic's song "White & Nerdy". The song is a parody of Chamillionaire's "Ridin'"; Osmond's role is analogous to that of Krayzie Bone's role in the original video. Yankovic asked Osmond to appear because "if you have to have a white and nerdy icon in your video, like who else do you go for?"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In February 2019, he was revealed to have portrayed "Peacock" on the first season of The Masked Singer, where he was the runner-up.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Osmond was a guest on Kevin Nealon's web series on YouTube, Hiking with Kevin, in March 2019. The webisode begins with the two hiking through the snow at the Sundance Resort in Utah, and ends with them walking a crowded Las Vegas Strip until Osmond brings Nealon backstage at the Donny & Marie Showroom in the Flamingo Hotel, at which he was to perform that evening.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 2020, Osmond was invited as a celebrity panelist for Fox's I Can See Your Voice, appearing on episode 5 in the first season of the show (4 November).<ref name="RottTom ICSYV Donny">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Osmond is mentioned in a comedic exchange in the third episode of HBO's miniseries The Night Of (2016). Two lawyers played by John Turturro and Jeannie Berlin fail to recall whether Osmond does or does not have a criminal history.<ref>https://decider.com/2016/07/25/the-night-of-episode-3-recap/</ref>
Dancing with the Stars
Osmond and professional Kym Johnson were paired for the ninth season of Dancing with the Stars. He participated in the show to prove he was a better dancer than his sister, Marie, who made it to the finals of season 5. For the first week, Donny and his partner were assigned to perform a foxtrot and a 30-second salsa. His foxtrot was said to be "too theatrical" and was scored 20/30 by the judges, however he managed to maintain a good score when his salsa scored 10 points. He performed a jive the following week, which was guest-judged by Baz Luhrmann. He scored 25 and was scored second place, called first to be safe. That following week he performed a rumba and scored 21.
The following week introduced four new dances including the Charleston, for which he scored 24. That following week, the two performed an Argentine tango. The couple scored 29/30, which was the highest-scored dance to date until it was beaten by then-top scorer and future runner-up Mýa and her 70s-themed samba. Donny also received that week's encore.
Following that week, Osmond and Johnson danced a train-station-themed jitterbug and scored a 24. He then performed a mambo against all couples and was eliminated 6th, receiving seven points for a total of 31/40. The following week, he performed a quickstep, which he quotes "was one of the worst moments of my life" and scored 24 and a team tango along with Joanna Krupa and Kelly Osbourne and received 28/30 and the encore.
In the 8th week of competition, Osmond was required to dance a ballroom and decade-themed Latin dance. His ballroom Viennese waltz received 26 but his 1980s themed pasodoble received 24 being quoted by judge Len Goodman as "the scariest, bizarre pasodoble we've ever seen" being awarded the last place on the judges' leaderboard for the first time. Following that week, he danced a tango and got advice from past runner-up Gilles Marini. He got tangled in Johnson's dress and received 21 saying the cause was that "I saw Marie." He then danced the samba to a song originally recorded by his brothers and himself called "One Bad Apple", receiving 26 and a Jitterbug scored 27. He once again was scored last place.
For the finals week, he danced a cha-cha-cha (27), a megamix dance alongside Mya and Kelly Osbourne (28), the only perfect-scoring freestyle (30) and a repeat of his Argentine tango (30) and won the competition, making him the oldest winner. As he accepted his trophy, he hugged fellow finalist Mya and brought his wife, Debbie, and sister, Marie, on stage.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
On season 18, he guest-judged week five on Disney Night. In October 2014, he guest judged on the British version of the show, Strictly Come Dancing, on week 3 (movie week) of the 12th series.
| Week # | Dance/song | Judges' score | Result | ||
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| Inaba | Goodman | Tonioli | |||
| 1 | Foxtrot/"All that Jazz" Salsa Relay/"Get Busy" |
7 Awarded |
6 10 |
7 Points |
Safe |
| 2 | Jive/"Secret Agent Man" | 8 | *9 | 8 | Safe |
| 3 | Rumba/"Endless Love" | 7 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
| 4 | Charleston/"Put a Lid on It" | 8 | 8 | 8 | Safe |
| 5 | Argentine tango/"Tango a Pugliese" | 10 | 9 | 10 | Safe |
| 6 | Jitterbug/"Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" Mambo Marathon/"Ran Kan Kan" |
8 Awarded |
8 7 |
8 Points |
Safe |
| 7 | Quickstep/"Sing, Sing, Sing" Team tango/"You Give Love a Bad Name" |
8 9 |
8 9 |
8 10 |
Safe |
| 8 | Viennese Waltz/"You Don't Know Me" Pasodoble/"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" |
9 8 |
8 8 |
9 8 |
Safe |
| 9 Semi-finals |
Tango/"Black and Gold" Samba/"One Bad Apple" Jitterbug/"Jump Shout Boogie" |
7 8 9 |
7 9 9 |
7 9 9 |
Safe |
| 10 Finals |
Cha-cha-cha/"September" Megamix/"You and Me"/ "Whenever, Wherever" / "Maniac" Freestyle/"Back in Business" Argentine Tango/"Tango a Pugliese" |
9 Awarded 10 Awarded |
9 28 10 30 |
9 Points 10 Points |
Winner |
Musical theater
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His first foray into Broadway musical theater was the lead role in a revival of the 1904 George M. Cohan show Little Johnny Jones. Osmond replaced another former teen idol, David Cassidy, who left the show while it was on its pre-Broadway tour.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> After 29 previews and only one performance, the show closed in March 1982.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Osmond found success in musical theater through much of the 1990s when he starred as Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat<ref name="EW TD&M" /> for over 2,000 performances beginning in July 1992 in the Elgin Theatre's Toronto production. He relocated to Chicago where Joseph played for 16 months in 1993–94. Osmond suffered from social anxiety disorder during his performances for the musical, which caused him to feel light-headed and extremely nervous during his performances.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 1997, Osmond left his starring role in the tour to participate with his family in the cast of the Hill Cumorah Pageant.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Creator Andrew Lloyd Webber later chose Osmond to star in the 1999 film version.
He returned to Broadway on 19 September 2006 as Gaston in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. He was scheduled to perform for nine weeks, but due to popular demand, he extended his run through December. Liz Smith of the New York Post wrote, "I am here to tell you he is charmingly campy, good-looking and grand as the villain 'Gaston', patterned after our old friend Elvis", and noting "Donny is divine". On 29 July 2007, Osmond played Gaston again for the final performance of Beauty and the Beast.<ref name="Playbill Beauty">Template:Cite news</ref>
Osmond and his sister, Marie, starred in a holiday production called Donny & Marie – A Broadway Christmas, originally scheduled to play on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre 9–19 December 2010. The show was extended through December 2010 and again until 2 January 2011.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Donny & Marie – Christmas in Chicago played at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts Oriental Theatre in Chicago in December 2011. It was similar to the 2010 Broadway show. In December 2014, they again performed in a similar Broadway show, receiving very positive reviews.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Osmond is set to play the role of Pharaoh, in the upcoming production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat for a limited run over Christmas 2024 at the Edinburgh Playhouse opening on 3 December 2024 as part of the UK Tour going into 2025.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Other ventures
Donny Osmond Home
Donny Osmond Home is a furniture and decor accessories collection, established in 2013 by Osmond and his wife Debbie, in collaboration with decor manufacturers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Author
Life is Just What You Make It: My Story So Far, his autobiography co-written with Patricia Romanowski, is a "tell-all", Donny Osmond style. The book, released in 1999, includes stories from behind-the-scenes as a teen star, to his thought of tarnishing his "goody-two-shoes" image as he started his solo career, to him describing the intense panic attacks he suffered on stage.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Public image
Osmond states that he has had a tremendous public-image struggle since Donny & Marie ended in 1979.<ref name=salon>Template:Cite web</ref> Reviews from Allmusic noted that while Osmond remained a gifted singer, a series of creative missteps in the late 1970s led to his virtually disappearing from the public eye during the 1980s.<ref name="Allmusic1">Template:Citation</ref><ref name=Allmusic2>Template:AllMusic</ref> He was described in the 1980s as having an "unhip image", and he said he was embarrassed that the Osmond name was not considered cool.<ref name=musicconnection>Template:Cite magazine</ref> A publicist suggested that Osmond purposely plan an arrest for drug possession in order to change his image. "I remember hiring a publicist who figured out this whole campaign to get me busted for drugs and change my image."<ref name="bbcnews">Template:Cite news</ref>
Osmond commented on his opposition to same-sex marriage after the 2008 Proposition 8 in California. The LDS Church were one of many groups that supported Proposition 8 (to ban same-sex marriage), and Osmond stated that he opposes same-sex marriage but that he does not condemn homosexuality. He believes that homosexuals should be accepted in the LDS Church if they remain celibate.<ref name=indep>Template:Cite news</ref> He stated on his website:
In March 2010, Osmond criticized Lady Gaga and Beyoncé for using profanity and sex in their "Telephone" video.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Personal life
On May 8, 1978, Osmond married Debra Glenn of Billings, Montana, in the Salt Lake Temple. Together they have five sons: Don, Jeremy, Brandon, Chris, and Josh. The Osmonds became grandparents in 2005<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> and have 16 grandchildren.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Chris, who is also a musician, appeared on season 2 of the American reality series Claim to Fame, in which contestants have to determine their competitors' famous relative; Chris advanced to the final episode, having repeatedly survived numerous eliminations because the other contestants could not guess Donny's identity.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Like the rest of his family, Osmond is a member of the LDS Church. In retrospect, he has written, "It would have been nice to be able to have served a regular full-time mission, but when I was of that age, my career was such that everyone, including my parents and the leaders of the church, thought that I could do a lot of good in the world by continuing to be in the public eye, by living an exemplary life and sharing my beliefs in every way that I could."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He continues sharing his beliefs in an extensive letters-and-comments portion of his website.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Osmond's two oldest brothers, Virl and Tom, are deaf, and his nephew, Justin, is hearing impaired. He has talked about the experience of growing up with his brothers and their use of sign language when performing together.
Template:BlockquoteOsmond has traced some of his family ancestry back to Merthyr Tydfil in Wales; his journey was documented in a BBC Wales program, Donny Osmond Coming Home.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On the BBC's The One Show, a plaque was unveiled in the town to commemorate "the ancestors of Donny Osmond."
Discography
Studio albums
- The Donny Osmond Album (1971)
- To You with Love, Donny (1971)
- Portrait of Donny (1972)
- Too Young (1972)
- Alone Together (1973)
- A Time for Us (1973)
- Donny (1974)
- Disco Train (1976)
- Donald Clark Osmond (1977)
- Donny Osmond (1989)
- Eyes Don't Lie (1990)
- Christmas at Home (1997)
- This Is the Moment (2001)
- Somewhere in Time (2002)
- What I Meant to Say (2004)
- Love Songs of the 70s (2007)
- The Soundtrack of My Life (2015)
- Start Again (2021)
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. | ||
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| 1963–1970 | The Andy Williams Show | Himself | Guest | Multiple episodes (debuted at age 5, in 1963, in his first appearance) | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Biography">Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| 1972 | Here's Lucy | Season 5 Episode 11 | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |||
| 1976–1979 | Donny & Marie | host | 78 episodes | <ref name="Biography" /> | ||
| 1980 | The Love Boat | Danny Fields/Schofield | Guest | Season 3 Episodes 18, 19 | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| 1982 | Jim Markham | Season 6 Episode 13 | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |||
| 1983 | Disney Channel Launch Program | Himself | Host | Special program that included a countdown | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| 1995 | Space Ghost Coast to Coast | Guest | Season 2 ep. 5 "Fire Drill" | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | ||
| 1997 | UK | Osmond Family Values | documentary | |||
| 1997–2000 | Donny & Marie | Co-host | Talk show/All episodes | <ref name="Biography" /> | ||
| 1998, 2000 | The King of Queens | Guest | Season 1 episode 10 Supermarket Story; Season 2, episode 17 Meet By-Product | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | ||
| 1999 | UK | The Osmonds are Back | 5 Part TV Documentary UK Channel 5 | |||
| 1999–2000 | Miss America Pageant | Co-Host | With sister Marie | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | ||
| 1999 | Diagnosis: Murder | Guest | Season 7 Episode 9: "The Mouth That Roared" | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | ||
| 2001 | Fear Factor | Contestant | Season 2 Episode 1 | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | ||
| 2001 | Inside the Osmonds | closing number performer | made for TV movie | |||
| 2002–2004 | US | Pyramid | Host | All episodes | <ref name="Biography" /> | |
| 2007 | UK | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | ||||
| 2004 | Friends | Pyramid host | Episode: "The One Where the Stripper Cries" | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | ||
| Sesame Street | guest | Commentary 35th Anniversary | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |||
| 2007 | The Great American Dream Vote | Host | 2 episodes | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | ||
| Identity (UK) | Host | All episodes | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |||
| Entertainment Tonight | Commentator | Several episodes | ||||
| 2008 | Hannah Montana | Cameo | Episode: "We're All on This Date Together" | |||
| Miss USA Pageant | Co-Host | <ref name="Biography" /> | ||||
| Teleflora presents America's Favorite Mom | Co-host with sister Marie | Mother's Day special | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |||
| 2009, 2012, 2014, 2017–2018 | Dancing with the Stars | contestant | season 9 (winner) | |||
| Guest performer | seasons 15, 24, 27 | |||||
| Guest judge | season 18 | |||||
| 2014 | Strictly Come Dancing | series 12 | ||||
| 2019 | The Masked Singer | contestant-- Peacock | Runner-up, Season 1 | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | ||
| 2022 | guest panelist | Season 8 | <ref name="Biography" /> | |||
| 2019 | Hiking with Kevin | Interview guest | ||||
| 2020 | Celebrity Wheel of Fortune | Contestant | Episode: “Donny Osmond, Jeff Garlin, and Amber Riley” | |||
| I Can See Your Voice | Guest celebrity panelist | Season 1, episode 5 | <ref name="RottTom ICSYV Donny" /> | |||
| 2023 | Generation Gap | Episode: "Get outta My Dreams, Get Into My Fridge" | ||||
| 2023 | The Osmonds: Faith, Family, & Fame | Documentary Special | ||||
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Goin' Coconuts | Donny | Feature film | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1982 | The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch | Frank Isaacs | Television film | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1999 | Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Joseph | Direct-to-video film produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber | <ref name="Playbill Joseph">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2008 | College Road Trip | Doug Greenhut | Feature film | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
Voice dubbing and animated films and programs
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972–1974 | The Osmonds | himself | Saturday morning cartoon | <ref name="TDiM The Osmonds" /> |
| 1997–2004 | Johnny Bravo | 3 episodes | ||
| 1998 | Mulan | Captain Li Shang | Singing voice ("I'll Make a Man Out of You") | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2005 | Bob the Builder: Built to be Wild | Jackaroo | Direct-to-video film | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2009 | Handy Manny | Farmer | Episode "Motorcycle adventure" | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
Music videos
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Ambitious | Cameo | Jeff Beck music video | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2006 | White & Nerdy | Dancer | "Weird Al" Yankovic music video parody of Chamillionaire's "Ridin'" feat. Krayzie Bone | <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> |
Theater
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Little Johnny Jones | Johnny Jones | 29 previews and 1 official performance | <ref name="Beauty debut">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Broadway World">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1992 - 1994 | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Joseph | Toronto and Chicago | <ref name="Broadway World" /><ref name="Playbill Joseph" /> |
| 2006 | Beauty and the Beast | Gaston | Broadway | <ref name="Beauty debut" /><ref name="Broadway World" /> |
| 2007 | final Broadway performance | <ref name="Playbill Beauty" /> | ||
| Cabaret show | Himself | Feinstein's at the Regency | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| 2010 | Donny & Marie - A Broadway Christmas | Original production | <ref name="Broadway World" /> | |
| 2024 | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Pharaoh | Edinburgh | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
Commercial collaborations and ads
| Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Donny Osmond Home | Furniture and accessories. Collaboration with different makers and retailers (such as Wayfair, Target, Home Depot, etc.) | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2018 | American Greetings Birthday E-card | Customizable cards with a personalized song | <ref name="Broadway World" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Chef Boyardee "Start The Par-dee" | Collaboration with rapper Lil Yachty | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
References
External links
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