HOWARD DWAINE DOROUGH BIOGRAPHY
Nicknames: Howie D., Sweet D, Latin Lover
Birth Date: August 22, 1973
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Birth Place: Orlando, Florida
Current Residence: Orlando, Florida
Weight: 135 pounds
Height: 5’6"
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Parents: Paula and Hoke Dorough
Siblings: John, Polly, Caroline (deceased), Angela----Howie’s the baby!
Heritage: Irish/Puerto Rican (Spirish)
Pet: Himalayan cat named Christopher and a Pekingese dog named Oscar
First Ambition: To be a world-wide-known entertainer
First Album Bought: Michael Jackson’s Thriller
Musical Instruments: Piano and guitar
Cars: A Corvette and a truck
FAVORITES
Book: The Firm by John Grisham
Singers: Jon Secada, Al B. Sure, Phillip Bailey
Type of Music: Soul, R & B
Musical Group: Boyz II Men
Song: The Righteous Brothers "Unchained Melody"
Movies: The Outsiders, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Actor: Tom Hanks
Actress: Demi Moore
TV Shows: Reruns of Married…With Children, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, America’s Funniest Home Videos
Food: Chinese…but he confesses, "I love to cook and eat Indian food, even though my hamburger and fries are just awesome!"
Breakfast: Pancakes with maple syrup
Drinks: Sprite and iced tea
Ice Cream: Oreo Cookies and Cream
Colors: Purple
Car: Corvette
School Subject: Math (least favorite----English)
Clothes: Tommy Hilfiger
Cologne: CK One
Sports: Water sports like skiing and knee-skiing, racquetball
Pastimes: Acting, dancing, clubbing, going to the movies
Childhood Memory: "Spending Christmas with all my family."
Getaway Place: "To my family’s house in Orlando or Puerto Rico."
Sports Team: Montreal Expos
Saying: "Cheers!"
UP-CLOSE-AND-PERSONAL
Dream Girl: "A girl who has a good head on her shoulders and knows what she wants in life."
Dream Date: "Going out for a candlelit dinner, then to the movies, and dancing, and finally out to walk on the beach at night."
Major Turnoff: Selfish people, racism, prejudice
Self-Description: "I’m an honest, sincere person who cares a lot about other people and their feelings."
Best Quality: "Being a perfectionist."
Worst Quality: "Being a perfectionist…and sleeping late!"
Historical Era He Would Like to Visit: "The 1950s because I love the style of music and living back then."
If I Were An Inanimate Object: "I would be a car because I like living in the fast lane."
Who He Would Like to Ask Out to Dinner: Cindy Crawford
What He Brings on the Road: "My book bag, which has my whole house in it! CD player, CDs, cassette player, Spanish books, sunglasses----I have just about everything and anything!" He also brings a pocket-sized tape recorder and records his thoughts and observations.
Most Prized Possession: "My family and my career."
Secret Confession: He sleeps in his underwear!
Secret Disguise: A baseball cap
Secret Habit: He snores!
Secret Dream: To cruise around the Caribbean in a sailboat!
Little Known Facts: He was in one of the last classroom scenes of the movie Parenthood and starred in the pilot of Nickelodeon’s Welcome Freshman.
Known As: The group’s peacemaker
Secret Desire: "I’m in the process of growing my hair long----I want it past my shoulders," he told Smash Hits.