Biography
Date of Birth
30 November 1987, Orsett, Essex, England, UKBirth Name
Douglas Lee PoynterNickname
Doug - Pugsley - Hoodrat - Butty - Captain Doug Wash - -Height
5' 8½" (1.74 m)Trade Mark
His Hurley shirts and cap
-Trivia
Bassist, backing singer, of McFly
He used to be in a band called ATAIZ, who were a punky-Blink 182 style band.
Has a shrine to Blink 182 above his bed
Has a sibling called Jazzie.
Has 2 dogs (Fraser & Maggie), 2 lizards (Zukie and Jerry) and a frog (Ned). He also plans to rescue a pair of Iguanas.
His favourite band is Blink 182 and says Tom Delonge is his idol.
Could speak Greek fluently when he was three years old.
Got hit in the eye by a snooker ball and had to wear a patch over it for two weeks.
His first ever concert was Wet Wet Wet.
If he wasn't in McFly, he would have liked to be a herpetologist (a person who studies reptiles).
When he was in his first band Ataiz he wrote the song 'Silence is a Scary Sound'. This song is on the McFly album 'Motion in the Ocean'.
He got the nickname "Captain Dougwash" from a fan during a webchat, as he is very interested in pirates. He is interested in the pirate William Kidd, so much so he has a website called saintkidd.com that sells clothing.
-Personal Quotes
I would describe myself as weird and greasy.
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