He is best known for being a member of the pop group Take That from the band's creation in 1990 until their hiatus in 1996, and again from their reunion in 2005 until he retired from entertainment in 2014.

[1] He studied A-Level English at South Trafford College from 2001 to 2003 and then took an Access to Higher Education course on biology, history and psychology, though he did not attend university.

[4] He also appeared on the show The Hit Man and Her as a featured dancer and was a member of a duo called Look Twice.

[6] The following year, he took the leading role in a London stage production of Gob, written by Jim Kenworth and directed by James Martin Charlton.

Orange continued to act, appearing in a cameo role in the Channel 4 comedy series Shameless in April 2013.