Pete Doherty born as Peter Doherty is one of the most popular English musician. He is also a well known writer and actor. He was born on 12th March 1979, which makes his age 36. His birthplace is Hexham, which lies in Northumberland, England, UK. His nationality is British. His mother Jacqueline Michels is a nurse and lance corporal while his father Peter John Doherty was in the British Army. He is of mixed ethnicity as his paternal grandfather is of Irish descent and his maternal grandfather was Jewish from France and Russia. He was raised as a Catholic. He was the second among the three children (kids) born to his parents. He has travelled many places because of his father’s work like Catterick, Belfast, and Wildenrath Barrack in northwest Germany with his family. He has two sisters Amy Jo and Emily. At the age of 11 he first played guitar to impress his classmate Emily Baker. He got 11 GCSEs at Nicholas Chamberlaine Comprehensive School in Bedworth. He is also very fond of poetry and went on a tour to Russia after winning a poetry competition organized by the British Council. He studied English literature at the college of the University of London named Queen Mary. But he left the study after completing his course in the first year. Then he met his future band member Carl Barat.
He has been actively involved in the field of music since 1997. He formed a band with Barat and named it The Libertines. They had their breakthrough success and they released their debut album Up the Bracket in 2002. He has written and sung many songs in albums like Grace/ Wastelands. He has also released his hit singles like Broken Love Song, Last of the English Roses and Flags of the Old Regime.
He is quite tall man with the height of 6 feet 2 inches. His tall height matches well with his body structure and he looks resistless in shirtless pictures. He is quite popular in social networking sites like Twitter as he has many followers of different ethnicity from around the world in the site. He is also an active user of Instagram and addresses his fans from the site. His detailed biography can be found from IMDb. More information regarding him can be read from wiki websites like Wikipedia.
He had been dating Kate Moss. He became engaged with his girlfriend however they called off the engagement. But still there is some news about the romantic bonding between them. He is not married yet which concludes he has no wife and there is no chance of getting divorce. He has estimated net worth of $2 million dollars, which has proved his worth in the industry. In some recent pictures leaked he looks a bit fat. He is also alleged involved in taking drugs. He has confessed he has worked as a dealer to pay for his drug habit. This habit has caused him some dental issues and he has had his five teeth removed. In an interview he had confirmed about the news. He is also famous for his personal quotes. He has not stated publicly about his sexual preferences whether he is gay or straight.