Dougie Lee Poynter (born November 30, 1987 in Corringham, Essex, England) is bass player and backing vocalist for the British pop rock/pop punk band McFly, along with fellow band members Danny Jones, Tom Fletcher and Harry Judd. McFly rose to fame after the release of their first single, Five Colours In Her Hair, which reached #1 in the charts, as did their following debut album Room On The Third Read more...

Poynter is a publicly shy person, rarely commenting during earlier McFly interviews. However, he has since admitted this was mostly down to his father's abandonment a few weeks before he joined McFly. Despite this shy exterior, he is also known to be the bubbliest band member and, according to fellow bandmates, often says things without thinking. Tom Fletcher has on more than one occasion stated Read more...

At the T4 Smash Hits Poll Winners Party in 2005, Poynter won the award for "Top Mop". In 2006 he won the Virgin Media award for "Most Fanciable Male", with McFly winning "Best Group". He won the "Most Fanciable Male" award again in 2007, with McFly winning "Best Live Act".