Anecdotes

Paul Danan was an English actor who was best known for playing Sol Patrick in the Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks, between 1997 and 2001.

In June 2024, Danan was hospitalised for respiratory failure caused by "obsessive" vape usage. He had to be given CPR by his family, before being admitted to ICU with pneumonia. Doctors warned him that if he continued smoking in any form, he risked being linked to an oxygen tank later in life.

In 2007, Danan was due to play Jack in Jack & the Beanstalk at the Preston Guild Hall, but he was sacked after swearing during the Christmas Lights switch on.

Danan attended the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts.

He competed in the twentieth series of Celebrity Big Brother. On Day 18, he became the fifth evictee. On an episode of The Jeremy Kyle Show broadcast on ITV on 9 February 2019, Danan discussed his substance addiction. He admitted to being a recovering addict.

In January 2022, Danan appeared on series 7 of E4's Celebrity Coach Trip in Northern Portugal, where he was put with Team GB athlete Ashley McKenzie. Danan and McKenzie joined a line-up which featured fellow celebrity travellers like Matt Richardson, Honey G, Ginny Lemon, pop duo Honeyz, and Birds of a Feather stars Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph.

On stage, Danan played "the Monster" in Desires of Frankenstein by James Martin Charlton at the 2002 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

In 2005, he appeared as a contestant on the first series of ITV's Celebrity Love Island. He returned for the second series in 2006.

In 2006 Danan was awarded a Loaded Laftas Comedy Award for funniest reality TV personality.

Danan lived in Hertfordshire, running a drama club for local children.

Nominated for best actor at the Inside Soap Awards in 1999.

In 2020, Danan set up a theatre company called "Morning After Drama" in Bristol, offering free workshops to vulnerable groups.

He trained at Italia Conti drama school in Woking.

He had also planned to set up a linked charity, "The Other Side Of Morning CIC" to offer community projects around the UK.