Biography

Born in Barnard Castle, County Durham his father, Deric was a bank manager at Spennymoor, Bishop Auckland and Barnard Castle and his mother, Gill, from Lincolnshire, was a teacher. He has an older brother and sister, Nigel and Debbie. He acted with the Middleton and District Musical Society making his debut as the Artful Dodger in 'Oliver'. He had thought of going into the legal profession and would probably been a lawyer but when he went to have a look around Christchurch College in Oxford, where his brother had been, they called him Nigel and he thought there would be too much comparison so he gave up the idea and decided on acting and auditioned for and got into Webber Douglas Stage School (1989 - 1992).He made his theatrical debut in 1992 at The Royal Court theatre playing Doug in 'Six Degrees of Separation which transferred to the Comedy Theatre in the West End.He joined the RSC (1994 - 1996) appearing in 'Twelfth Night' and 'Pentecost,' both in the West End. He made his television debut in 'Just a Gigolo' in 1993 followed by parts in 'The Upper Hand',and 'Dalziel and Pasco'. In 1996 he was appearing in 'A Going Concern' at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough when ha was seen by the casting director of 'Coronation Street'and after doing a reading test was given the role of Detective Alan McKenna. His films include An English Lord in 'Henry V' Kenny St John in 'Up On the Roof' In 2000 he was in a touring production of 'Death Trap' He has written a number of unproduced scripts and would like to write and direct one.

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