Alan Halsall

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Alan Halsall
Halsall in 2011
Born	Alan David Halsall (1982-08-11) 11 August 1982 (age 43) Walkden, Greater Manchester, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1989–present
Known for	Role of Tyrone Dobbs in Coronation Street (1998–)
Spouse	Lucy-Jo Hudson ​ ​ (m. 2009;div. 2018)​
Children	1

Alan David Halsall (born 11 August 1982) is an English actor, best known for portraying the role of Tyrone Dobbs in Coronation Street , a role he has played since 1998.

Early life

Halsall was brought up in Walkden, Salford ^{[1] [2]} and attended Walkden High School.

Career

Halsall has been in Coronation Street since November 1998, but had previously appeared in a variety of television shows including Children's Ward , Heartbeat , Hetty Wainthropp Investigates and Queer As Folk (1999). He also appeared in the CITV four-part series Matt's Million .

Halsall won the 2013 National Television Awards Outstanding Serial Drama Performance award for his role on Coronation Street.

In November 2024, Halsall appeared as a contestant on the twenty-fourth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and was the seventh contestant to be eliminated, finishing in sixth place. ^{[3] [4]}

Awards and nominations

Year	Nominated work	Award	Category	Result
2013	Coronation Street	National Television Awards	Outstanding Serial Drama Performance	Won
		The British Soap Awards	Best Actor	Won
			Best On-Screen Partnership (with Jennie McAlpine)	Nominated

Personal life

Halsall was married to former Coronation Street and Wild at Heart actress, Lucy-Jo Hudson. They met on set and began dating in 2005. ^[5] They married on 13 June 2009 in Cheshire. ^[6] On 18 February 2013, via Twitter, the couple announced they were expecting their first child, a baby girl. On 8 September 2013, Hudson gave birth to their daughter, 9 days after her due date, named Sienna-Rae. ^[7] The couple announced they were splitting in March 2016, and they got back together after several weeks apart. ^[8] In May 2018, they announced that they were divorcing. ^[9]

On 10 November 2023, Coronation Street confirmed Halsall would be taking a short break from the show due to him needing an operation to repair a ligament in his knee. ^[10] He is a vegetarian. ^[11]

References

1. Bolton Evening News, 11 February, 2002.
2. Bolton Evening News, 21 February 2000 Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
3. "I'm a Celebrity 2024: Coleen Rooney, GK Barry and Danny Jones in line-up". BBC News . 2 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
4. Stolworthy, Jacob (6 December 2024). "I'm a Celebrity: Two stars voted off as final four revealed". The Independent.
5. "Lucy-Jo Hudson wants low-key wedding". Digital Spy . 4 January 2008.
6. "Corrie lovers tie the knot in Cheshire". Digital Spy . 14 June 2009.
7. Kelly, Emma (8 September 2013). "Coronation Street's Alan Halsall and Lucy-Jo Hudson welcome baby girl".
8. "Coronation Street actors Alan Halsall and Lucy-Jo Hudson split".
9. "Coronation Street's Alan Halsall and Lucy-Jo Hudson are divorcing". Digital Spy . 3 May 2018.
10. Sansome, Jessica (26 January 2024). "Coronation Street's Alan Halsall gives update on recovery after big surgery". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
11. Sansome, Jessica (15 November 2024). "Coronation Street's Alan Halsall shares rare personal details ahead of I'm A Celebrity stint as co-star supports". Manchester Evening News.

External links

• Alan Halsall at IMDb