Alan Halsall

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Alan Halsall
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Halsall in 2011
Born
Alan David Halsall

(1982-08-11) 11 August 1982 (age 42)
OccupationActor
Years active1989–present
Known forRole of Tyrone Dobbs in Coronation Street (1998–)
Spouse
(m. 2009;div. 2018)
Children1

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.

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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

YearNominated workAwardCategoryResult
2013 Coronation Street National Television Awards Outstanding Serial Drama PerformanceWon
The British Soap Awards Best ActorWon
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]

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References

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