Chris Coghill

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Chris Coghill
Born
Christopher Coghill

(1975-04-11) 11 April 1975 (age 50)
Prestwich, England, United Kingdom
Occupation(s)Actor, screenwriter
Years active1999–present
Spouse
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(m. 2005;div. 2011)​
Children1

Christopher Coghill (born 11 April 1975 [1] ) is a British actor from Prestwich, England, having had roles in Shameless , Burn It , Hotel Babylon , The Bill , New Tricks , Doctors , Holby City , Heartbeat , Secret Diary of a Call Girl , Waterloo Road and Cold Feet , and as Tony King in EastEnders .

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Career

Coghill has appeared in many television programmes such as HolbyBlue , Shameless , [2] Burn It , [2] Hotel Babylon , The Bill , New Tricks , Doctors , Holby City , [2] Heartbeat , [2] Secret Diary of a Call Girl , Waterloo Road and Cold Feet . He has also appeared in films such as Someone Else , The Banker, [2] Molly's Idle Ways, Slide and 24 Hour Party People . [2]

In 2008, Coghill was cast in EastEnders in the controversial role of Tony King, Bianca Jackson's boyfriend. [3] Over the course of three months, it emerged that the character had been having a relationship with Bianca's stepdaughter Whitney Dean for three years, starting when Whitney was just 12-years old, and was also seen 'grooming' Lauren Branning. [3] The storyline ended in December 2008 when Whitney told Bianca, who then told the police, and Tony was arrested, thus ending Coghill's three-month stint in the show. [3] Coghill reprised the role for the character's trial, which was screened in December 2009. [3] After leaving EastEnders, Coghill noted that his storyline in the show had affected his career and was finding it more difficult to find roles. [3] Coghill next appeared as ambulance driver Bobby Sheridan in the medical drama series The Royal , in 2008. [2]

In 2016, Coghill appeared in BBC One drama series Moving On . [2] He appeared in series 4 of Line of Duty on BBC One in 2017. [2]

Personal life

Coghill married actress Lisa Faulkner in April 2005, having met her on the set of Burn It. Their wedding was held at Pembroke Lodge, in Richmond Park, London, and they honeymooned in Malaysia. [4] The couple have an adopted daughter. They separated in 2011.

Awards and nominations

Filmography

Films

YearFilmRoleNotes
2002 24 Hour Party People Bez
2004 The Banker Smiling ManShort film
2006 Someone Else Matt
2009 Nowhere Boy Record Dealer
2010 Freedom Day VinceShort film
Honeymooner Ben
2011 Weekender Writer
Junkhearts Banker
2013 Spike Island Uncle HairyWriter

TV

YearShowRoleNotesCredit
1999 Cold Feet Zac1 episode: #2.4
2001 Heartbeat Des1 episode: The Long Weekend Christopher Coghill
2002 Holby City Ash Hillier1 episode: Sweet Love Remembered
2003 Doctors Rob White1 episode: Cave Man
Burn It Carl Redmond1 episode: #1.6
2004 New Tricks Christopher Wells1 episode: #1.6Christopher Coghill
Early Doors Chris1 episode: #2.6Christopher Coghill
2005Legless
2005–2006 Shameless Craig Garland Recurring: 5 episodes
2006 The Bill Matt Finney1 episode: #385Christopher Coghill
MagnoliaTerry
2007 Hotel Babylon Dan Edwards1 episode: #2.7
Waterloo Road Shaun1 episode #3.7Christopher Coghill
2007–2008 HolbyBlue Roger CooperRecurring: 3 episodesChristopher Coghill
2008 Doctors Mark Sturridge1 episode: Walking WoundedChristopher Coghill
Secret Diary of a Call Girl Kai1 episode: #2.1
2008–2009 EastEnders Tony King Series regular
2008–2009 The Royal Bobby Sheridan Recurring: 4 episodesChristopher Coghill
2009Who'll Age Worst—NarratorChristopher Coghill
Blue Murder Liam Whittick1 episode: This Charming Man
2011 Hollyoaks Later JohnnyRecurring: 5 episodesChristopher Coghill
2014 Silent Witness Linus Skinner1 episodesChristopher Coghill
2015 Home Fires Stanley FarrowChristopher Coghill
2016 Endeavour Seth1 episode: 4.4Christopher Coghill
2017 Line of Duty Kevin1 episode: #4.4 Christopher Coghill
Murdered for Being Different Dave Maltby
2018 Casualty Karl Compson1 episode: #32.32 Christopher Coghill
2022 The Walk-In Chris Lythgoe4 episodes
2022-2023 Slow Horses HobbsRecurring (season 1 and season 3).Christopher Coghill
2023 The Bay Alex Kirby3 episodes

References

  1. ↑ http://web.researcha.com/iccquery/detail/?did=816979&c=uk%5B%5D
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Shaun Coghill". sueterryvoices.com. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "EastEnders star Chris Coghill claims Whitney Dean grooming storyline 'killed his career'" . Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  4. ↑ Wylie, Ian (26 May 2005). "Wedding bash with bangers and mash!". Manchester Evening News . Retrieved 6 October 2008.
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