Lee Oakes | |
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| Born | Lee Oakes 1976 (age 48–49) Cheshire, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1996–2011 |
Lee Oakes (born 1976) is an English retired actor best known for his role as Munch Wilkinson in Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps (2003-2008) and as Kev in After You've Gone (2007-2008).
Other credits include the films DragonHeart (1996), Daylight (1996), Club Le Monde (2002), Alien Autopsy (2006) and Harry Brown (2009); and appearances on the TV series The Lakes (1997-1999), Heartbeat (1998), Holby City (1999), The Bill (2000), 'Orrible (2001), Blue Murder (2003), Casualty (2007), Coronation Street (2009), and Emmerdale (2010).
Oakes (born 1976) [1] was raised in Haslington, Cheshire, [1] and was educated Sandbach School. [1] Oakes attended the Gateway Youth Theatre, Chester. [1] He pursued his theatrical career at the BBC, most notably in Once Upon a Time in Wigan, and Sparkleshark at the Royal National Theatre. [1]
Oakes has appeared in The Lakes (1997-1999), [2] DragonHeart (1996), Daylight (1996), Heartbeat (1998), [2] Holby City (1999), The Bill (2000), 'Orrible (2001), [2] Club Le Monde (2002), [2] Blue Murder (2003), [2] and Casualty (2007). [2]
Oakes also played a supporting role in the 2006 film Alien Autopsy alongside Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly .
He starred alongside Sheridan Smith and Will Mellor as Munch Wilkinson in 24 episodes of the British comedy Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps (2003-2008). [2] He starred alongside Nicholas Lyndhurst in After You've Gone (2007-2008). [1]
In 2009, appeared in Coronation Street (2009), and starred alongside Michael Caine playing Dean in the British crime thriller Harry Brown (2009). [2]
In 2010, he starred as Mickey Hall in Emmerdale (2010), [2] then in 2012, Oakes appeared in Hadouken!'s video "Parasite". [3]
After retiring from acting he worked as MHE driver for Ceva logistics before moving onto agency work for Bentley.