Martin Hancock

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Martin Hancock
Born (1970-01-10) 10 January 1970 (age 55)
Fulham, London, England
OccupationActor
Known for Coronation Street (1997–2001, 2003, 2022–2023)

Martin Hancock (born 10 January 1970) is an English actor best known for his roles as Geoffrey "Spider" Nugent in the English soap Coronation Street (between 1997 and 2003 and again from 2022 and 2023) and as Reg Lund in Holby City .

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Early life

Hancock was born on 10 January 1970 in Fulham to an English father and a New Zealand mother. [1] He attended Drayton Manor High School in West London and trained at the Drama Centre London.

Career

Hancock has had roles in a number of English television series, including BBC's This Life and the ITV1 cult drama Demons . He has also had film roles in 24 Hour Party People , Chasing Liberty (2004), Kingdom of Heaven (2005) and Defiance (2008), as well as in a number of theatre productions. [2]

However, his most famous role remains that of Emily Bishop's eco-warrior nephew, Geoffrey "Spider" Nugent, in the long-running ITV soap Coronation Street . Hancock left the show as a regular in 2000, feeling that his character of Spider had run its course. [3]

It was announced in May 2022, that Hancock is to return to the programme and reprise the role of Spider in July 2022.

In 2007, he appeared as himself on an episode of Celebrity MasterChef.

And more recently he played paramedic Indies father in Casualty on 30 March 2025.

Personal life

He lives in London with his wife, and is a supporter of West Ham United F.C. [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Liam David
2002 24 Hour Party People Howard Devoto
2004 Chasing Liberty McGruff
2004 Trauma Emery Jones
2005 Kingdom of Heaven Gravedigger
2005 Hell to Pay MartinDirect-to-video
2005 The Best Man Stan
2006Rabbit FeverBill Johnson
2007 Hannibal Rising Polygraph Operator
2008 Defiance Peretz Shorshaty
2011 Screwed Bowers
2011 7 Lives Beggar
2013 The Physician Merlin
2014 Closer to the Moon Prosecutor
2014Hoodies vs. HooligansDC Meyler
2015Rough and ReadyNick
2016BrakesMark
2016Blaze of GoryTerry
2017 6 Days Bill
2019The Car: Road to RevengeTalen
2019 The Last Faust Dr. Faust

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993–2007 The Bill Various roles3 episodes
1994, 2015 Casualty Mike Levin / Sam McGann2 episodes
1995 Wycliffe DaveEpisode: "Lost Contact"
1997 This Life Philip BecksEpisode: "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?"
1997 London's Burning RickEpisode #10.6
1997–2001, 2003, 2022–2023 Coronation Street Spider Nugent 190 episodes
1998 Our Mutual Friend Sloppy3 episodes
2000DaddyfoxNick FryTelevision film
2002 Crime and Punishment Koch
2002–2014 Doctors Various roles4 episodes
2003 Keen Eddie Fishy2 episodes
2004 Top Buzzer BarbaraEpisode: "Drought"
2005 Born and Bred Jimmy IngramEpisode: "A Wrathful God"
2005 Totally Frank PhilEpisode: "Debt"
2005Line of Fire: The SommeAndrewsTelevision film
2005–2006 Holby City Reg Lund18 episodes
2006 No Angels GrahamEpisode #3.6
2006 Children in Need Reg LundEpisode #1.27
2008 M.I. High Charlie ChuckworthEpisode: "Face Off"
2009 Demons RedlipEpisode: "They Bite"
2009History's Hardest Prison Thomas Bambridge Television film
2009 Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution Collot
2010 Little Crackers Mr. Fix ItEpisode: "Car Park Babylon"
2012 Crime Stories Mathew BoyleEpisode #1.9
2013 Being Human LeaderEpisode: "Sticks and Rope"
2014 The Musketeers JailerEpisode: "The Good Soldier"
2014 Endeavour 'Nosey' ParkerEpisode: "Neverland"
2014 Chasing Shadows Eamonn ThirskEpisode: "Off Radar: Part 2"
2015 The Enfield Haunting Tony WatsonEpisode #1.2
2015 Cradle to Grave Soapy6 episodes
2020 In the Long Run TrevorEpisode #3.1
2025 Casualty Samuel JankowskiRecurring role

References

  1. ↑ Lewis, Roz (27 December 2014). "Where are they now? Coronation Street eco-warrior Spider Nugent". The Express. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Martin Hancock". Roxane Vacca Management. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Smith, Christine (28 July 2000). "Interview: Martin Hancock - Mum's death broke my heart but it has taught me I can't waste any time". No. The Mirror.
  4. ↑ Belton, Brian (2008). West Ham Miscellany. John Blake Publishing. ISBN   978-1782198819.


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