Steven Arnold | |
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| Born | 12 December 1974 Warrington, Cheshire, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Known for | Coronation Street (1995–2010) |
Steven Arnold (born 12 December 1974) is an English actor best known for his role as butcher Ashley Peacock in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street .
He was educated at Sir Thomas Boteler in Warrington, where his drama teacher suggested he try for a part in a National Film and Television School production called This Boy's Story. It went on to win a British Academy Film Award (BAFTA) Best Short Film
Arnold and his younger brother, Kevin, both appeared in the Granada Television series Children's Ward . He also worked on the medical information film Growing Pains, and made appearances in a range of other TV series including The Bill , Medics , Hetty Wainthropp Investigates and Common As Muck . He also played Ant in Distance Between The Stars for BBC Radio 4.
In 1995, Arnold made his debut on Coronation Street as Ashley Peacock, [1] a role for which he was nominated for Best Actor at the 1999 National Television Awards [2] and Most Popular Actor at the British Soap Awards 2003. After fifteen years on the soap, the character was axed by producer Phil Collinson in 2010, [3] and Ashley was killed off in the episode broadcast to celebrate the show's fiftieth anniversary on 8 December 2010 in the tram crash.
In 2020, the soap star appeared in Week 2 (Cheshire) of Celebrity Come Dine with Me 2020, where he (alongside fellow celebs Charlotte Crosby, Dawn Ward, Ewen MacIntosh and Jay Hutton) competed in a week of wining and dining for a chance to win a £1,000 cash prize for their chosen charity.
