Sam Darbyshire

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Sam Darbyshire (born 26 March 1989) [1] is an English television actor best known for his role as Jamie "Fletch" Fletcher on the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks . He has also appeared in several advertisements and had a small role in Coronation Street . He was a member of a local youth theatre group in Wigan, Willpower Youth Theatre, near his childhood home in Standish, Greater Manchester. In his final year of secondary school, Darbyshire was involved in a production of the musical Grease . [2]

Darbyshire attended Winstanley College.

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References

  1. "Sam Darbyshire". Facebook.com. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
  2. Barton, Laura (2005-03-16). "What's it really like being 15 today?". London: The Guardian . Retrieved 2007-02-03.