Stuart Wolfenden
Stuart Wolfenden | |
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| Born | Stuart Wolfenden 7 February 1970 Rochdale, Lancashire, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1982 – present |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Stuart Wolfenden (born 7 February 1970) is an English actor.
Early life and career
Wolfenden began acting at North Chadderton School. After starring in the stage version of Kes at age 13, he won the Best Actor under 21 award at the Grange Arts Centre in Oldham. During this time he was also an actor at the Oldham Theatre Workshop. In 1986, Wolfenden appeared in "Foul Play", an episode of the BBC One children's drama Jossy's Giants. At the age of 17 he starred alongside Sean Bean and Sheila Hancock in the BBC series My Kingdom for a Horse, playing the character of Bobby Shaw.
Coronation Street
In 1989, Wolfenden joined the cast of Coronation Street, playing the role of Mark Casey.[1] He remained on the show until 1991.[2][3] This was not Wolfenden's first appearance in the soap opera however; he landed his first role at age 15 as paperboy Craig Russell in episodes broadcast in 1986. Wolfenden would return to Coronation Street in 2015 (after an absence of more than 20 years), this time in the role of Greig Hodge; this made him one of the few actors to return to the programme to play a new character having once been part of the main cast.
Later career
Wolfenden has subsequently appeared in a number of TV shows including Clocking Off, Fat Friends, Blue Murder, Heartbeat and the soap opera Emmerdale amongst others, as well as landing roles in a number of feature films including In the Name of the Father (1992); Dead Man's Shoes (2004); Oranges and Sunshine (2011) and Best Laid Plans (2012).[4]
References
- Woman's Own magazine, 29 January 1990, p. 30
- TV Times magazine, 17–23 June 1989/Vol 135 No 25