Chris Coghill
Born
Christopher Coghill

(1975-04-11) 11 April 1975
Prestwich, England
Occupation(s)Actor, screenwriter
Years active1999–present
Spouse(s)Lisa Faulkner
(m. 2005, div. 2011)
Children1

Christopher Coghill (born 11 April 1975[1]) is an English actor, having had roles in Shameless, Burn It, Hotel Babylon, The Bill, New Tricks, Doctors, Holby City, Heartbeat, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Waterloo Road and Cold Feet, and as Tony King in EastEnders.

Career

Coghill has appeared in many television programmes such as HolbyBlue, Shameless,[2] Burn It,[2] Hotel Babylon, The Bill, New Tricks, Doctors, Holby City,[2] Heartbeat,[2] Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Waterloo Road and Cold Feet. He has also appeared in films such as Someone Else, The Banker,[2] Molly's Idle Ways, Slide and 24 Hour Party People.[2]

In 2008, Coghill was cast in EastEnders in the controversial role of Tony King, Bianca Jackson's boyfriend.[3] Over the course of three months, it emerged that the character had been having a relationship with Bianca's stepdaughter Whitney Dean for three years, starting when Whitney was just 12-years old, and was also seen 'grooming' Lauren Branning.[3] The storyline ended in December 2008 when Whitney told Bianca, who then told the police, and Tony was arrested, thus ending Coghill's three-month stint in the show.[3] Coghill reprised the role for the character's trial, which was screened in December 2009.[3] After leaving EastEnders, Coghill noted that his storyline in the show had affected his career and was finding it more difficult to find roles.[3] Coghill next appeared as ambulance driver Bobby Sheridan in the medical drama series The Royal, in 2008.[2]

In 2016, Coghill appeared in BBC One drama series Moving On.[2] He appeared in series 4 of Line of Duty on BBC One in 2017.[2]

Personal life

Coghill married actress Lisa Faulkner in April 2005, having met her on the set of Burn It. Their wedding was held at Pembroke Lodge, in Richmond Park, London, and they honeymooned in Malaysia.[4] The couple have an adopted daughter. They separated in 2011.

Awards and nominations

Filmography

Films

Year Film Role Notes
2002 24 Hour Party People Bez
2004 The Banker Smiling Man Short film
2006 Someone Else Matt
2009 Nowhere Boy Record Dealer
2010 Freedom Day Vince Short film
Honeymooner Ben
2011 Weekender Writer
Junkhearts Banker
2013 Spike Island Uncle Hairy Writer

TV

Year Show Role Notes Credit
1999 Cold Feet Zac 1 episode: #2.4
2001 Heartbeat Des 1 episode: The Long Weekend Christopher Coghill
2002 Holby City Ash Hillier 1 episode: Sweet Love Remembered
2003 Doctors Rob White 1 episode: Cave Man
Burn It Carl Redmond 1 episode: #1.6
2004 New Tricks Christopher Wells 1 episode: #1.6 Christopher Coghill
Early Doors Chris 1 episode: #2.6 Christopher Coghill
2005 Legless
2005–2006 Shameless Craig Garland Recurring: 5 episodes
2006 The Bill Matt Finney 1 episode: #385 Christopher Coghill
Magnolia Terry
2007 Hotel Babylon Dan Edwards 1 episode: #2.7
Waterloo Road Shaun 1 episode #3.7 Christopher Coghill
2007–2008 HolbyBlue Roger Cooper Recurring: 3 episodes Christopher Coghill
2008 Doctors Mark Sturridge 1 episode: Walking Wounded Christopher Coghill
Secret Diary of a Call Girl Kai 1 episode: #2.1
2008–2009 EastEnders Tony King Series regular
2008–2009 The Royal Bobby Sheridan Recurring: 4 episodes Christopher Coghill
2009 Who'll Age Worst Narrator Christopher Coghill
Blue Murder Liam Whittick 1 episode: This Charming Man
2011 Hollyoaks Later Johnny Recurring: 5 episodes Christopher Coghill
2014 Silent Witness Linus Skinner 1 episodes Christopher Coghill
2015 Home Fires Stanley Farrow Christopher Coghill
2016 Endeavour Seth 1 episode: 4.4 Christopher Coghill
2017 Line of Duty Kevin 1 episode: #4.4 Christopher Coghill
Murdered for Being Different Dave Maltby
2018 Casualty Karl Compson 1 episode: #32.32 Christopher Coghill
2022-2023 Slow Horses Hobbs Recurring (season 1). Guest (season 3) Christopher Coghill
2023 The Bay Alex Kirby 3 episodes

References

  1. http://web.researcha.com/iccquery/detail/?did=816979&c=uk%5B%5D
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Shaun Coghill". sueterryvoices.com. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "EastEnders star Chris Coghill claims Whitney Dean grooming storyline 'killed his career'". Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  4. Wylie, Ian (26 May 2005). "Wedding bash with bangers and mash!". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
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