Chris Coghill
Birthday: Born in 1975-04-11 in Prestwich, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
Deathday: Alive
Chris Coghill is a British actor, famous for roles in the films 24 Hour Party People and Nowhere Boy, and TV series such as Burn It, EastEnders, Home Fires and Line of Duty. He is also a screenwriter, penning the films Weekender and Spike Island. He met his first wife, Lisa Faulkner, on the set of the BBC3 drama series Burn It and the pair married in 2005 before splitting in 2011. He married his second wife, Rosalind Halstead, in 2014.
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The Gold
Character: Neil Murphy
On 26 November 1983, six armed men break into the Brink's-Mat security depot, stumbling across gold bullion worth £26m....
Blue Murder
Character: Liam Whittick
Blue Murder is a British crime drama television series based in Manchester. Shown on ITV from 2003 until 2009 when it was cancelled by the network, it starred Caroline Quentin as DCI Janine Lewis....
Anne
Character: Farmer
Anne Williams, from Formby, near Liverpool, was devastated by the loss of her son, 15-year-old Kevin, who was tragically killed at the FA Cup semi-final in 1989 between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. Anne stood defiantly alongside other parents and their families who fought for justice for the 96 loved ones who lost their lives at a football match....
Heartbeat
Character: Des
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines....
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Character: Kai Felton
It's her business doing pleasure with you. A witty and provocative series based on the real-life adventures of a high-class escort. Juggling her own reality with her clients' fantasies can be difficult, but this savvy sweetheart knows every trick in the book, and she's doing it in style....
Holby Blue
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The police force at Holby South is tasked with the toughest job yet. Not only are they fighting the usual crime with drug offenders and gang members, but today they are faced with the threat of terrorism on their own soil. A Spin off from Holby City and Casualty....
Hotel Babylon
Character:
Hotel Babylon is a British television drama series based on the book of the same name by Imogen Edwards-Jones. The show followed the lives of workers at a glamorous five-star hotel....
New Tricks
Character:
New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes....
Burn It
Character: Carl Redmond
Carl, Jon and Andy have been mates forever. They are Generation X-hardened party animals but their party train is grinding to a halt. Andy is getting married. They never thought it would come to this. They have spent 10 years running away from responsibility but now they've reached 30 it has suddenly hit them between the eyes....
The Royal
Character: Bobby Sheridan
Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles....
EastEnders
Character: Tony King
The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough....
Holby City
Character: Casimir Callahan
Drama series about life on the wards of Holby City Hospital, following the highs and lows of the staff and patients....
Slow Horses
Character: Hobbs
Follow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces....
Endeavour
Character: Seth Chattox
The early days of a young Endeavour Morse, whose experiences as a detective constable with the Oxford City Police will ultimately shape his future....
Early Doors
Character: Chris (as Christopher Coghill)
A sitcom set in a small pub in Manchester, “The Grapes”, where daily life is bound up in the issues of love, loneliness, and blocked urinals. Regular drinkers Joe and Duffy pass the time with landlord Ken and his police officer cronies....
The Walk-In
Character: Chris
Forced to flee the UK and go into hiding in the 1990’s when he became a mole from within the BNP, Matthew Collins returned to Britain to make a new life for himself. As Collins works with young white men in the fight against radicalisation....
The Frankenstein Chronicles
Character: Blackwood
Inspector John Marlott investigates a series of crimes in 19th century London, which may have been committed by a scientist intent on re-animating the dead....
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Someone Else
Character: Matt
When thirty-something David isn't working as a photographer at a high-street photo studio he is stressing over his love-life. Torn between his rather-too-agreeable girlfriend Lisa and the exciting but tricky Nina, he has serious decision to make. When he gets it all wrong and loses them both he has to start all over again....
24 Hour Party People
Character: Bez
Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by a band known as the Sex Pistols, he persuades his station to televise one of their performances, and soon Manchester's punk groups are clamoring for him to manage them. Riding the wave of a musical revolution, Wilson and his friends create the legendary Factory Records label and The Hacienda club....
Ashes
Character: Security Guard
One-time hard man Frank Barron is barely recognisable now he’s been afflicted with Alzheimer's, but when his estranged son Jamie visits him in hospital he realises the extra stress Frank is put under and decides to break him out in the hope of returning him to his family. As the two travel across the country, beginning to bond along the way, it soon transpires that both Frank and Jamie are at odds with their past....
Spike Island
Character: Uncle Hairy
Teenage musicians travel to England's Spike Island in the hope of attending an outdoor performance by their favorite band, the Stone Roses....
Honeymooner
Character: Ben
Yearning to be married Fran Goldman is forced to reassess his strategy of love after being dumped by his fiancée four weeks before the wedding....
Murdered for Being Different
Character: Dave Maltby
Drama telling the true story of the murder of 20-year-old Sophie Lancaster in 2007, who was kicked to death in a park by a gang. Her boyfriend, Robert Maltby, was also severely beaten and put into a coma. The two of them were attacked because they were dressed as goths....
Nowhere Boy
Character: Cunard Yank
A rebellious teenager, future Beatle John Lennon lives with his Aunt Mimi in working-class mid-1950s Liverpool, England. Mimi's husband suddenly dies, and John spies his mother Julia at the funeral. Despite Mimi's misgivings, John intends to have a real relationship with his mother. Julia introduces him to popular music and the banjo and, though a family conflict looms, young John is inspired to form his own band....
Lawless
Character: Clay Reilly
It's Lila Pettitt's first day as the youngest female judge the British court system's ever seen. Fiercely ambitious, Lila's determined to dispense real justice, not just obey the letter of the law. But a shocking betrayal by her mentor, Will Carlisle QC, makes Lila realise that the legal world she's devoted her life to is far murkier than she ever could have imagined....
Junkhearts
Character: Banker
Frank is an ex-soldier, haunted by a violent past. He lives alone, drowning his nightmares with alcohol. Christine - smart and successful... on the surface, tackles life as a single working mother by immersing herself in drugs, parties and sex. Lynette, a young rough sleeper watches Christine stumble out of a club whilst she sits in the cold waiting for loose change to fall on her lap; her luck seems to change when she meets Frank who despite his misgivings, offers her a place to stay....
Surge
Character: Hamish
A man goes on a bold and reckless journey of self-liberation through London. After he robs a bank he releases a wilder version of himself, ultimately experiencing what it feels like to be alive....
Bull
Character: Driver
Ten years after he was last seen, a vicious mob enforcer returns home to find his son and methodically track down the gang that double-crossed him. His quest for revenge soon leads to a savage showdown between his wife and her mob boss father....
Magnolia
Character: Terry
Ex-cons Paul, Dino and Terry are very good at being friends, but aren't so good at making money. Their decorating business is on the ropes and with Paul under pressure to abandon a sinking ship, will their firm - and their friendship - be able to survive?...
Bone in the Throat
Character: Doyle
A young ambitious chef gets mixed up with the East End London mob. While showing off his culinary skills, he finds himself trapped....