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Daniel Brocklebank | |
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.jpg) Brocklebank in 2023 | |
| Born | (1979-12-21)21 December 1979 (age 46) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Known for | Ed Stone Is Dead Emmerdale Coronation Street |
Daniel Brocklebank (born 21 December 1979) is an English actor, best known for portraying the roles ofIvan Jones in theITVsoap operaEmmerdale (2005–2006), andBilly Mayhew in ITV's other long-running soapCoronation Street (2014–2026). He is also known for his performance in the filmsShakespeare in Love (1998), andThe Hole (2001).
From 1994, Brocklebank has starred in various TV programmes such asDown to Earth (BBC),Born and Bred (BBC),Ed Stone is Dead (BBC 3/Channel 4),Casualty (BBC),The Bill (ITV) and playedIvan Jones in ITV'sEmmerdale between the beginning of 2005 to the end of 2006. Other TV credits includeThe Crazy World of Captain Llama,Fair City,Doctors andWaterloo Road. Brocklebank's other films include:The Hole starring oppositeKeira Knightley andThora Birch,The Hours oppositeMeryl Streep,Another Life,Merlin,The Devil's Arithmetic andThe Criminal withEddie Izzard.
Brocklebank has worked with theRoyal Shakespeare Company in productions ofAs You Like It playing Silvius, Chiron inTitus Andronicus, Rowland inThe Tamer Tamed and Ralph inLord of the Flies. His other theatre credits include Martin Von Heilmann inThe Curse of the Werewolf at theUnion Theatre in London, John Rutherford inRutherford and Son at theRoyal Exchange in Manchester and John Honyman inCressida for theAlmeida Theatre in London's West End. Among other projects in 2008, Brocklebank starred inOne Night in November, a new play byAlan Pollock directed by Hamish Glenn at theBelgrade Theatre, and inBig Love at theAbbey Theatre, Dublin.
In 2009, he played Brother Jasper and Kaisa inHis Dark Materials, a co-production between theBirmingham Rep and theWest Yorkshire Playhouse. In 2009, he completed filmingRelease, a British feature film, written by Christian Martin and Darren Flaxstone ofFAQ's LTD, in which he plays the lead role of Father Jack Gillie. In 2010, Brocklebank starred in one of three new dark talesLittle Deaths directed by Andrew Parkinson.
In December 2014, he joined the cast ofCoronation Street asBilly Mayhew, the newvicar atEmily Bishop's parish, St. Mary's, and began dating the barmanSean Tully.[1][2] He appears as Carl Saunders in the second (2014) and third (2015) series of the BBC'sWPC 56. Brocklebank has played roles in other films such asAdmiral;Soft Lad, andNative.
Brocklebank is gay. In a 2021 interview withAttitude, Brocklebank said,
I pretend for a living, I didn't want to pretend in my private life. When you spend your life on screen, it's important to hold on to the bits that are real. Who I am in my real life should bear no relevance to what I play on screen [...] I remember my management in Los Angeles trying to convince me not to come out because they said it would affect work – and it did [...] I stopped being screen-tested for the heterosexual male leads, and I was either the gay best friend or the character parts.[3]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Brum | Newspaper boy | Episode: "Brum and the Very Windy Day"[4] |
| 1995 | Casualty | Greg Althorpe | Episode: "Shame the Devil" |
| 1997 | The Bill | Simon | Episode: "The Old Pals' Act" |
| 1998 | Merlin | YoungMerlin | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| Monk Dawson | Young Dawson | Film | |
| Shakespeare in Love | Sam Gosse | ||
| 1999 | The Devil's Arithmetic | Schmuel Lubitch | Television film |
| The Criminal | Jonny | Film | |
| Oliver Twist | Board Clerk | 1 episode | |
| 2000 | Sam's Circus | Private Mooch | Television film |
| 2001 | The Hole | Martin Taylor | Film |
| Another Life | Newnie Graydon | ||
| 2002 | The Hours | Rodney | |
| 2002–2003 | Ed Stone Is Dead | Adam Dearfield | All 13 episodes |
| 2002 | Doctors | Tim Garrett | Episode: "Time Bomb" |
| 2003 | Born and Bred | Connor Docherty | Episode: "His Brother's Keeper" |
| 2005 | Down to Earth | Ben | 2 episodes |
| Pandora | Declan | Short film | |
| 2005–2006 | Emmerdale | Ivan Jones | Regular role; 107 episodes |
| 2008 | The Bill | Ian Andain | Episode: "Spilt Blood" |
| 2010 | Release | Father Jack Gillie | Film[5] |
| Doctors | Matthew Thorn | Episode: "Echoes" | |
| Silent Things | PC Kearns | Short film | |
| EastEnders | Roger Green | 2 episodes | |
| 2011 | Casualty | Tom Watkins | Episode: "Choose Your Illusion" |
| Little Deaths | Frank | Film | |
| Justice | Jason | Episode: "Like Father Like Son" | |
| Age of Heroes | RMP Sergeant Hamilton | Film | |
| Waterloo Road | Karl Johnson | Series 7: Episode 2 | |
| 2012 | Jeffrey | Jeffrey | Short film |
| 2013 | Cal | Ivan | Film |
| Waterloo Road | Stuart Cooper | Episode: "Lies Mothers Tell" | |
| Imaginary Boys | Simon | Film | |
| 2014 | Three Minutes | Casey | Short film |
| Doctors | Dave Walker | Episode: "Blink" | |
| Holby City | Craig Donovan | Episode: "My Name Is Joe" | |
| Air | Daniel | Short film | |
| Turn Off Your Bloody Phone | Model | ||
| Chasing Shadows | Dr Francis | Episode: "Off Radar: Part 1" | |
| 2014–2026 | Coronation Street | Billy Mayhew | Regular role |
| 2014–2015 | WPC 56 | Carl Saunders | Main role; 6 episodes |
| 2015 | Admiral | Lord Chancellor | Film |
| Midsomer Murders | Brian Grey | Episode: "The Ballad of Midsomer County" | |
| Soft Lad | Jules | Film[6] | |
| 2016 | Native | Delin | Film |
| Prisoner Zero | N/a | Voice only; 17 episodes | |
| The Confessions of Dorian Gray | James Anderson | 4 episodes |
