Jonny Clarke, (born 6 June 1992) is an English

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

. He is best known for playing the character of

Bart McQueen Bart McQueen is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Jonny Clarke. He first appeared onscreen at his stepmother's funeral in August 2010, introduced by producer Paul Marquess as a member of the M ...

in the

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soap opera ''

Hollyoaks ''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which originally began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera ''Brookside (TV series), Brookside''. From 2005 to 2023, episodes h ...

''.

Career

Jonny Clarke's early roles include two small roles on TV, including the award winning Drama "Seeing Red", and playing lead roles in theatre productions of ''Guys'' ''and'' ''Dolls'' and ''Oliver''. In early 2010, it was announced that Hollyoaks series producer Allan had stepped down from the position of

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of ''Hollyoaks'' and that Paul Marquess had taken over the role. It was soon revealed that Marquess planned to give ''Hollyoaks'' a "shake up", changing the production's team and beginning a cast cull by axing established characters. As part of Marquess' reinvention he decided to replace the departing character with new ones, and he created the main character of Bart McQueen and cast Jonny Clarke in the role, as part of the "2010 shake-up". First seen on ''Hollyoaks'' in August 2010, In September 2011 he was longlisted for best Serial Drama Performance at the 2012 National Television Awards for his part as "Bart McQueen" in ''Hollyoaks''. In 2013, he was part of the ''Hollyoaks'' cast that received a British Soap Award for most spectacular scene. In November 2013 it was announced that he was to play the part of "Tipper" in the 2014 UK tour of the highly acclaimed WWI drama play ''Birdsong'' based on Sebastian Faulks' book of the same name. Having given up acting for marketing, in 2016 he was invited to return to ''

'' to reprise the role of

. Clarke made his last appearance as Bart on the show on 14 April 2017

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clarke, Jonny English male soap opera actors Living people 1992 births