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'' and Micky Maguire in '' Shameless''.

Biography

Griffiths was born in

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to a

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father and Irish mother, and attended St Mary's RC High School in Astley near

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, between 1994 and 1999; it was during this time that he starred in ''

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'' at the age of thirteen. Aside from his long-running roles in ''The Bill'' and ''Shameless'', Griffiths has made guest appearances on ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Waterloo Road'' and numerous other programmes. In 2007, Griffiths starred alongside Conrad Westmaas in the short film '' The Visitor''. He also appeared as "Psycho" in the film ''

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''. He also starred in the British

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'' Dead Cert'' which was directed by Steven Lawson, and he appeared in '' Waterloo Road'' as Dylan Hodge in Series 6 in 2010/2011. In the August 2011 issue of Attitude Magazine, Griffiths took his top off and appeared sporting a red boxing kit. Photos from the shoot were taken at Cloud 23 Bar in the

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in Manchester. In 2016, he appeared in '' Vera'', on ITV in the episode, "The Sea Glass", he played the role of Steve Stonnall. In April 2018, Griffiths appeared in 'All I See Is You' by Katherine Smith at Octogan Theatre in Bolton. The play is inspired by real accounts of queer life from the 1960s. It toured nationally, and to Dublin, Sydney and Melbourne in 2019. On New Year's Day 2018, Griffiths made a guest appearance in the

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, '' EastEnders'', playing Milo. In 2020, Griffiths starred in an episode of the

drama '' Casualty'', as Peter Hawker, a man who'd suffered a brain injury.

Filmography

Film Television Video Games

References

External links

* 1983 births Living people English people of Irish descent English people of Welsh descent English male television actors English male film actors Male actors from Manchester {{UK-screen-actor-stub