Colson John Smith (born 13 August 1998) is an English actor who is known for portraying the role of

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on the

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soap opera ''

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''. In 2022, he competed on the ITV reality series '' The Games''.

Life and career

Smith was born on 13 August 1998 in

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, and later moved to

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, where he attended Castleford High School. In 2009, Smith began attending acting classes run by Northern Film and Drama. In 2011, he was cast as

in the

soap opera ''

'', the son of

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(

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). His character's storylines have included a battle with OCD and becoming a police officer. For his role of Craig, he was nominated for Best Young Actor at the 2015 ''Inside Soap'' Awards. Outside of ''Coronation Street'', Smith has appeared as Adam Concus in several short films, the first being ''Platform2C'' in 2011, followed by ''Hollows Wood'' and ''Jailhouse Dog'' in 2014. He also appeared as Jack in ''Reverie''. In 2020, Smith took up running to lose weight and released his own

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documentary ''Bored of Being the Fat Kid''. He also appeared on the ''Sofa Cinema Club'' podcast alongside his ''Coronation Street'' co-stars

Ben Price Ben Price (born 30 June 1972) is a British actor, director and writer. He has played the role of Nick Tilsley in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' and has made four films as a writer/director, the first of which, ''I'm Sorry To Tell You' ...

and

Jack P. Shepherd Jack Peter Shepherd (born 14 January 1988) is a British actor. He is best known for his role as David Platt in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. He won the award for Best Young Actor in 2001 at The ''Inside Soap'' Awards and Best Bad Boy ...

. In 2021, he appeared on a celebrity special of ''Sitting on a Fortune''. In May 2022, he was a contestant on the sporting reality series '' The Games''.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Colson 1998 births English child actors English male soap opera actors Living people Participants in British reality television series People from Dorchester, Dorset People from Castleford