Danny Seward is a British
television actor and singer-songwriter who was born in
Salford,
Greater Manchester,
England.
He started his career at the age of 15 under the tuition of David Johnson at the
Oldham Theatre Workshop.
He landed his first TV role in the
soap ''
Emmerdale'' for 3 episodes playing Greg Cox. Soon after, he won a major television role playing the part of cocky P.C Dean Wishaw in
BBC2
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's award-winning TV series ''
The Cops''.
The show won two consecutive BAFTA awards for
Best Drama Series in 1999 and 2000, plus an
RTS award.
During 2001–2005 Danny Seward appeared on the
ITV drama series ''
Where The Heart Is'', playing Joe Beresford. His character was involved in a musical storyline, which led
EMI to sign him to record an album.
Danny's debut album ''Where My Heart Is'' features 2 self-penned tracks including "Heart of A Winner", inspired by British boxing champion
Ricky Hatton). He subsequently developed the idea for a DVD titled ''Ricky Hatton - A Life Story''. Seward was executive producer for the DVD, which features "Heart Of A Winner" as its title theme, as well as a music video for the song which featured on the DVD along with an interview with Hatton and Seward.
In December 2005, Danny Seward sang alongside
Elaine Paige and
John Barrowman in a Christmas concert performed at the
Birmingham Symphony Hall with the
BBC Symphony Orchestra. The show featured him on piano and was aired on
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It is the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 15 million weekly listeners. Since launching in 1967, the station broadcasts a wide range of content. ...
as part of their Christmas season.
2007 saw Danny appear in The Tudors, alongside Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Alongside his Acting work Danny went on to study a degree in Music production. In 2013 Danny passed with a 1st class honours in Popular Music and Recording from the 'University of Salford'. His acting appearances whilst at university included 'Survivors (BBC1) max Beesley', 'Doctors', 'Monroe' (ITV), and he also starred as the lead in 'Robin Hood' as 'Robin' (Norwich Theatre Royal) alongside Tony Slattery ('Whose line is it anyway') and Helen Atkinson Wood ('Black Adder').
Dannys acting and singing work continued. More recently Danny appeared in 'Happy Valley' with Sarah Lancashire. In 2017 Danny released his second album 'Uncovered', a self produced collection of original songs. The album was penned, arranged and produced by Danny in the studio.
One of the songs 'Marilia' was co-written with Alistair Gordon (who also wrote 'Someone Like You' for Russell Watson/Faye Tozier) .
Filmography
* ''
Coronation Street
''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford.
Origi ...
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Heartbeat
A heartbeat is one cardiac cycle of the heart.
Heartbeat, heart beat, heartbeats, and heart beats may refer to:
Computing
*Heartbeat (computing), a periodic signal to indicate normal operation or to synchronize parts of a system
*Heartbeat, clus ...
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* ''
Peak Practice''
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Redcap''
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Survivors''
* ''
The Tudors''
* ''
Where The Heart Is''
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Moving On''
References
External links
Official Danny Seward Website*
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English male television actors
Living people
1976 births
Male actors from Salford
20th-century English male actors
21st-century English male actors