Darren John Langford (born 1 April 1984) is a British actor who is best known for playing the mentally disabled character

Spencer Gray Spencer Gray is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Darren John Langford. The character first appeared on screen in December 2008. He initially appeared as the foster brother of Warren Fox, tur ...

in the long-running

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. It is state-owned enterprise, publicly owned but, unlike the BBC, it receives no public funding and is funded en ...

soap opera A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television Serial (radio and television), serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term ''soap opera'' originat ...

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 ...

''. Langford left Hollyoaks in late 2010.

Early life and education

Langford trained at the

Arden School Of Theatre The Arden School of Theatre, also known as The Arden, is a drama school which is part of the Performing Arts faculty at UCEN Manchester in England, United Kingdom. History The school was founded jointly by the Royal Exchange Theatre and South ...

at UCEN Manchester and graduated in 2005.

Career

Langford played

on the soap opera ''

'' from 2008-2010. was the Artistic Director of Men In Dressing Gowns Theatre Company Ltd until the death of his Artistic partner and great friend Trevor Hancock in 2015.

References

Living people 1984 births English male soap opera actors People educated at Lostock High School Actors from Selby District Male actors from North Yorkshire {{UK-tv-actor-1980s-stub