Dominic Power (born 5 May 1973) is an English actor. Power has portrayed Leon Taylor in the ITV police drama ''

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'' (2008–2010), Cameron Murray in the ITV soap opera ''

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'' (2011–2013), and Dave Chen-Williams in the

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'' (2021–2024).

Television

Power was given his first major television role in 2008, appearing as PC Leon Taylor in the ITV

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'', having previously appeared in a guest role. He began appearing on screen from June 2008. Leon was one of only three uniformed police officers to stay with the show until its final episode of the 26th series, which was aired on 31 August 2010. One year after ''The Bill'' had ended, he was cast in the ITV

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'' as Cameron Murray. His character in ''Emmerdale'' was responsible for the murders of three major characters - Carl King ( Tom Lister), Alex Moss (Kurtis Stacey) and Gennie Sharma (

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). The character died after being electrocuted within the flood that occurred in the pub's cellar. For his role, in 2013, Power won the Best Bad Boy award at the ''Inside Soap'' Awards. In August 2014, Power appeared in the opening episodes of the second series of the Channel 5 crime drama '' Suspects'', playing murder suspect Saul Hammond, a paranoid schizophrenic. Katy Brent of the ''

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'' said: "The standout performance is from Dominic Power – last seen as crazy-eyed, gun-toting Cameron Murray in Emmerdale. Dominic gives a stellar performance as Saul's mental state disintegrates, leaving him confused and questioning his own innocence." It was announced in April 2015 that he had joined the cast of the ITV drama ''

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''. Two years later, he appeared in the BBC soap opera ''

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'', in the recurring role of DI Tom Stanton. In December 2021, he joined the cast of the

soap opera ''

'' as Dave Chen-Williams. He left the soap in 2024 after his fictional family unit was axed.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Power, Dominic 1973 births Alumni of the Anna Scher Theatre School English male soap opera actors English male television actors Living people Male actors from Kent