Gregory Finnegan is a British

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

. He is best known for his roles as Dr Alex Arnott in ''

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'' and as James Nightingale in ''

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 ...

''.

Career

Finnegan studied at the

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. His first television acting role was as Gabriel Brennan on the

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drama ''

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''. He later appeared in the film ''Winter Solstice'' and on the

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drama '' The Courtroom''. Finnegan also made appearances on ''

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'', '' Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures '', the Crime drama ''

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'' as well as the

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show '' Spooks''. Finnegan joined the cast of ''

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'' in 2005 as Nigel Dudley. Afterwards, he played the role of Terry in the short drama ''Fuse'' and in ''

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'' as a computer Geek. He played the role of Dr Alex Arnott for one episode of ''

'', making an appearance on ''

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'' as Duncan Montague in 2011 and David Hewitt in 2012. Finnegan appeared in ''Valentine's Kiss'' as Henry Kendrick and as Owen Stanway in ''

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''. In January 2016, Finnegan joined the cast of ''

'' as James Nightingale. He was introduced as the lawyer of

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(

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), before it was revealed that he was the son of Mac Nightingale ( David Easter). Since his arrival, Finnegan's character James has been in a relationship with

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( James Sutton), involved in a love-triangle with characters

Ste Hay Ste Hay (also McQueen) is a fictional character from the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Kieron Richardson. He debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 10 February 2006. Ste was created by David Hanson and was originally inten ...

(

Kieron Richardson Kieron Mark Richardson (born 12 January 1986) is an English actor and television presenter. He plays the role of Ste Hay in ''Hollyoaks'', having previously appeared in ''Heartbeat (British TV series), Heartbeat'' as Ricky Smith. He won the Bri ...

) and

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(

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), as well as being involved in a historical abuse storyline with his father Mac. Finnegan was shortlisted for Best Actor at the 2017

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and was also long-listed for Best Actor and Bad Boy at the ''Inside Soap'' Awards the same year but did not make the shortlist In 2019, Finnegan won the

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for his role in ''Hollyoaks''.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Finnegan, Gregory 1980 births British Soap Award for Best Actor winners Danish actors English actors British actors British male soap opera actors Alumni of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art Living people