Karl Collins is a British actor. He is known for his television roles as Danny Glaze in ''

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'', Louis Loveday in ''

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'', and Shaun Temple in ''

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''. He played Noah in the Apple TV series Trying, Lennox in the BBC Series Champion, and also Jack Whiteley in Magpie Murders.

Early life and career

Collins was born in Nottingham, and grew up on the Clifton housing estate. As a child, he was a member of the

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, and appeared in the programmes ''

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'' and '' Your Mother Wouldn't Like It''. He played a car thief called 'Craven' in ''

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'' in the early 90s, stealing a car from Frank Butcher's car lot. He played DC Danny Glaze in ''

'' from 1999 to 2003, and has appeared in ''

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'', ''

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'', '' By Any Means'', '' As Time Goes By'' and '' 55 Degrees North''. He also appeared in

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' debut film, '' Twenty Four Seven''.Twenty Four: Seven
BBC Two. In 2011, he appeared in " The Entire History of You", an episode of the

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''. In 2015, he appeared in "

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". He also appeared in the theatre production ''One Monkey Don't Stop No Show'' in 2013. Collins appeared in the ''

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" The End of Time", aired over the 2009 Christmas period, as Shaun Temple,

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's fiance.
In 2023 he returned to the role as Donna Noble's husband. On 10 February 2015, it was announced that Collins would be joining

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'' as new regular character Louis Loveday. He made his first appearance on 3 March 2015 and departed on 22 January 2019 when Louis was killed off by

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Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre credits

References

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Karl Collins
at Hobsons Agency {{DEFAULTSORT:Collins, Karl English people of Nigerian descent English male television actors Black British male actors Male actors from Nottingham People from Clifton, Nottinghamshire Living people Year of birth missing (living people)