Marc Baylis (born 3 April 1977) is a British stage, television and film actor. He trained at

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, where he was awarded the Stage Scholarship. He is best known for his role as Rob Donovan in ''

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'' from 2012 to 2014, to which he returned for guest appearances in 2015, 2016, 2017 and later in 2025.

Theatre

His stage work includes playing Courtall in the 2011 London revival of Hannah Cowley's ''

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'' at the

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, directed by

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. Michael Billington (''

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'') heralded it "eminently revivable"; and

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(''

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'') commented "Theatrical enterprise like this makes you proud to be British". In 2010, Baylis was in

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's multi-award-winning production of ''

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'' at the

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. The production was directed by

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and starred

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as Johnny "Rooster" Byron and

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as Ginger. Other theatre productions include Sonia Friedman's ''

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'' (

Harold Pinter Theatre The Harold Pinter Theatre, known as the Comedy Theatre until 2011,

) directed by Daniel Kramer; ''King Arthur'' (

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) directed by John Terry and Mike Bartlett; ''Futures'' (Theatre 503); and ''

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'' and ''

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'', both for

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and the

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Television

On screen Baylis made his television debut in 2001 playing the young

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in '' My Uncle Silas''. He has also played various roles in

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's ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. On 3 May 2012, it was announced Baylis had joined the cast of ''

'' as Rob Donovan, the younger brother of

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. He made his first on-screen appearance on 9 July 2012. It was announced in June 2014 that Baylis would be leaving the role of Rob in ''Coronation Street''. The character was written out on 5 November 2014; due to his character receiving a 25-year prison sentence for the murder of Tina McIntyre. In August 2015, it was revealed that Baylis was to reprise his role as Rob later in the year, despite the fact his character was still in prison. He departed for a second time in January 2016, and made a surprise return to Coronation Street in April 2017; having escaped from prison.

Other appearances

Baylis appears in the music video for the song "

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" by

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group,

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, released in 2008. He has also starred in short films most notably My Dad Marie.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baylis, Marc 1977 births Living people English male stage actors English male television actors English male film actors Male actors from Worcestershire People from Stourport-on-Severn Actors from Wyre Forest District