Martin Hancock (born 10 January 1970) is an English actor best known for his roles as Geoffrey "Spider" Nugent in the English soap ''

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'' (between 1997 and 2003 and again from 2022 and 2023) and as Reg Lund in ''

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''.

Early life

Hancock was born on 10 January 1970 in

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to an English father and a New Zealand mother. He attended

Drayton Manor High School Drayton Manor High School, formerly Drayton Manor Grammar School, is an academy school located in Hanwell, West London, England. History Drayton Manor High School was founded in 1930 as a county grammar school serving local children. With the ...

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and trained at the

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Career

Hancock has had roles in a number of English television series, including BBC's '' This Life'' and the ITV1 cult drama ''

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''. He has also had film roles in ''

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'', '' Chasing Liberty'' (2004), '' Kingdom of Heaven'' (2005) and '' Defiance'' (2008), as well as in a number of theatre productions. However, his most famous role remains that of

Emily Bishop Emily Bishop (also Nugent and Swain, also credited as Miss Nugent) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. Played by Eileen Derbyshire, the character is the longest-standing female character in the seria ...

's eco-warrior nephew, Geoffrey "Spider" Nugent, in the long-running ITV soap ''

''. Hancock left the show as a regular in 2000, feeling that his character of Spider had run its course. It was announced in May 2022, that Hancock is to return to the programme and reprise the role of Spider in July 2022. In 2007, he appeared as himself on an episode of ''

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.'' And more recently he played paramedic Indies father in ''

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'' on 30 March 2025.

Personal life

He lives in London with his wife, and is a supporter of

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Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * 1970 births Living people Male actors from London People educated at Drayton Manor High School Alumni of the Drama Centre London British male soap opera actors Actors from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham People from Fulham {{UK-screen-actor-stub