Sean Gallagher (born September 2, 1965) is a British actor, best known for his role of Paul Connor in ''

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''.

Career

Gallagher appeared in '' EastEnders'' from 1992 to 1993 as a playboy called Clive who had an affair with then-married Sam Mitchell. In 1997 Gallagher played the role of Alan in the BAFTA-winning BBC series " Holding On" by Tony Marchant. In 2006 he played the part of Chip in the second new series of '' Doctor Who'' opposite

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in the episode " New Earth". In 2006, Gallagher signed up to ''

'' to play the part of Paul Connor, one of two brothers buying a share in Underworld, the local knicker factory. In early 2007, Gallagher resigned from the Manchester-based ITV programme to pursue other roles, eventually leaving ''Coronation Street'' in June 2007. On 2 July 2007, it was announced Gallagher had been cast for the lead role of Mal Faith in a new ITV drama series, ''

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'', produced by

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. He starred alongside former ''EastEnders'' actress

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who played his wife, Karina Faith. He appeared in a production of ''

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'' for the Traverse Theatre,

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, with

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and Penny Layden. He performed in ''The Black Album'' at the Cottesloe Theatre/ National Theatre in London's South Bank in 2009 and then started a national UK tour with the cast throughout the UK in October/November 2009. He also voiced one of the characters in ''The Happy Prince'', a stop-animation film, produced by Skatedog Films and directed by John Horabin in 2009. This newly released adaptation of the classic

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short story was featured at the BFI in London in autumn 2009. He also appeared in the ITV dramas ''

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'' and ''Leaving'' and BBC drama ''

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''. In 2017, he appeared in ''Midsomer Murders "''Red in Tooth & Claw" as Errol Judd and in 2019 in ''Father Brown “''The Sacrifice of Tantalus” as Len Blaisen.

Activism

Gallagher is known to support

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societies. In August 2008, Gallagher appeared as a celebrity contestant on an episode of ''

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'', raising funds for

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project to end bear dancing in India, "an issue that he feels strongly about."

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gallagher, Sean 1965 births Living people English male television actors Male actors from Bedfordshire People from Luton Actors from Luton