Sean Wilson (born 4 April 1965) is an English

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. ...

and

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, best known for his role as Martin Platt in ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced ...

'', which he played from 1985 to 2005 and for a brief stint in 2018.

Career

Wilson joined the cast of ''

'' in 1985 as Martin Platt. The character was 16, had left school and taken a job at the cafe managed by Gail Tilsley. Five years later, Gail was a widow and he became involved with her romantically. They married, divorced, and in between he became father to David Platt. Wilson has said the main reason for leaving the serial in 2005 was because producers informed him of a storyline where he would date an underage girl and he did not agree with it. He subsequently appeared in several other UK television dramas, including an appearance in '' Waterloo Road'' as Darren Briggs, Sr, a student's father whose crush on teacher Davina Shackleton gets out of hand. Wilson also became a chef after leaving ''Coronation Street''. He has cooked in several

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-starred restaurants, and is also a cheesemaker and purveyor of cheesy comestibles with his own business, Saddleworth Cheese Company. His book ''The Great Northern Cookbook'' was published in 2012. The accompanying TV series was shown on Channel 5, starting in January 2013. In 2018, Wilson reprised his role as Martin Platt in ''Coronation Street'' for a few episodes. Wilson is a patron of a UK charity, Development of Children and Women Centre Nepal.

Filmography

Book

* ''Cheddar Gorged'' (Great Northern Books, 10 October 2022)

References

External links

*
Corrie Net biography and details of early career

* ttp://www.artisan-farm.co.uk/ Sean Wilson Cheese (Saddleworth Cheese Company) 1965 births Living people English male soap opera actors English male chefs Male actors from Ashton-under-Lyne Cheesemakers 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors {{UK-tv-actor-1960s-stub