Stuart Wolfenden (born 7 February 1970) is an English actor. He has played three different roles in Coronation Street, first as paper boy Craig Russell, then as Mark Casey and later as Greig Hodge. More recently he joined the cast of Hollyoaks as Terry Hay, the father of regular character Ste Hay.

Early life and career

Wolfenden began acting at

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. After starring in the stage version of '' Kes'' at age 13, he won the Best Actor under 21 award at the Grange Arts Centre in Oldham. During this time he was also an actor at the

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. In 1986, Wolfenden appeared in "Foul Play", an episode of the BBC One children's drama ''

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''. At the age of 17 he starred alongside

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and

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in the BBC series ''My Kingdom for a Horse'', playing the character of Bobby Shaw.

Coronation Street

In 1986, Wolfenden appeared in ''

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'' as paperboy Craig Russell. He returned in a different role in 1989, playing Mark Casey. He remained on the show until 1991. Wolfenden returned to ''Coronation Street'' a third time in 2015, this time in the role of Greig Hodge.

Later career

Wolfenden has subsequently appeared in a number of TV shows including ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Blue Murder'', ''

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'' and the soap opera ''

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'' amongst others, as well as landing roles in a number of feature films including ''

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'' (1992); '' Dead Man's Shoes'' (2004); ''

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'' (2011) and '' Best Laid Plans'' (2012).Stuart Wolfenden at Internet Movie Database https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0938176/

References

* Woman's Own magazine, 29 January 1990, p. 30 * TV Times magazine, 17–23 June 1989/Vol 135 No 25

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wolfenden, Stuart Living people English male television actors Actors from Rochdale Actors from Lancashire 1970 births