Karl Collins is a British actor. He is known for his television roles as Danny Glaze in The Bill, Louis Loveday in Hollyoaks, and Shaun Temple in Doctor Who. He played Noah in the Apple TV series Trying, and Lennox in the BBC Series Champion, and also Jack Whiteley in Magpie Murders.
Early life and career
Collins was born in Nottingham, and grew up on the Clifton housing estate. As a child, he was a member of the Central Junior Television Workshop, and appeared in the programmes Dramarama and Your Mother Wouldn't Like It.[1]
He played a car thief called 'Craven' in EastEnders in the early 90s, stealing a car from Frank Butcher's car lot.
He has played DC Danny Glaze in The Bill,[2] and has appeared in Casualty, Holby City, By Any Means, As Time Goes By and 55 Degrees North. He also appeared in Shane Meadows' debut film, Twenty Four Seven.[3]
In 2011, he appeared in "The Entire History of You", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror.
In 2015, he appeared in "Our Zoo".
He also appeared in the theatre production One Monkey Don't Stop No Show in 2013.[4]
Collins appeared in the Doctor Who Christmas Special "The End of Time", aired over the 2009 Christmas period, as Shaun Temple, Donna Noble's fiance.[5] In 2023 he returned to the role as Donna Noble's husband.
On 10 February 2015, it was announced that Collins would be joining Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks as new regular character Louis Loveday.[6] He made his first appearance on 3 March 2015 and departed on 22 January 2019 when Louis was killed off by Breda McQueen (Moya Brady).
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1989 | Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale | Edison | |
1991 | London Kills Me | Barman | |
1996 | Robert Rylands' Last Journey | Abraham | |
1997 | Twenty Four Seven | Stuart | |
1999 | G:MT – Greenwich Mean Time | Clinton | |
2000 | Melody's Her Second Name | George | |
2005 | Parallel Lines | Errol | Short film |
2006 | Life and Lyrics | Winston Dimby | |
2008 | Survey No. 257 | Ray | Short film |
2009 | The Unloved | Karl | TV film |
2010 | Excluded | Mike | TV film |
2011 | Attack the Block | Dennis' Dad | |
Papa | Danny | Short film | |
2012 | Turn a Blind Eye | Detective | Short film |
2015 | Mm-Hm | Karl | Short film |
2021 | Hollow | Father Hill | Short film |
2023 | The Flash | Lawyer |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1983 | Dramarama | Billy | Episode: "Because I Say So" |
1985–1988 | Your Mother Wouldn't Like It | Various roles | Series regular; 21 episodes |
1988 | Hard Cases | Steve | 1 episode |
1991 | Casualty | Roy | Episode: "Humpty Dumpty" |
1991–2003 | The Bill | DC Danny Glaze | Series regular; 157 episodes |
1992 | As Time Goes By | Protester #3 | Episode: "Surprise, Surprise" |
EastEnders | Craven | Recurring role; 4 episodes | |
1993-1994 | Parallel 9 | Dr. Kovan | Series regular; 44 episodes |
1998 | Comedy Lab | Dube/Clever Jumbe | Episode: "Homie & Away" |
2001 | Metrosexuality | Jordan | Series regular; 6 episodes |
2004 | A Thing Called Love | Floyd Staple | Episode: "True Confessions" |
Grease Monkeys | Trevor Baptiste | Recurring role; 9 episodes | |
Holby City | Ken Thompson | Episode: "All the King's Men..." | |
2005 | 55 Degrees North | Adam Cole | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
2007 | New Street Law | Bobby Keen | 1 episode |
The Visit | Lee | 1 episode | |
2008 | Silent Witness | Jerome Assante | Episode: "Safe" |
Casualty | Aiden Frazer | Episode: "Broken Homes" | |
2009–2010, 2023 | Doctor Who | Shaun Temple | 3 episodes |
2010 | Casualty | Neil Hope | Episode: "Russian Endings" |
Shelfstackers | Keith | Episode: "Training Day" | |
2011 | Come Fly with Me | Disgruntled Passenger #3 | 1 episode |
Twenty Twelve | Bus Driver | Episode: "Visitors From Rio" | |
The Fades | Higgy | Mini-series; 2 episodes | |
Death in Paradise | Lawrence | Episode: "Arriving in Paradise" | |
The Slammer | The Great Muscovado | Episode: "Home for Magic Rabbits" | |
Black Mirror | Robbie | Episode: "The Entire History of You" | |
2012 | Blackout | Bo | Mini-series; 3 episodes |
Holby City | Len Grace | Episode: "Fight the Good Fight" | |
2013 | Youngers | Richard | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
By Any Means | DCI Whale | 1 episode | |
2014 | Our Zoo | Barlow | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
The Driver | Greg Tyler | Mini-series; 1 episode | |
Transporter: The Series | Jerome Knight | Episode: "The Diva" | |
2015 | This Is England '90 | Lloyd | Episode: "Autumn" |
2015–2019 | Hollyoaks | Louis Loveday | Series regular; 221 episodes |
2018 | shortFLIX | Uncle George | Episode: "Batty Boy" |
2019 | The End of the F***ing World | Bonnie's Dad | 1 episode |
Midsomer Murders | Samuel Wokoma | Episode: "The Miniature Murders" | |
2020 | Vera | Ciaran Duggan | Episode: "The Escape Turn" |
2021 | Holby City | Treva Harding | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
The Larkins | Mr. Rance | Episode: "In Which We Meet the Larkin Family" | |
2023 | Champion | Lennox | |
Culprits | Fixer | Recurring role |
Theatre credits
Year | Title | Role | Venue | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2006 | How Long Is Never? - Darfur | Ensemble | Tricycle Theatre, London | [7] |
Fabulation | Herve/Guy | Tricycle Theatre, London | [8] | |
2007 | The Eleventh Capital | Entrepreneur | Royal Court Theatre, London | [9] |
2009 | Category B | Errol | Tricycle Theatre, London | [10] |
Seize The Day | Howard | Tricycle Theatre, London | [11] | |
Detaining Justice | Mr. Cole | Tricycle Theatre, London | [12] | |
2010 | Riff Raff | Mike | Arcola Theatre, London | [13] |
2013 | One Monkey Don't Stop No Show | Brother Avery | Tricycle Theatre, London | [14] |
Chimerica | Various roles | Almeida Theatre, London & Harold Pinter Theatre, London | [15] | |
2018 | Shebeen | George | Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham & Theatre Royal Stratford East, London | [16] |
Nine Night | Uncle Vince | Royal National Theatre, London | [17] | |
2019 | Our Town | Dr. Frank F. Gibbs | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London | [18] |
in a word | Guy | Young Vic, London | [19] | |
2021 | Rockets and Blue Lights | Thomas/Trevor | Royal National Theatre, London | [20] |
References
- ^ Laws, Roz (19 September 2004). "The Box: It beats The Bill". Birmingham Post & Mail. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
- ^ "Glazed over!". BBC Nottingham. 20 September 2004. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
- ^ Twenty Four: Seven, BBC Two.
- ^ Spencer, Charles (18 January 2013). "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show, Tricycle Theatre, London, review". The Telegraph. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
- ^ Staff reporter (13 April 2009). "Russell Davies' final show reunites old friends for a Doctor Who adventure". Western Mail.
Staff reporter (13 April 2009). "June Whitfield spotted with Doctor Who in Cardiff". South Wales Echo. Retrieved 16 April 2009. - ^ Kilkelly, Daniel (10 February 2015). "Hollyoaks unveils new family the Lovedays". Digital Spy. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ Billington, Michael (27 October 2006). "How Long Is Never? Darfur - A Response". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Billington, Michael (21 February 2006). "Fabulation". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Gardner, Lyn (28 February 2007). "The Eleventh Capital". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Billington, Michael (13 October 2009). "Category B". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Coveney, Michael (4 November 2009). "Seize The Day, Tricycle Theatre, London". Independent.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Billington, Michael (2 December 2009). "Detaining Justice". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Logan, Brian (12 April 2010). "Riff Raff". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Billington, Michael (18 January 2013). "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Billington, Michael (29 May 2013). "Chimerica - review". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Minamore, Bridget (11 June 2018). "Shebeen review – love and rage in Windrush generation drama". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Nine Night at Trafalgar Studios". National Theatre. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Billington, Michael (23 May 2019). "Theatre Our Town review – Ellen McDougall's Wilder revival hits home with force". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "23 Oct 2019 - 2 Nov 2019 IN A WORD". Young Vic. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Curtis, Nick (3 September 2021). "Rockets and Blue Lights review: Urgent and important look at the legacy of slavery". Evening Standard. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
External links
- Karl Collins on X
- Karl Collins at IMDb
- Karl Collins at Hobsons Agency
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