Brian is probably best known for his role as Richard Hillman in Coronation Street for which he won a clutch of awards winning a record breaking 5 at the soap awards including Best Actor and Best Villain. Some may remember him as Mr Hopwood in Grange Hill (4 series) and more recently as Ozias Harding in Where the Heart is (3 series).

Brian trained at LAMDA.
Recent Theatre: James in Harper Reagan at the National Theatre, Nathan Detroit in the Donmar/West End UK tour of Guys and Dolls, Narrator in The Rocky Horror Show in the West End/UK Tour.

Other UK tours include: The Play Wot I Wrote, Loot, Mrs Warren’s Profession & City Sugar, Repertory: Northcott Exeter, Sherman Theatre Cardiff, Wothing Connaught, Plymouth Drum, Manchester Library, Ipswich and Nottingham Playhouse. London Fringe: Old Red Lion, Kings Head, Bush Theatre

Radio

Robin in Robin and Wendy’s Wet Weekend comedy series for Radio 4 and numerous plays.

TV

Midsomer Murders, Doctors, Where the Heart Is, Death becomes Him (BBC afternoon drama), Full House, Casualty, The Bill, Taggart, Judge John Deeds, Murder Most Horrid, Crocodile Shoes, Growing Pains, Birds of a Feather, Peak Practice, Moon & Son, I remember Nelson, Uncle Jack, Bergerac, Never Come Back, Return to Blood River, Eastenders, Tales of The Unexpected, Shoestring, Minder and The Sweeney.

Films

Emma, Still Crazy and 101 Dalmations.

Brian lives in Brighton & Hove, he has 2 daughters from his first marriage, Lucy & Ellen and 2 grandchildren, Charlie and Betty May. He also has a son Louis with his wife Jacqueline who, for ten years played Karl Howman’s wife in the Flash commercials. Brian has recently filmed a new episode of Midsomer Murders to be shown in the New Year.