Biography
Ciarán Joseph Griffiths (; born 3 March 1983) is an English actor. His roles in television include Gary Best in The Bill, Micky Maguire in Shameless and Damon Hay in Coronation Street. Griffiths was born in Manchester to a Welsh father and Irish mother, and attended St Mary's RC High School in Astley near Leigh, between 1994 and 1999; it was during this time that he starred in Children's Ward at the age of thirteen.
Aside from his long-running roles in The Bill and Shameless, Griffiths has made guest appearances on Coronation Street, Clocking Off, Waterloo Road and numerous other programmes.In 2007, Griffiths starred alongside Conrad Westmaas in the short film The Visitor. He also appeared as "Psycho" in the film There's Only One Jimmy Grimble.
He also starred in the British vampire film Dead Cert which was directed by Steven Lawson, and he appeared in Waterloo Road as Dylan Hodge in Series 6 in 2010/2011.
In the August 2011 issue of Attitude Magazine, Griffiths took his top off and appeared sporting a red boxing kit. Photos from the shoot were taken at Cloud 23 Bar in the Hilton Hotel in Manchester.
In 2016, he appeared in Vera, on ITV in the episode, "The Sea Glass", he played the role of Steve Stonnall.
In April 2018, Griffiths appeared in 'All I See Is You' by Katherine Smith at Octogan Theatre in Bolton. The play is inspired by real accounts of homosexual life from the 1960s. It toured nationally, and to Dublin, Sydney and Melbourne in 2019.
On New Year's Day 2018, Griffiths made a guest appearance in the BBC One soap opera, EastEnders, playing Milo.
In 2020, Griffiths starred in an episode of the BBC One drama Casualty, as Peter Hawker, a man who'd suffered a brain injury.
In December 2022, he started playing Damon Hay in Coronation Street. He previously played Dean Sykes in Coronation Street in 2000 .
Filmography
all 25
TV Shows 17
Movies 8
Riptide (2022)
The Bay (2019)
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators (2018)
Atlantis (2013)
The Mill (2013)
Sea View (2013)
Big Fat Gypsy Gangster (2011)
Billy (2011)
Vera (2011)
Dead Cert (2010)
CGI-Brows (2009)
Moving On (2009)
Svengali (2009)
Act of Grace (2008)
The Street (2006)
Mayo (2006)
Shameless (2004)
Blue Murder (2003)
Murder Investigation Team (2003)
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (2000)
Where the Heart Is (1997)
Heartbeat (1992)
The Bill (1984)
Emmerdale (1972)
Knight School
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1983-03-03 (41 years old)
Birth PlaceManchester, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsCiaran Griffiths, Ciaran Griffith
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