Ciarán Joseph Griffiths (/ˈkɪərən/ KEER-ən; born 3 March 1983) is a British actor from Manchester, England. His roles in television include Gary Best in The Bill, Mickey Maguire in Shameless and Damon Hay in Coronation Street.

Ciarán Griffiths
Born
Ciarán Joseph Griffiths[1]

(1983-03-03) 3 March 1983 (age 41)
OccupationActor
Years active1996–present
Known for

Biography

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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.[2]

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 appeared in the British vampire film Dead Cert which was directed by Steven Lawson,[3] and he appeared in Waterloo Road as Dylan Hodge in Series 6 in 2010/2011.

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 appeared in an episode of the BBC One drama Casualty as Peter Hawker, a man who had suffered a brain injury.

Griffiths, who lives in Australia,[4][5] played Damon Hay in Coronation Street between December 2022 and March 2024. He previously played Dean Sykes on the soap in 2000.[6]

Filmography

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Film

Year Title Role Notes
2000 There's Only One Jimmy Grimble Psycho
2006 To the Sea Again Jack Short film
2007 The Visitor Jack
2008 Clubbed Reaper
Ace of Grace Robbie
2009 CGI-brows Acolyte Short film
2010 Just for the Record Danny Allgen
Dead Cert Skender
2011 Big Fat Gypsy Gangster Carl Thompson
2012 Doormen Tommo Short film
2013 Sea View Jason
2017 Haunted House: Exorcist Father Patrick
Rabbit Punch Dylan

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1996, 1999 Children's Ward Jack Connor Main role
1997–1998 Knight School Buster Bollingbroke 2 episodes
1998–1999 City Central Simon Mackey 4 episodes
1998 The Cops Ian Lillie Series 1: Episode 8
1999 Always and Everyone Gary Manley Episode: "Always and Everyone"
2000 Monsignor Renard Company Runner Series 1: Episode 1
Coronation Street Dean Sykes Guest role; 3 episodes
2001 Emmerdale Ben McCarthy Guest role; 4 episodes
Where the Heart Is Carl Garton Episode: "Temptation"
Heartbeat Vic Sands Episode: "No Hiding Place"
2002 Stig of the Dump Security Guard 1 Episode: "Going Home"
Clocking Off Chris Preston Episode: "Alan's Story"
At Home with the Braithwaites Tel the Fitter Series 3: Episode 5
2002–2005 The Bill Gary Best Regular role; 163 episodes
2003 Murder Investigation Team Episode: "Moving Targets"
2006 The Street Terry Episode: "Football"
Vincent Stranger / PI Series 2: Episode 1
Blue Murder Kevin Robertson Episode: "In Deep"
2007 Holby City Jem Neil Episode: "The Borders of Sleep"
2007–2012 Shameless Micky Maguire Regular role; 84 episodes
2011 Waterloo Road Dylan Hodge Recurring role; 4 episodes
2013 Svengali Burnsy Television film
2013–2014 The Mill Boon / Matthew Boon All 10 episodes
2013 Atlantis Cyrus 2 episodes
2014 Moving On Kev Episode: "Blind"
2015 This is England '90 Leon Episode: "Winter"
2016 Vera Steve Stonnall Episode: "The Sea Glass"
Cold Feet Sean Westwood Series 6: Episode 8
2018 EastEnders Milo 2 episodes
2018–2019 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Billy Porters 2 episodes
2019 The Bay Lee Ward 2 episodes
2020 Casualty Peter Hawker Series 34: Episode 28
2022 Colin From Accounts Nigel Episode: "Bandit"
2022– 2024 Coronation Street Damon Hay Regular role
2022 Riptide Michael Lane

Video Games

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Ryse: Son of Rome Additional Voices Voice

References

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  1. ^ "GRO Birth Registration Index". Ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2006.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Ciaran Griffiths". Hello!. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  3. ^ "More cast, new poster for vampire film DEAD CERT". Archived from the original on 12 October 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
  4. ^ Ciaran Griffiths to make Corrie debut playing troublesome father of Jacob Hay Evening Standard, 17 November 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2023
  5. ^ Coronation Street Damon Hay star's life in Australia as he makes 'hard' admission on TV return Liverpool Echo, 1 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2023
  6. ^ Sansome, Jessica (6 May 2023). "Real life of Corrie's Ciaran Griffiths - co-star link and forgotten soap role". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
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