James Gaddas

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James Gaddas
Born
(1960-06-17) 17 June 1960 (age 61)

OccupationActor
Years active1981–present
Notable credit(s)
Coronation Street (1989, 1999–2000)
Medics (1992–1995)
Bad Girls (2002–2006)
Doctors (2008, 2011)
Emmerdale (2011, 2015)
Tracy Beaker Returns (2012)
Hollyoaks (2020–2021)
Spouse(s)Deborah Gaddas
Children1

James Gaddas (born 17 June 1960) is an English actor known for his roles as Vinny Sorrell in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from August 1999 until November 2000 and Governing Governor Neil Grayling in ITV's Bad Girls. He played Eddie Ainsworth in the tenth episode of the seventh series of Heartbeat. Since leaving Bad Girls, Gaddas has appeared as Jackie Elliot in Billy Elliot the Musical, productions of Peter Pan and Spamalot and Bill Anderson in Mamma Mia! in London. Gaddas has also made appearances on The Bill, Between the Lines, Tracy Beaker Returns, Medics, Dogtown, Doctors, Waterloo Road and in 2015, he acted in Emmerdale, playing Ged, who is a prisoner awaiting trial for murder. In 2017 he played John in the musical The Girls at the Phoenix Theatre in the West End.[1] In 2020, he joined the cast of the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks as Cormac Ranger.[2]

Personal life[]

Gaddas is a member of the Conservative Party and was selected as a candidate for Stockton South in the 2005 UK general election, but finished in second place behind Labour's Dari Taylor after gaining 34.1% of the vote.[citation needed]

References[]

  1. ^ Shenton, Mark. " 'The Girls', Musical by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth, to Premiere in West End" Playbill, 16 September 2016
  2. ^ "Here's where Hollyoaks fans recognise newcomer Cormac from". Digital Spy. Retrieved 10 July 2020.

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