Shaun Dooley
British actor

Shaun Dooley

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British actor
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Birth:
(Barnsley)
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Shaun Dooley (born 30 March 1974) is an English actor who regularly appears on television and in British films.

Early life

Dooley was born in Barnsley. He studied at the Arden School of Theatre in Manchester between 1992 and 1995.

Career

Dooley's first acting role was as Shaun in Groove on a Stanley Knife in 1997. He later played Ritchie Fitzgerald in Coronation Street from 1997 until 1998. He appeared occasionally in EastEnders as Tom Stuart between 2001 and 2004 until he was replaced during his filming of The Street. He had a role in P.O.W. alongside Joe Absolom.

Dooley played Peter Harper in BBC drama series The Street. He also featured in the 2007 television docudrama Diana: Last Days of a Princess. Dooley portrayed Kieran in the British horror film Salvage. He portrayed police inspector Dick Alderman in all three parts of the Red Riding trilogy.

Roles

  • Corporal Gant in The Mark of Cain (2007)
  • Liam in the BBC miniseries Apparitions (2008)
  • Lead in HighTide's acclaimed production of Stovepipe at the West 12 Shopping Centre in Shepherd's Bush.
  • BBC One's Five Days (2012)
  • ITV's Married Single Other (2012)
  • Derek Bennett in the BBC Four drama The Road to Coronation Street (2010)
  • On "Gently Evil", an episode of the BBC One detective serial Inspector George Gently (2010)
  • Pete Garvey in an episode of hit ITV comedy Benidorm, as the brother of long term character Mick Garvey (2012)
  • In the BBC dramas Exile, alongside John Simm, and Great Expectations.
  • Malcolm McNair in The Awakening (2011).
  • An episode in series seven of BBC One's Hustle (2011).
  • Narrator of the BBC series Our War, a documentary on the war in Afghanistan as seen by the British Army soldiers (second series 2012).
  • Narrator of Space Dive, a BBC documentary on the record-breaking skydive by Felix Baumgartner (October 2012).
  • Starred in Eden Lake (Celador Films).
  • Starred in The Woman in Black (Hammer Films).
  • Greg on Misfits, a probation worker with anger issues (2012).
  • Nash, on Offender (2012).
  • Sir Robert Brackenbury in the BBC historical drama The White Queen (2013).
  • Kincaid in Wolfblood, (2013).
  • DC Jim Fenchurch in the BBC's in The Game (2014).
  • Rickie Gillespie in Broadchurch series 2 (2015).
  • Ged in Judith Adams's adaptation of Ursula Le Guin's 'The Farthest Shore' for Radio 4 (2015).[1]
  • DC Carl Hawkins in the BBC's Cuffs (2015).
  • Voiceover for the Sky 1 series The Force which follows officers of the Greater Manchester Police Force.