Steve Halliwell

For the Australian rugby league player, see Steve Halliwell (rugby league).
Steve Halliwell
Born Stephen Harold Halliwell
(1954-03-21) 21 March 1954
Bury, Lancashire, England
Occupation Actor
Years active 1977 - present

Stephen Harold Halliwell (born 21 March 1954 in Bury, Lancashire, England) is an English actor best known for his part in ITV's Emmerdale as smallholder Zak Dingle, which he has played since 1994.[1] Steve was born in Bury, Lancashire, England) to Fred & Jenny Halliwell, Steve has an older brother Clive who is two years older than him. Halliwell was an apprentice engineer and had a number of jobs mainly in cotton and paper mills before drama training at the Mountview Theatre School.[2] He was a founder member of the Interchange Theatre in Bury.[2] During the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, he featured in a number of UK television shows, including Here I Stand, Threads, Cracker, Crown Court, G.B.H. and Coronation Street.[3] He released his autobiography in 2014 called If The Cap Fits: My Rocky Road to Emmerdale.[4]

References

  1. ↑ ITV website
  2. 1 2 Hayward 1994, p. 115
  3. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0356675/ IMDb
  4. ↑ Halliwell, Steve (2014). If The Cap Fits: My Rocky Road to Emmerdale. The History Press. ISBN 0-7509-5835-9.


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