Paul Loughran
Paul Anthony Martin Loughran (born 7 July 1969 in Belfast) is a Northern Irish actor. He was educated at Methodist College Belfast.[1] He is best known for portraying Butch Dingle in ITV Soap Opera Emmerdale in which his character died in a bus crash with friend Pete Collins. After that he appeared in many other Soaps such as Heartbeat. During the 1980s when the real voice of Gerry Adams, the spokesman for Sinn Féin, was forbidden to be broadcast in Britain, Loughran's voice was dubbed into recordings of him that were broadcast on British airwaves. On 24 August 2016, it was announced that Loughran had been cast as Darryl Perkins, the father of Craig Tinker (Colson Smith), in Coronation Street.
Paul Loughran | |
|---|---|
| Born | Paul Anthony Martin Loughran 7 July 1969 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1992-present |
| Known for | Acting |
| Awards | Soap Awards BAFTA |
Filmography
- Casualty (2017)
- Coronation Street (1992) (2016)
- Jericho (2016)
- Blue Murder (2003–2009)
- Heartbeat (2005)
- The Baby War (2005)
- Ideal (2005)
- The Royal (2003)
- I Fought the Law (2003)
- Puckoon (2002)
- Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (2002)
- The Bill (2000)
- Emmerdale (1994–2000)
- The Darling Buds of May (1992)
External links
References
- "100 Reasons to love Northern Ireland - PropertyPal". www.propertypal.com. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
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