Antony Cotton
Antony Cotton (born Antony Dunn on 5 August 1975, Bury, Greater Manchester) is an English actor, best known for his roles in Coronation Street and the original UK version of Queer as Folk.
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Early and personal life
Cotton was born in Bury, Greater Manchester. He is the son of actress Enid Dunn.[1] He went to Woodhey High School at Holcombe Brook]], Ramsbottom]].[2] Antony attended Oldham Theatre Workshop.
Cotton supports the Terrence Higgins Trust and is a patron of the LGF[3] The Albert Kennedy Trust and also the Queer Up North festival.
In August 2009, Daniel Kilkelly reported in an article in Digital Spy that Cotton is "openly gay".[4] and in March 2010 the Daily Mirror reported that Cotton had exchanged rings with his partner, Peter Eccleston.[5]
In January 2012, footballer Michael Ball was fined by the Football Association for a homophobic rant on Twitter about Cotton.[6]
Career
Television
Cotton currently plays barman and factory worker Sean Tully in Coronation Street.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag Antony also appeared on Family Fortunes on 20 September 2008 winning £10,000 for his chosen charity. In December 2008, he appeared with co-star Suranne Jones on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
Cotton took part in the eleventh series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! which began airing on 13 November 2011. He left on 2 December 2011, after 21 days.
Film
Cotton made his film debut opposite Daniel Craig and Derek Jacobi in the 1998 film Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon.[7] He also appeared in the 1998 film The Wisdom of Crocodiles.
Theatre
Cotton has appeared in several shows at the Oldham Coliseum. He appeared in The Fifteen Streets and The Hobbit at PManchester's Palace Theatre and Opera House. He has also appeared in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Middlesbrough Theatre.
Awards and recognition
In 2005, Cotton won the Most Popular Newcomer category at the National Television Awards for his role in Coronation Street.[8] Cotton also won the 2005 Inside Soap Awards for Best Newcomer and Funniest Performance. 2006 he won (again) the award for Funniest Performance. At the 2007 British Soap Awards, Cotton was awarded the Best Actor award, which was voted for by the public. Also in 2007 he won Best Actor at the Inside Soap Awards.
Selected stage and screen credits
Television
- The Big Breakfast]]
- The Cops (TV series)|The Cops]]
- Queer as Folk (1999–2000) Alexander Perry
- Having It Off]] Writer, Guy La Trousse
- Coronation Street (2003, 2004–present) Sean Tully
- Absolutely Fabulous
- Soapstar Superstar
- Love in the 21st Century
- Burn It
- That Antony Cotton Show (2007)
- I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (2011)
References
- ↑ http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/filmandtv/s/234/234690_mums_the_word_for_superstar_antony.html Mum's the Word for Superstar Antony | accessdate = February 25, 2007 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070219041224/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/filmandtv/s/234/234690_mums_the_word_for_superstar_antony.html |archivedate = February 19, 2007
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- ↑ http://www.lgf.org.uk/sir-ian-mckellen-antony-cotton-say-enough-is-enough/%7Ctitle=Sir Ian McKellen & Antony Cotton say "Enough is Enough!"|last=Dunning|first=Joanne|date=28 August 2008|publisher=The Lesbian & Gay Foundation|accessdate=24 April 2011|location=Manchester
- ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s3/coronation-street/news/a171526/corrie-actor-wants-more-gay-characters.html#%7Ctitle=Corrie actor wants more gay characters|work=Digital Spy|publisher=Hachette Filipacchi UK|date=14 August 2009|accessdate=24 April 2011|location=London|first=Daniel|last=Kilkelly
- ↑ http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2010/03/08/coronation-street-star-antony-cotton-weds-lover-115875-22094764/%7Ctitle=Coronation Street star Antony Cotton 'weds' lover|work=Daily Mirror|publisher=Trinity Mirror|date=8 March 2010|accessdate=23 April 2011|location=London
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jan/24/michael-ball-fined-homophobic-twitter-coronation Michael Ball fined for homophobic Twitter remark-The Guardian
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