Chris Walker (actor)
Encyclopedia
Chris Walker is an English
actor most notable for playing Rob Hollins
, in the BBC
daytime soap opera
Doctors.
He won the award of Best On-screen partnership at The British Soap Awards 2010, for his role as Rob Hollins
, with Actress, Jan Pearson
who plays Karen Hollins
.
, playing reformed killer, Ed Jacks.
He played PC Larry 'Tiger' Barton in the BBC
television drama Merseybeat
, and had a minor role as a fireman in the comedy series, One Foot in the Grave
.
He also played the role of PC Nick Shaw in the early episodes of The Bill
.
, and father to Jack Hollins and Imogen Hollins.
In May 2010, just before the British Soap Awards 2010 he appeared on ITV
's This Morning
alongside Doctors regulars; Elisabeth Dermot-Walsh
, David Sturzaker
& On-screen wife Jan Pearson
.
, Walker lives with his girlfriend, Sharron, in a converted railway station. He has two children from a previous marriage, and collects cookery books.
He is also a Supporter of Sheffield Wednesday FC.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
actor most notable for playing Rob Hollins
Rob Hollins (Doctors)
Rob Hollins is a fictional Character in the BBC daytime soap opera, Doctors. Played by Chris Walker Rob first entered the soap on the 24 July 2009.-Characters Background:...
, in the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
daytime soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Doctors.
He won the award of Best On-screen partnership at The British Soap Awards 2010, for his role as Rob Hollins
Rob Hollins (Doctors)
Rob Hollins is a fictional Character in the BBC daytime soap opera, Doctors. Played by Chris Walker Rob first entered the soap on the 24 July 2009.-Characters Background:...
, with Actress, Jan Pearson
Jan Pearson
Jan Pearson is an English actress currently known for playing Karen Hollins in the BBC's daytime soap Doctors which she joined in February 2009. In 2010, Jan won the award of Best On-Screen Partnership for her role as Karen Hollins alongside with Chris Walker.-Early life:Born and brought up in...
who plays Karen Hollins
Karen Hollins
Karen Hollins is a fictional character from the British BBC One soap opera Doctors, portrayed by Jan Pearson. She made her first on-screen appearance on 23 February 2009 in the episode "Mac's Women" series ten, episode thirty-five of the program. Pearson had made two former unrelated guest...
.
Career
Always wanting to be an actor, he made his stage debut in 1987 and did theatre for many years until landing a role in Coronation StreetCoronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
, playing reformed killer, Ed Jacks.
He played PC Larry 'Tiger' Barton in the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
television drama Merseybeat
Merseybeat (TV series)
Merseybeat is a British police procedural television series shown on BBC One, with a total of four series broadcast between 2001 and 2004. The series follows the personal and professional lives of one shift of police officers from the fictional Newton Park police station on Merseyside, England.In...
, and had a minor role as a fireman in the comedy series, One Foot in the Grave
One Foot in the Grave
One Foot in the Grave is a BBC television sitcom series written by David Renwick. The show ran for six series, including seven Christmas specials, two Comic Relief specials, over an eleven year period, from early 1990 to late 2000...
.
He also played the role of PC Nick Shaw in the early episodes of The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
.
Doctors
In the summer of 2009, Walker landed the role of Police Sergeant Hollins in the BBC Soap opera 'Doctors'. Rob is the husband of Karen HollinsKaren Hollins
Karen Hollins is a fictional character from the British BBC One soap opera Doctors, portrayed by Jan Pearson. She made her first on-screen appearance on 23 February 2009 in the episode "Mac's Women" series ten, episode thirty-five of the program. Pearson had made two former unrelated guest...
, and father to Jack Hollins and Imogen Hollins.
In May 2010, just before the British Soap Awards 2010 he appeared on ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
's This Morning
This Morning (TV series)
This Morning is a British daytime television programme broadcast on ITV. As of September 2011, its main presenters are Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, and Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes, with various other presenters standing in for illness or contributing to sections of the programme.The...
alongside Doctors regulars; Elisabeth Dermot-Walsh
Elisabeth Dermot-Walsh
Elisabeth Dermot Walsh is an English actress, known for portraying Elizabeth in Falling for a Dancer and Dr Zara Carmichael in Doctors.-Background:...
, David Sturzaker
David Sturzaker
David Sturzaker is an English actor born in Redruth in Cornwall, who played Dr. Simon Bond in the BBC soap, Doctors from 2009 to 2011.-Theatre:...
& On-screen wife Jan Pearson
Jan Pearson
Jan Pearson is an English actress currently known for playing Karen Hollins in the BBC's daytime soap Doctors which she joined in February 2009. In 2010, Jan won the award of Best On-Screen Partnership for her role as Karen Hollins alongside with Chris Walker.-Early life:Born and brought up in...
.
Personal life
Born in 1964 in YorkshireYorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
, Walker lives with his girlfriend, Sharron, in a converted railway station. He has two children from a previous marriage, and collects cookery books.
He is also a Supporter of Sheffield Wednesday FC.