Graeme Hawley is an English actor known for his role as John Stape

John Stape

John Stape is a fictional character from the British soap opera, Coronation Street, played by actor Graeme Hawley. He made his first on-screen appearance during the episode airing on 6 May 2007. The character departed on 3 June 2011 after four years on the show...

 in the British soap Coronation Street

Coronation 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...

.

Career

He graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University

Manchester Metropolitan University

Manchester Metropolitan University is a university in North West England. Its headquarters and central campus is in the city of Manchester, but there are outlying facilities in the county of Cheshire. It is the third largest university in the United Kingdom in terms of student numbers, behind the...

 in 1996 with a degree in Drama

Drama

Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...

 before beginning his acting career in the theatre.

He started his career off by performing on stage at concordia theatre leicester shire. His credits have so far included police officer

Police officer

A police officer is a warranted employee of a police force...

 Martin Crowe

Martin Crowe (Emmerdale)

DC Martin Crowe was a fictional character in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He was played by Graeme Hawley.-Character's background:Policeman Martin Crowe first appeared in September 2004 when he investigated Scott Windsor's and Syd Woolfe's beating of Frank Bernard Hartbourne.Martin was bowled over...

 in 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 Emmerdale

Emmerdale

Emmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972...

, and roles in Channel 4

Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

's Shameless

Shameless

Shameless is a British television drama series set in Manchester on the fictional Chatsworth council estate. Produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4, the first seven-episode series aired weekly on Tuesday nights at 10pm from 13 January 2004...

and A Touch of Frost

A Touch of Frost (TV series)

A Touch of Frost is a television detective series produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV from 1992 until 2010, initially based on the Frost novels by R. D. Wingfield....

. He played John Stape

John Stape

John Stape is a fictional character from the British soap opera, Coronation Street, played by actor Graeme Hawley. He made his first on-screen appearance during the episode airing on 6 May 2007. The character departed on 3 June 2011 after four years on the show...

 on Coronation Street

Coronation 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...

from March 2007 to January 2008, returned to the role in June 2008, then left again but returned again in March 2009. His character died after confessing to the death of three other people on the 28th October.

PersonalLife

Hawley currently lives in Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

 with his wife Elianne Byrne, who's an actress. They have a daughter named Audrey (born June 2009) and a baby boy named Henry (born in May 2011). He is a life-long supporter of Coventry City F.C.

Coventry City F.C.

Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...

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Television

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2011	Loose Women Loose Women Loose Women is a British lunchtime television programme, first broadcast in 1999 on ITV. It consists of a panel of four women who interview celebrities and discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs, to celebrity gossip...	Himself
2008	Doctors	Barry Partridge
2007–2011	Coronation Street Coronation 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...	John Stape John Stape John Stape is a fictional character from the British soap opera, Coronation Street, played by actor Graeme Hawley. He made his first on-screen appearance during the episode airing on 6 May 2007. The character departed on 3 June 2011 after four years on the show...	Nominated for Villain Villain A villain is an "evil" character in a story, whether a historical narrative or, especially, a work of fiction. The villain usually is the antagonist, the character who tends to have a negative effect on other characters...  of the Year at The British Soap Awards 2009
2006	Shameless Shameless Shameless is a British television drama series set in Manchester on the fictional Chatsworth council estate. Produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4, the first seven-episode series aired weekly on Tuesday nights at 10pm from 13 January 2004...	Troy Lawson
2005	The Stepfather The Stepfather The Stepfather can refer to one of these films:*The Stepfather , the 1987 horror film*Stepfather II, the 1989 sequel* Stepfather III, the 1992 sequel, starring Robert Wightman and Priscilla Barnes....	Detective
2005	The Royal The Royal The Royal is a British medical drama series produced by ITV. The show comprises one hour episodes which were normally first aired on ITV in the Sunday early evening slot....	Arthur Graham
2004–06	Emmerdale Emmerdale Emmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972...	DC Martin Crowe Martin Crowe (Emmerdale) DC Martin Crowe was a fictional character in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He was played by Graeme Hawley.-Character's background:Policeman Martin Crowe first appeared in September 2004 when he investigated Scott Windsor's and Syd Woolfe's beating of Frank Bernard Hartbourne.Martin was bowled over...
2003	Born and Bred Born and Bred Born and Bred is a light-hearted British drama series that aired on BBC One from 2002 to 2005. Created by Chris Chibnall and Nigel McCrery, Born and Breds cast was led by James Bolam and Michael French, who play a father and son who run a cottage hospital in Ormston, a fictional Lancashire village...	Mr. Burton
2002	The Forsyte Saga The Forsyte Saga The Forsyte Saga is a series of three novels and two interludes published between 1906 and 1921 by John Galsworthy. They chronicle the vicissitudes of the leading members of an upper-middle-class British family, similar to Galsworthy's own...	Gradman
2001	Doctors	Jim Piper
2001	Strumpet Strumpet (film) Strumpet is a 2001 British television movie made by the BBC. It is directed by Danny Boyle, written by Jim Cartwright, and stars Christopher Eccleston, Jenna G and Stephen Walters. It is 72 minutes long....	Producer
1999	A Touch of Frost A Touch of Frost (TV series) A Touch of Frost is a television detective series produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV from 1992 until 2010, initially based on the Frost novels by R. D. Wingfield....	RCS Detective
1998	Coronation Street Coronation 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...	David Kester?
1998	Emmerdale	Unknown
1998	The Cops The Cops (TV series) The Cops is a British television series made by World Productions for the BBC.The production, set in the fictional town of Stanton in Northern England, was noted for its documentary-style camerawork and uncompromising portrayal of the police force...	Maxwell
1990	Kappatoo Kappatoo Kappatoo was a CITV show based on a book by Ben Steed. In the show, Kappatoo travels back in time to the present and meets a similar looking boy called Simon Cashmere; they exchange lives. Kappatoo lives in the past whilst Simon lives in the far off future.The show premiered on CITV in 1990, with a...	Steve Williams
?	Heartbeat	Andy Morgan
?	Bernard's Watch Bernard's Watch Bernard's Watch is a British television programme filmed and created by amateur director Eleanor Casson primarily at South Wilford CofE Primary School, Nottingham, about a young boy who can stop time with a magical pocket watch. Five original series aired from 14 November 1997 to mid-2001 which...	David Cobham
?	Always and Everyone Always and Everyone Always and Everyone was a British television drama that ran from 1999 to 2002. It dramatised the hectic everyday lives of the doctors and nurses running the Accident and Emergency department of the large, busy city hospital, St. Victor's. The series has never been released commercially on VHS or...	Ian Knox
?	Legless	Matt Greenhalgh

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Director	Theatre
2009	Angels with Manky Faces	escaped convict	?	Manchester's Library Theatre
?	Rock n Roll	Jan	Chris Honer	Manchester Library
?	ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD	Guildenstern	Chris Honer	Manchester Library
2006	LOVE AND MONEY Love and Money (play) Love and Money by Dennis Kelly played at the Royal Exchange, Manchester before it transferred to the Young Vic in 2006 directed by Matthew Dunster and opened the New Studio at the Young Vic....	Paul	Matthew Dunster	Royal Exchange, Manchester Royal Exchange, Manchester The Royal Exchange is a grade II listed Victorian building in Manchester, England. It is located in the city centre on the land bounded by St Ann’s Square, Exchange Street, Market Street, Cross Street and Old Bank Street... /Young Vic
?	CLOUD:BURST	Dominic	Chris O’Connell	Theatre Absolute
?	STREET TRILOGY	Reuben/Gary	Mark Babych	Theatre Absolute
?	LITTLE MALCOLM & HIS STRUGGLE AGAINST THE EUNUCHS		Mark Babych	Bolton octagon
?	TRAFFIC AND WEATHER	Chris	Nick Moss	Manchester Library/Homegrown
?	SCHWEYK IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR		Chris Honer	Manchester Library
?	HOWIE THE ROOKIE	The Rookie	Martin Harris	Rocket Theatre
?	RAW	Addy	Mark Babych	Theatre Absolute
?	MEASURE FOR MEASURE Measure for Measure Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604. It was classified as comedy, but its mood defies those expectations. As a result and for a variety of reasons, some critics have labelled it as one of Shakespeare's problem plays...	Froth	Chris Honer	Manchester Library
?	HIDDEN MARKINGS	Howard	Nick Moss	Manchester Library/Homegrown
?	ROMEO AND JULIET Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...	Mercutio	Tom Scott	Suffolk Eye

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