Graeme Hawley

Graeme Hawley
Born	(1973-11-28) 28 November 1973 Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990-Present
Spouse(s)	Elianne Byrne (2008-Present)

Graeme Hawley (born 28 November 1973) is an English actor known for his role as John Stape in the British soap Coronation Street.

Career

He graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University in 1996 with a degree in Drama before beginning his acting career in the theatre.

He started his career off by performing on stage at the Concordia Theatre, Hinckley, Leicestershire whilst learning the craft of acting with Priscilla Morris at the Hinckley Speech & Drama Studio (HSDS). His credits have so far included police officer Martin Crowe in ITV's Emmerdale, and roles in Channel 4's Shameless and A Touch of Frost. He played John Stape on Coronation Street from March 2007 to January 2008, returned to the role in June 2008, then left again but returned again in March 2009. On 28 October, his character died after confessing to the death of three other people.

On 29 May 2012 it was announced that he would be playing the role of Satan in the York Mystery Plays 2012, as well as appearing in In with the Flynns in 2012 as Dave Tandy.

Personal life

Hawley currently lives in Manchester with his wife Elianne Byrne, who is an actress. They have a daughter named Audrey (born June 2009) and a son named Henry (born in May 2011). He is a lifelong supporter of Coventry City F.C..

Television

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2013	Love and Marriage	Martin Paradise
2012	In with the Flynns	Dave Tandy
2011	Loose Women	Himself
2008	Doctors	Barry Partridge
2007–2011	Coronation Street	John Stape	Nominated for Villain of the Year at the British Soap Awards 2009
2006	Shameless	Troy Lawson
2005	The Stepfather	Detective
2005	The Royal	Arthur Graham
2004–06	Emmerdale	DC Martin Crowe
2003	Born and Bred	Mr. Burton
2002	The Forsyte Saga	Gradman
2001	Doctors	Jim Piper
2001	Strumpet	Producer
1999	A Touch of Frost	RCS Detective
1998	Coronation Street	Policeman
1998	Emmerdale	Dave
1998	The Cops	Maxwell
1993	Brookside	DI Kent
1990	Kappatoo	Steve Williams
?	Heartbeat	Andy Morgan
?	Bernard's Watch	David Cobham
?	Always and Everyone	Ian Knox
?	Legless	Matt Greenhalgh

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Director	Theatre
2015	Hangmen	Bill	Matthew Dunster	Royal Court Theatre
2012	Guinea Pig Club	Archibald McIndoe	------	York Theatre Royal
2012	York Mystery Plays	Satan	Paul Burbridge & Damian Cruden	York Museum Gardens
2012	Saturday Night and Sunday Morning	Jack	Matthew Dunster	Royal Exchance in Manchester
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	Paul	Matthew Dunster	Royal Exchange, Manchester/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	Octagon Theatre, Bolton
?	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	Froth	Chris Honer	Manchester Library
?	HIDDEN MARKINGS	Howard	Nick Moss	Manchester Library/Homegrown
?	ROMEO AND JULIET	Mercutio	Tom Scott	Suffolk Eye

External links

• Graeme Hawley at the Internet Movie Database