Karl Collins
{{Short description|English actor}}
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Karl Collins is a British actor. He is known for his television roles as Danny Glaze in The Bill, Louis Loveday in Hollyoaks, and Shaun Temple in Doctor Who. He played Noah in the Apple TV series Trying, Lennox in the BBC Series Champion, and also Jack Whiteley in Magpie Murders.
Early life and career
Collins was born in Nottingham, and grew up on the Clifton housing estate. As a child, he was a member of the Central Junior Television Workshop, and appeared in the programmes Dramarama and Your Mother Wouldn't Like It.{{cite news|last=Laws|first=Roz|title=The Box: It beats The Bill|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Box%3A+It+beats+The+Bill.-a0122245072|accessdate=14 April 2014|newspaper=Birmingham Post & Mail|date=19 September 2004}}
He played a car thief called 'Craven' in EastEnders in the early 90s, stealing a car from Frank Butcher's car lot.
He played DC Danny Glaze in The Bill{{cite news|title=Glazed over!|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/content/articles/2004/09/13/features_people_2004_09_karl_collins_a_thing_called_love_feature.shtml|accessdate=11 March 2013|newspaper=BBC Nottingham|date=20 September 2004}} from 1999 to 2003, and has appeared in Casualty, Holby City, By Any Means, As Time Goes By and 55 Degrees North. He also appeared in Shane Meadows' debut film, Twenty Four Seven.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0078tn1 Twenty Four: Seven], BBC Two.
In 2011, he appeared in "The Entire History of You", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror.
In 2015, he appeared in "Our Zoo".
He also appeared in the theatre production One Monkey Don't Stop No Show in 2013.{{cite news|last=Spencer|first=Charles|title=One Monkey Don't Stop No Show, Tricycle Theatre, London, review|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/9811565/One-Monkey-Dont-Stop-No-Show-Tricycle-Theatre-London-review.html|accessdate=11 March 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=18 January 2013}}
Collins appeared in the Doctor Who Christmas Special "The End of Time", aired over the 2009 Christmas period, as Shaun Temple, Donna Noble's fiance.{{cite news |author=Staff reporter |title=Russell Davies' final show reunites old friends for a Doctor Who adventure |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/04/13/russell-davies-final-show-reunites-old-friends-for-a-doctor-who-adventure-91466-23373501/ |work=Western Mail |date=13 April 2009 }}
{{cite news |author=Staff reporter |title=June Whitfield spotted with Doctor Who in Cardiff |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/04/13/ab-fab-star-june-whitfield-spotted-with-doctor-who-in-cardiff-91466-23372923/ |work=South Wales Echo |date=13 April 2009 |accessdate=16 April 2009 }} In 2023 he returned to the role as Donna Noble's husband.
On 10 February 2015, it was announced that Collins would be joining Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks as new regular character Louis Loveday.{{cite news | first=Daniel | last=Kilkelly | title=Hollyoaks unveils new family the Lovedays | url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/news/a627867/hollyoaks-unveils-new-family-the-lovedays.html#~p3VFdAcUJ6wlwb | work=Digital Spy |date=10 February 2015 |access-date=10 February 2015 }} He made his first appearance on 3 March 2015 and departed on 22 January 2019 when Louis was killed off by Breda McQueen (Moya Brady).
Filmography
=Film=
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!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1989
| Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale | Edison | |
| 1991
| Barman | |
| 1996
| Robert Rylands' Last Journey | Abraham | |
| 1997
| Stuart | |
| 1999
| Clinton | |
| 2000
| Melody's Her Second Name | George | |
| 2005
| Parallel Lines | Errol | Short film |
| 2006
| Winston Dimby | |
| 2008
| Survey No. 257 | Ray | Short film |
| 2009
| Karl | TV film |
| 2010
| Excluded | Mike | TV film |
| rowspan="2"|2011
| Dennis' Dad | |
| Papa
| Danny | Short film |
| 2012
| Turn a Blind Eye | Detective | Short film |
| 2015
| Mm-Hm | Karl | Short film |
| 2021
| Hollow | Father Hill | Short film |
| 2023
| Lawyer | |
=Television=
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!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1983
| Billy | Episode: "Because I Say So" |
| 1985–1988
| Your Mother Wouldn't Like It | Various roles | Series regular; 21 episodes |
| 1988
| Steve | 1 episode |
| 1991
| Casualty | Roy | Episode: "Humpty Dumpty" |
| 1991–2003
| The Bill | DC Danny Glaze | Series regular; 157 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|1992
| Protester #3 | Episode: "Surprise, Surprise" |
| EastEnders
| Craven | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
| 1993-1994
| Dr. Kovan | Series regular; 44 episodes |
| 1998
| Dube/Clever Jumbe | Episode: "Homie & Away" |
| 2001
| Jordan | Series regular; 6 episodes |
| rowspan="3"|2004
| A Thing Called Love | Floyd Staple | Episode: "True Confessions" |
| Grease Monkeys
| Trevor Baptiste | Recurring role; 9 episodes |
| Holby City
| Ken Thompson | Episode: "All the King's Men..." |
| 2005
| Adam Cole | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2007
| Bobby Keen | 1 episode |
| The Visit
| Lee | 1 episode |
| rowspan="2"|2008
| Jerome Assante | Episode: "Safe" |
| Casualty
| Aiden Frazer | Episode: "Broken Homes" |
| 2009–2010, 2023
| Shaun Temple | 3 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2010
| Casualty | Neil Hope | Episode: "Russian Endings" |
| Shelfstackers
| Keith | Episode: "Training Day" |
| rowspan="6"|2011
| Disgruntled Passenger #3 | 1 episode |
| Twenty Twelve
| Bus Driver | Episode: "Visitors From Rio" |
| The Fades
| Higgy | Mini-series; 2 episodes |
| Death in Paradise
| Lawrence | Episode: "Arriving in Paradise" |
| The Slammer
| The Great Muscovado | Episode: "Home for Magic Rabbits" |
| Black Mirror
| Robbie | Episode: "The Entire History of You" |
| rowspan="2"|2012
| Blackout | Bo | Mini-series; 3 episodes |
| Holby City
| Len Grace | Episode: "Fight the Good Fight" |
| rowspan="2"|2013
| Youngers | Richard | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
| By Any Means
| DCI Whale | 1 episode |
| rowspan="3"|2014
| Our Zoo | Barlow | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
| The Driver
| Greg Tyler | Mini-series; 1 episode |
| Transporter: The Series
| Jerome Knight | Episode: "The Diva" |
| 2015
| Lloyd | Episode: "Autumn" |
| 2015–2019
| Louis Loveday | Series regular; 221 episodes |
| 2018
| Uncle George | Episode: "Batty Boy" |
| rowspan="2"|2019
| The End of the F***ing World | Bonnie's Dad | 1 episode |
| Midsomer Murders
| Samuel Wokoma | Episode: "The Miniature Murders" |
| 2020
| Vera | Ciaran Duggan | Episode: "The Escape Turn" |
| rowspan="2"|2021
| Treva Harding | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
| The Larkins
| Mr. Rance | Episode: "In Which We Meet the Larkin Family" |
| rowspan="2" | 2023
| Champion | Lennox | |
| Culprits
|Fixer |Recurring role |
| 2022-4
| Trying | Noah | Recurring Role |
Theatre credits
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Venue ! Ref |
|---|
| rowspan="2"|2006
| How Long Is Never? - Darfur | Ensemble |
| Fabulation
| Herve/Guy |
| 2007
| Entrepreneur |
| rowspan="3"|2009
| Errol |
| Seize The Day
| Howard |
| Detaining Justice
| Mr. Cole |
| 2010
| Mike |
| rowspan="2"|2013
| One Monkey Don't Stop No Show | Brother Avery |
| Chimerica
| Various roles |
| rowspan="2"|2018
| Shebeen | George | Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham & Theatre Royal Stratford East, London |
| Nine Night
| Uncle Vince |
| rowspan="2"|2019
| Our Town | Dr. Frank F. Gibbs |
| in a word
| Guy |
| 2021
| Thomas/Trevor | Royal National Theatre, London | {{cite news |last1=Curtis |first1=Nick |title=Rockets and Blue Lights review: Urgent and important look at the legacy of slavery |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/rockets-and-blue-lights-review-national-theatre-winsome-pinnock-b953547.html |access-date=27 January 2022 |newspaper=Evening Standard |date=3 September 2021}} |
References
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External links
- {{Twitter}}
- {{IMDb name|0172428|Karl Collins}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20091027080235/http://www.hobsons-international.com/voices/1379/karl_collins Karl Collins] at Hobsons Agency
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Category:English people of Nigerian descent
Category:English male television actors
Category:Black British male actors
Category:Male actors from Nottingham