Years active 2001–2013 Name Chris Fountain | Role Actor | |
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Full Name Christopher Ryan Fountain Known for Coronation StreetHollyoaks Awards The British Soap Award for Best Actor Nominations The British Soap Award for Sexiest Male TV shows Similar People Jamie Lomas, Adam Thomas, Scott Maslen, Ryan Thomas, Mikey North Profiles | ||
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Christopher Ryan "Chris" Fountain (born 3 September 1987) is an English actor and rapper perhaps best known for his role as Justin Burton in the Channel 4 teen soap Hollyoaks, a role he played from 2003 to 2009 and his role as Tommy Duckworth in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 2011 until 2013.
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- Chris fountain opens up about his corrie sacking and gary lucy talks the full monty this morning
- Chris fountain
- Early life
- Career
- Hollyoaks
- Dancing on Ice
- Post Hollyoaks
- Other work
- Awards and nominations
- Filmography
- References
Chris fountain
Early life
Fountain was born in the West Yorkshire city of Bradford on 3 September 1987.
Career
Fountain had minor roles in Blood Strangers (2002) and Bob and Rose (2001), and has appeared in the dramas Where the Heart Is (2002), The Royal (2003) and Burn It (2003).
Hollyoaks
He joined Hollyoaks in 2003 in the role of Justin Burton.
On 7 June 2006, Fountain injured himself on location whilst filming for Hollyoaks when he touched an electric fence.
In 2008 Fountain won the British Soap Award for Best Actor due to his role on Hollyoaks.
It was confirmed on 11 March 2009 that Fountain would be leaving Hollyoaks. He left on 3 June 2009 in a joint exit storyline alongside Jamie Lomas who plays Warren Fox.
Dancing on Ice
Fountain was a runner up in the third series of ITV show Dancing on Ice, in which he was partnered with skater Frankie Poultney. He also won the Dancing on Ice Tour 2008 with 24 wins and went home with the Dancing on Ice Tour Winners Trophy for winning the most shows. Second place went to Suzanne Shaw with eleven wins and third place went to Kyran Bracken with nine wins.
Post-Hollyoaks
On 30 January 2010 he appeared as a patient called Seb in Casualty. Fountain played the role of PC Paul Tait in the BBC drama Five Days in March 2010.
On 26 November 2010, it was announced that he would play the role of Tommy Duckworth in Coronation Street and made his first appearance in March 2011. He was sacked from Coronation Street in 2013 following revelations he had performed in offensive rap videos on YouTube advocating violence to women. He left immediately with his character getting an off-screen exit in October 2013.
In September 2016 he joined the touring cast of The Full Monty.
In July 2017 he joined the cast of new ITV drama Girlfriends in a supporting role. It is due to air in 2018.
Other work
In February 2006, Fountain came in third in the BBC show Just the Two of Us, a singing competition in which celebrities are paired up with professional singers and are voted off, day by day. His singing partner was former S Club 7 member Jo O'Meara.
Fountain played the title role in the pantomime Aladdin at the Manchester Opera House over the Christmas/New Year period of 2009/10. In 2010 he appeared in the new musical Departure Lounge for a short run at the Waterloo East Theatre in London.
Fountain appeared on All Star Family Fortunes on 14 April 2012. In December 2012, he took part in ITV game show Paddy's 2012 Show and Telly
Following his sacking from Coronation Street, Fountain kept a low profile, but began DJing at a new club in Manchester in January 2014.
Awards and nominations
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2006
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2008
2012
In July 2012, Fountain made the shortlist for Best Actor on the TV choice awards. He is also up for Sexiest Male for the Inside Soap Awards.