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Name
  
Dean Sullivan

Role
  
Actor


TV shows
  
Brookside

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Awards
  
The British Soap Award for Special Achievement, The British Soap Award for Best Onscreen Partnership

Nominations
  
The British Soap Award for Best Actor

Similar People
  
Sue Jenkins, Vince Earl, Phil Redmond, Fred Talbot, Paul Usher

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Dean Sullivan (born 7 June 1955 in Liverpool, Lancashire) is an English actor. He is best known for playing Jimmy Corkhill in Channel 4's soap opera Brookside.

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He joined Brookside in February 1986 and remained with the show until it was axed in November 2003, featuring in many of its ratings-pulling storylines during that time.

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In 1994, he offered to resign from the series when reading in his scripts that his character was to take ecstasy; he urged producers to kill his character off in an attempt to warn youngsters about the danger of taking drugs. However, his offer to resign was rejected and he remained in the series until it was discontinued nearly a decade later.

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Dean Sullivan is a BEd (Hons) graduate of Lancaster University and was a primary school teacher for six years before becoming an actor and then continued to work as a supply teacher between roles, before his role in Brookside became his full-time job. He was a member of the Liverpool based Neptune Theatre Company and appeared in the Willy Russell stage play Breezeblock Park and the Phil Redmond play Soaplights at the Liverpool Playhouse.

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He has organised 'murder weekends' with his company 'The Murder Game'. In 2001, he appeared on Lily Savage's Blankety Blank.

Sullivan is currently filming a sitcom Terry Across the Mersey and up until May 2009 was presenting a daily show on City Talk 105.9 from St. John's Beacon. However after the recent Ofcom ruling that City Talk would also be allowed to play music he was dropped from the schedule. Recently, he took part in a protest against violence in Liverpool as part of a march organised by charity Term Time.

Sullivan was also keen to buy Brookside Close which was sold on 17 December 2008, as he wanted to revive the show. However, the houses were sold to a different buyer.

In August 2011, Sullivan expressed his interest in returning to television screens as Jimmy Corkhill in another TV series, such as Coronation Street or EastEnders.

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Filmography

Actor
2023
Wings (filming) as
Paul Rattigan
-
Forgotten Word as
Father Donatello
2019
Forward Slash/Jobs (TV Series) as
The Boss
- The Cloffice (2019) - The Boss
2012
Crime Stories (TV Series) as
Timothy Halpin
- Episode #1.5 (2012) - Timothy Halpin
2005
Doctors (TV Series) as
Joe Preston
- Into the Light (2005) - Joe Preston
1986
Brookside (TV Series) as
Jimmy Corkhill
- Fast Workers (1987) - Jimmy Corkhill
1999
Brookside: Double Take! (Video) as
Jimmy Corkhill / Jack Speed
1998
Brookside: Friday the 13th (Video) as
Jimmy Corkhill
1997
Brookside: The Lost Weekend (Video) as
Jimmy Corkhill
Director
2004
Reuben Don't Take Your Love to Town (Short)
Self
2019
Soaps' Most Controversial Storylines (TV Movie documentary) as
Self / Jimmy Corkhill
2017
The Paul O'Grady Story (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2013
Celebrity Eggheads (TV Series) as
Self - Contestant
- The Serial Quizzers (2013) - Self - Contestant
2013
Big Brother's Bit on the Side (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 27 August 2013 (2013) - Self
- Episode dated 16 July 2013 (2013) - Self
2003
This Morning (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 27 August 2013 (2013) - Self
- Episode dated 20 December 2012 (2012) - Self
- Episode dated 26 June 2003 (2003) - Self
2012
Pointless Celebrities (TV Series) as
Self - Contestant
- Soap Stars Special (2012) - Self - Contestant
2010
Come Dine with Me (TV Series) as
Self
- Merseyside: All in One (2010) - Self (uncredited)
2010
Dear Mr Hicks (Documentary short) as
Self (uncredited)
2008
The British Soap Awards 2008 (TV Special) as
Self - Audience Member
2007
No. 1 Soap Fan (TV Special) as
Self
2006
My North West (TV Series documentary) as
Self - Presenter
2004
Who Do You Think You Are? (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Sue Johnston (2004) - Self
2003
The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1998
This Is Your Life (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- John McArdle (2003) - Self
- Claire Sweeney (2002) - Self
- Sue Johnston (1998) - Self
2002
The John Daly Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 8 November 2002 (2002) - Self
2001
Blankety Blank (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #17.9 (2002) - Self
- Episode #16.13 (2001) - Self
2002
Ken Dodd: Another Audience with Ken Dodd (TV Special documentary) as
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
2001
An Audience with Des O'Connor (TV Special) as
Self (uncredited)
2000
It's Only TV... But I Like It (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #2.2 (2000) - Self
1999
The British Soap Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Audience Member
1999
An Audience with Diana Ross (TV Special) as
Self
1997
Light Lunch (TV Series) as
Self
- Can You Go Five Nights a Week? (1997) - Self
1996
TFI Friday (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.4 (1996) - Self
1990
The Word (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.18 (1990) - Self

References

Dean Sullivan Wikipedia


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