Occupation Actor Name Sam Darbyshire | Role Television actor | |
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Born 26 March 1989 (age 35) ( 1989-03-26 ) | ||
Sam Darbyshire (born 26 March 1989) is a television actor best known for his role as Jamie "Fletch" Fletcher on the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. He has, however, also appeared in several advertisements and had a small role in Coronation Street. He belongs to a local youth theatre group in Wigan, Willpower Youth Theatre, near to where he lives in Standish, Greater Manchester. Sam is represented by Inter-City Casting who also represent fellow stars Carley Stenson and Ashley Slanina-Davies. In his final year of secondary school, Sam was involved in a production of the musical Grease.
Sam says: "I love the idea of entertaining and being on TV. It's what I've always wanted to do. I can't wait to see how Fletch develops - his capers with Josh are hilarious!"
Sam attended Winstanley College, Billinge also the college of The Verve lead singer Richard Ashcroft, Georgia Taylor and fellow Hollyoaks star Carley Stenson He has recently completed his A-levels achieving AABB and is an ex student at Staffordshire University after failing to complete his 3 years, he is now a student at Salford University. On 5 September 2013, Sam welcomed the birth of his first child; a daughter called Annabelle.