Joel Benjamin Goonan (born 2 September 1989 in

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

) is an English actor, best known for his role as the villainous

Gaz Bennett Gaz Bennett is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Joel Goonan. He debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 25 November 2008. Goonan took a break from filming during 2010, and returned on-sc ...

in ''

Hollyoaks ''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera ''Brookside (TV series), Brookside''. Since 2005, episodes have been aired on ...

''. Goonan had guest roles in '' Waterloo Road'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Joel Goonan left ''

'' in August 2010 and returned in early January 2011.

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* 1989 births Living people Male actors from Manchester English male television actors {{UK-tv-actor-1980s-stub