Jonathan Dixon (born 10 August 1988), known professionally as Jonny Dixon, is a British television actor, best known for playing playground bully Matthew "Mooey" Humphries in long-running
CBBC show ''
Grange Hill''.
He appeared in
Manchester-based
soap opera ''
Coronation Street
''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford.
Origi ...
'' as
Darryl Morton. He joined the soap in March 2007.
Dixon was born in
Pudsey. He was a friend of
Jack P. Shepherd
Jack Peter Shepherd (born 14 January 1988) is a British actor. He is best known for his role as David Platt in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. He won the award for Best Young Actor in 2001 at The ''Inside Soap'' Awards and Best Bad Boy ...
who plays his on-screen friend
David Platt before getting his role in ''Coronation Street''. It was reported on 15 May 2009 that Dixon and co-star
Wanda Opalinska would be written out of the soap and would be departing later in the year with it being said that this was due to "natural storyline progression." He last appeared in the episode broadcast on 16 October 2009.
In April 2011, Dixon filmed an episode of ''
Doctors
Doctor or The Doctor may refer to:
Personal titles
* Doctor (title), the holder of an accredited academic degree
* A medical practitioner, including:
** Physician
** Surgeon
** Dentist
** Veterinary physician
** Optometrist
*Other roles
** ...
'', to be broadcast on BBC1 in July 2011. He was a regular on ''
Boy Meets Girl'', playing the role of James on the first two series airing 2015–16.
For the last three years, he has taken part in 'Show in a Week' at South Craven School - a musical theatre production which is conceived, choreographed and rehearsed in just three days. In 2018, Dixon appeared in the
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...
episode "
The Woman Who Fell to Earth" as Karl, a crane driver being hunted by an alien species. He reprised the role in "
Eve of the Daleks
"Eve of the Daleks" is the first of the Doctor Who (2022 specials), 2022 specials of the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who'', which was broadcast on BBC One on 1 January 2022. It was written by Chris Chibnall, and directed ...
", the 2022 New Year special.
Dixon runs his own independent film production company, Isaac Who, which is based in Leeds in the North of England. The company creates film, TV and video productions with specialism in actor showreels, corporate videos and live music video recordings. Dixon also produces and directors original films as part of Isaac Who. In 2019, he directed a series of short films in collaboration with Psychotastic Productions.
These included; "Assisted" featuring his former Coronation Street co-stars
Steven Arnold
Steven Arnold (born 12 December 1974) is an English actor best known for his role as butcher Ashley Peacock in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''.
Early life
He was educated at Sir Thomas Boteler in Warrington, where his drama teach ...
and
Steve Huison, and "The Invisible Collection" starring
Ian Gelder &
Mark Wingett.
References
External links
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1988 births
Living people
English male soap opera actors
Male actors from Leeds