Jonny Clarke, (born 6 June 1992) is an

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actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

. He is best known for playing the character of

Bart McQueen Bart McQueen is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Jonny Clarke. He first appeared onscreen at his stepmother's funeral in August 2010, introduced by producer Paul Marquess as a member of the McQ ...

in the

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soap opera ''

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 ...

''.

Career

Jonny Clarke's early roles include two small roles on TV, including the award winning Drama "Seeing Red", and playing lead roles in theatre productions of

Guys and Dolls ''Guys and Dolls'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" (1933) and "Blood Pressure", which are two short stories by Damon Runyon, and also bo ...

and Oliver. In early 2010, it was announced that Hollyoaks series producer Allan had stepped down from the position of

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of Hollyoaks and that Paul Marquess had taken over the role. It was soon revealed that Marquess planned to give Hollyoaks a "shake up", changing the productions team and beginning a cast cull by axing established characters. As part of Marquess reinvention he decided to replace the departing character with new ones, and he created the main character of Bart McQueen and cast Jonny Clarke in the role, as part of the "2010 shake-up". First seen on Hollyoaks in August 2010, In September 2011 he was longlisted for best Serial Drama Performance at the 2012 National Television Awards for his part as "Bart McQueen" in Hollyoaks. In 2013, he was part of the Hollyoaks cast that received a British Soap Award for most spectacular scene. In November 2013 it was announced that he was to play the part of "Tipper" in the 2014 UK tour of the highly acclaimed WW1 drama play "Birdsong" based on Sebastian Faulks' book of the same name. Having given up acting for marketing, in 2016 he was invited to return to

to reprise the role of

. Clarke made his last appearance as Bart on the show on 14 April 2017

Filmography

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clarke, Jonny English male soap opera actors Living people 1992 births