Kevin Sacre-Dallerup (born Kevin Bignell on 23 March 1978), accessed 30 May 2007 is a British actor. He is most famous for his performance as

Jake Dean Jake Dean is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Kevin Sacre. Sacre portrayed the character between 2002 and 2008, before making a return on 5 October 2009. In March 2010, Sacre was axed from the ...

in the

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British

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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 ...

'', a role he played from 2002 to 2010.

Early life

He was born in

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. He attended secondary school at

Aylesbury Grammar School Aylesbury Grammar School is a grammar school in Aylesbury situated in the English county of Buckinghamshire, which educates approximately 1300 students. Founded in 1598 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire by Sir Henry Lee, Champion of Queen Elizabet ...

Acting career

Kevin started his career at the Royal Shakespeare Company followed by TV series Night and Day for ITV in which he played Dennis Doyle from 2001 to 2002 with ex-cast member Stuart Manning then on to Hollyoaks. He left the show in May 2008. In December 2008, Kevin played the lead in '' Aladdin'' at Sheffield Lyceum Theatre. On 6 July 2009, after much speculation it was confirmed Sacre will be returning to his role as tragic, incarcerated, mentally ill Jake Dean.

Other appearances

Sacre made a cameo appearance in the Ricky Gervais show '' Extras''. He also made a guest appearance on ''

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'' alongside co-star Ali Bastian. Kevin took part in Living TV's

The Underdog Show ''The Underdog Show'' was a six-week television series presented by Julian Clary and his dog, Valerie. The series was produced by the independent production company Splash Medi Format The show on BBC2 featured celebrities Julia Sawalha, Anton du ...

last summer where ten celebrities train ten rescue dogs and won the show. He also met girlfriend

Camilla Dallerup Camilla Sacre-Dallerup (born 6 April 1974) is a Danish author, life coach, hypnotherapist and former ballroom dancer. Dance career Dallerup was born in Aalborg, where she started dancing at the age of two and a half when her mother took her to ...

to whom he is now married. Kevin was also seen on the

BBC Three BBC Three is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes targeting 16 to 34-year-olds, covering all genres including animation, comedy, curre ...

show '' Dancing on Wheels''.

Personal life

He married professional dancer

on 29 July 2010 in Ibiza, two years after meeting on the set of the reality TV series

. Both now go by the last name Sacre-Dallerup.Exclusive: Inside Camilla Dallerup and Kirsty Gallacher's weddings only with HELLO! – HELLO! Magazine
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sacre, Kevin Living people 1978 births Alumni of Middlesex University People educated at Aylesbury Grammar School English male television actors English male stage actors