Matthew Jay Lewis a

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actor who trained at The

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. He has worked extensively in both commercials and TV. His TV work includes his role as Matt Ellis in

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's one time flagship soap ''

Family Affairs ''Family Affairs'' is a British soap opera that aired on Channel 5. It debuted on 30 March 1997, the day of the launch of said channel and was the first programme broadcast on the channel. It was screened as five thirty-minute episodes per w ...

''. Prior to this he appeared in ''

EastEnders ''EastEnders'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the Ea ...

'' from 1997 till 1998 as

Simon Raymond Simon Raymond is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Andrew Lynford. Simon is introduced in 1996 as the homosexual brother of Tiffany Mitchell (Martine McCutcheon). His relationship with the bisexual character ...

's boyfriend, Chris. He is also known for the role of

Louise Summers Louise Summers is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by actress Roxanne McKee. The character first appeared in February 2005 as the feisty, glamorous girlfriend of Darren Osborne ( Ashley Taylor ...

' husband Sean Kennedy in

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's popular

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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 ...

''. Matthew Jay Lewis made a brief return to Hollyoaks in March 2007 which saw Sean killed off by rival

Warren Fox Warren "Foxy" Fox (also known as Mike Jones) is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', portrayed by Jamie Lomas. The character and casting were announced on 12 May 2006, and Warren made his first appearance ...

. In addition to acting Matthew is the Artistic Director of Big Space Theatre Productions; a theatre company who focus on doing large-scale, sight-specific theatre shows in various venues. Their most recent production was

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, the church where

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worshipped and where the original actor to play

is buried

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