Matt Littler (born 19 March 1982) is a British actor and director born in

Bury, Greater Manchester Bury ( ) is a market town on the River Irwell in Greater Manchester, England. Metropolitan Borough of Bury is administered from the town, which had an estimated population of 78,723 in 2015. The town is within the historic county boundarie ...

, United Kingdom. He is most famous for playing the role

Max Cunningham Max Cunningham is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Ben Sherrif from 1995 to 1997, and Matt Littler from 1997 to 2008. He first appeared on 6 November 1995, and Littler took over the role in Septe ...

from 1997 to 2008 in the British

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soap opera ''

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''.

Career

Littler is most notable for his role on the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' in which he played

, a role he held for 11 years before his character's death in June 2008. He decided to leave the show with his on/off-screen best friend Sam "O.B." O'Brien, played by

Darren Jeffries Darren Jon-Jeffries (born 2 March 1982) is an English actor, writer, and presenter best known for his portrayal of Sam "O.B." O'Brien in Channel 4 soap-opera ''Hollyoaks''. He is also known for presenting Freshly Squeezed and Red Bull Rivals ...

, who left the show a few months earlier, and later returned for Max's departure. Max was one of the longest running characters on the show. On

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's '' This Morning'' show, Matt revealed that he will be returning to ''Hollyoaks'' to direct a few episodes. Since leaving Littler spent some years co-presenting many popular TV shows with Darren Jeffries these include

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programme ''Orange RockCorps, The Versus Chart, Freshly Squeezed, T4 Stars, T4 on the Beach, RedBull Rivals, The Hollyoaks Music show and The Gadget Show.'' Other appearances have been on

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and

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, also on many panel shows, such as Celebrity Juice, and 9 out of 10 cats. The Duo also hosted Gadget Show Live at the NEC in Birmingham, MineCon, RuneFest, and the popular Insomnia iSeries for many years. In 2007 Littler had a role in director Neil Carroll's ''For King and Country'', he also provided the voice of Arthur Glemore in TellTale Game's adaptation of The Game Of Thrones, as well as many other audio books and video games. Throughout 2013 he hosted

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spin-off show on

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alongside Jeffries,

Zoe Hardman Zoe Kristi Hardman (born 16 November 1982) is a British television presenter and actress. She first appeared on TV in Channel 4's reality game show ''Playing It Straight'' in 2005. Career Hardman was born in Kent, England. She was a presenter ...

and

Joe Swash Joseph Adam Swash is an English actor and television presenter, best known for his role of Mickey Miller in the BBC One soap opera ''EastEnders'' and various presenting roles with ITV2. He won the eighth series of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me O ...

, presented a

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spin-off show for

, and throughout 2014, guest presented

The Gadget Show ''The Gadget Show'' (currently known as ''The Gadget Show: Better Tech, Better Life'') is a British television series which focuses on consumer technology. The show, which is broadcast on Channel 5, is currently presented by Ortis Deley, Geor ...

numerous times for Channel 5. Littler co-founded

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based production company, "Roll Camera" with Craig Forster. With the company Littler directed and produced a music video for the band GK and the Renegades. In his independent directing role, Littler wrote, directed and acted in a short film in 2008 called ''Kidnap'', which also starred a number of ''Hollyoaks'' actors, as well as music videos for Esco Williams and other North West artists. Since then he has work as a director for Channel 4 and Channel 5, and produced pilots for

Lime Pictures Lime Pictures, formerly known as Mersey Television, is a British television production company, founded by producer and writer Phil Redmond in the early 1980s. They produce award winning drama, and entertainment shows, for the international mar ...

and

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. More Recently Littler has focused on producing and directing, working on several short form films for Channel 4, reality TV pilots for Lime Pictures, and working for a stint at ITV providing the voice of ITV2, whilst writing scripts for continuity announcements. Late in 2015 Littler joined London based innovation agency Brandwidth as head of moving image, the company makes content for the likes of Disney, Apple and others, at Brandwidth Littler has focused in Virtual Reality, and has produced content for many high-profile clients – Disney, Royal Caribbean, and The PGA Tour. He was present at Cannes Lions in 2016 at the Nokia Ozo stand, a company with which Brandwidth is a commercial partner.

Awards

British Soap Awards The British Soap Awards (BSAs) are an annual awards ceremony in the United Kingdom which honours the best moments in British soap operas. The ceremony is televised on ITV and has been presented by Phillip Schofield since 2006. The trophies give ...

* Best On-Screen Partnership ''(with Darren Jeffries)'' – 2008

National Television Awards The National Television Awards (often shortened to NTAs) is a British television awards ceremony, broadcast by the ITV network and initiated in 1995. The National Television Awards are the most prominent ceremony for which the results are voted ...

* Outstanding Serial Drama Performance – 2008

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Littler, Matt 1982 births Living people People from Bury, Greater Manchester English television actors English television directors English film producers English film directors