Sam Darbyshire (born 26 March 1989) is an English television actor best known for his role as

Jamie "Fletch" Fletcher Jamie "Fletch" Fletcher is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Sam Darbyshire. The character debuted on-screen during episodes airing in October 2005. Fletch was created by executive producer Da ...

on the

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'' Hollyoaks''. He has also appeared in several advertisements and had a small role in ''

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 ...

''. He was a member of a local youth theatre group in Wigan, Willpower Youth Theatre, near his childhood home in Standish, Greater Manchester. In his final year of secondary school, Darbyshire was involved in a production of the musical '' Grease''. Darbyshire attended

Winstanley College Winstanley College is a sixth-form college in the Billinge Higher End area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester. Admissions In the academic year 2022-23 it had approx 2300 full-time students. The catchment area spreads across ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Darbyshire, Sam English male television actors Place of birth missing (living people) 1989 births Living people People from Standish, Greater Manchester