Marc Baylis (born 3 April 1978) is a British stage, television and film actor. He trained at

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, where he was awarded the Stage Scholarship. He is best known for his role as

Rob Donovan Rob Donovan is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', portrayed by Marc Baylis He was introduced as the brother of Carla Connor (Alison King). He made his first screen appearance during the episode broadcast ...

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 ...

'' from 2012 to 2014, to which he returned for guest appearances in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

Theatre

His stage work includes playing Courtall in the 2011 London revival of

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's ''

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'' at the

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, directed by

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. Michael Billington (''

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'') heralded it "eminently revivable"; and

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(''

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'') commented "Theatrical enterprise like this makes you proud to be British". In 2010, Baylis was in

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's multi-award-winning production of ''

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'' at the

Apollo Theatre The Apollo Theatre is a Grade II listed West End theatre, on Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster, in central London.

. The production was directed by

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and starred

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as Johnny "Rooster" Byron and

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as Ginger. Other theatre productions include

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'' (

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) directed by

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; ''King Arthur'' (

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) directed by John Terry and Mike Bartlett; ''Futures'' (Theatre 503); and ''

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'' and '' The Tempest'', both for

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and the

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Television

On screen Baylis made his television debut in 2001 playing the young

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in ''

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''. He has also played various roles in

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's ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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 ...

''. On 3 May 2012, it was announced Baylis had joined the cast of ''

'' as

, the younger brother of

Carla Connor Carla Barlow (also Connor and Gordon) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', played by Alison King. She made her first appearance on screen during the episode airing on 1 December 2006 and introduced as ...

. He made his first on-screen appearance on 9 July 2012. It was announced in June 2014 that Baylis would be leaving the role of Rob in ''Coronation Street''. The character was written out on 5 November 2014; due to his character receiving a 25-year prison sentence for the murder of Tina McIntyre. In August 2015, it was revealed that Baylis was to reprise his role as Rob later in the year, despite the fact his character was still in prison. He departed for a second time in January 2016, and made a surprise return to Coronation Street in April 2017; having escaped from prison.

Other appearances

Baylis appears in the music video for the song "

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" by

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group,

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, released in 2008. He has also starred in short films most notably My Dad Marie.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baylis, Marc 1978 births Living people English male stage actors English male television actors English male film actors Male actors from Worcestershire People from Stourport-on-Severn