James Millea (born 25 November 1958) is an English actor who played small businessman and publican

Neville Ashworth Neville Ashworth is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera, ''Hollyoaks'', played by Jim Millea. He debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 30 September 2005 and was introduced by David Hanson. Neville departed in Ju ...

in the

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...

soap opera ''

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 ...

''. Millea trained at the Rose Burford College of Speech and Drama, and developed his acting skills in theatre by appearing in several National Theatre Productions, including ''Six Characters in Search of an Author'', ''Hey Luigi'', ''Fathers and Sons'' and ''Ting Tang Mine''. Other stage work includes a year with the

Royal National Theatre The Royal National Theatre in London, commonly known as the National Theatre (NT), is one of the United Kingdom's three most prominent publicly funded performing arts venues, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Opera House. I ...

, Levi in '' Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'', Luigi in ''Can't Pay Won't Pay'' and Father O'Neil in ''The Spanish Play''. He first came to public attention in 1989 as Pete Whiteley in ''

Emmerdale ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, '' ...

'', a married man who embarked upon an affair with teenager Rachel Hughes. Pete Whiteley was killed off in a hit-and-run car accident and his embittered wife Lynn set about confronting Rachel. A recurring role in the ITV children's drama ''

Children's Ward ''Children's Ward'' (retitled ''The Ward'' from 1995 to 1998) is a British children's television drama series produced by Granada Television and broadcast on the ITV network as part of its ''Children's ITV'' strand on weekday afternoons. The pro ...

'' in 1993 saw Millea play a parent who removes his son from the ward on learning that another patient is HIV positive. Millea has also appeared as minor characters in various television dramas and soaps including a one-off special episode of ''

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 ...

'' "The return of Nick Cotton" in 2000; ''

Crimewatch ''Crimewatch'' (formerly ''Crimewatch UK'') is a British television programme produced by the BBC, that reconstructs major unsolved crimes in order to gain information from the public which may assist in solving the case. The programme was or ...

''; Coronation Street, '' Heartbeat'' and ''

A Touch of Frost A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes'' ...

''. In 2005, Millea was cast as the father of the new Ashworth family in ''Hollyoaks'', once remarking that he envied the life of his on-screen son,

Rhys Rhys or Rhŷs is a popular Welsh given name (usually male) that is famous in Welsh history and is also used as a surname. It originates from Deheubarth, an old region of South West Wales, with famous kings such as Rhys ap Tewdwr. It is pronounced ...

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Jim Millea Envies His Screen Son (Metro)
dated 11 August 2009, retrieved 2013-12-16. He left the show in 2010. He has also played Carl Armstrong and Jeff Rayner 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 ...

'' in 1994 and 2013 respectively.

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External links

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Official ''Hollyoaks'' cast biography
1958 births Living people English male television actors {{England-tv-actor-stub