Paul Loughran

Paul Loughran
Born
Paul Anthony Martin Loughran

(1969-07-07) 7 July 1969
Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
OccupationActor
Years active1992–present
Notable workEmmerdale
AwardsSoap Awards BAFTA

Paul Anthony Martin Loughran (born 7 July 1969 in Belfast) is a Northern Irish actor. He was educated at Methodist College Belfast.[1] He is best known for portraying Butch Dingle in ITV soap opera Emmerdale in which his character died in a bus crash with friend Pete Collins. After that he appeared in many other TV series such as Heartbeat. On 24 August 2016, it was announced that Loughran had been cast as Darryl Perkins, the father of Craig Tinker (Colson Smith), in Coronation Street.

Filmography

Selected television and film roles
Year Title Role Notes
1987 Scout O'Toole Credited as Paul Ryder
1992 The Darling Buds of May Policeman 1 episode
1992 Coronation Street PC Goldman 1 episode
1994–2000 Emmerdale Butch Dingle Main role; 170+ episodes
2000 The Bill Dean Burgess 1 episode
2002 Auf Wiedersehen, Pet Irish Barman 1 episode
2002 Puckoon Policeman Feature film
2003 I Fought the Law Billy Wilson TV film
2003 The Royal Malcolm Wilson 1 episode
2003–2009 Blue Murder DI Scott Lawson Recurring role
2005 Heartbeat Charlie 1 episode
2005 The Baby War Sgt. Taylor TV film
2005 Ideal Policeman 1 episode
2016 Jericho Mr. Jarvis 1 episode
2016 Coronation Street Darryl Tinker Recurring role
2017 Casualty Geoff 1 episode

References

  1. ^ "100 Reasons to love Northern Ireland - PropertyPal". propertypal.com. Retrieved 4 August 2016.


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