Jonathan Dixon (actor)
Jonathan Dixon | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 August 1988 Leeds, West Yorkshire, England |
| Other names | Johnny Dixon (current professional name) |
| Occupation | Actor Model |
| Years active | 2007 - present |
Jonathan Dixon (born 10 August 1988), known professionally as Jonny Dixon, is a British television actor, best known for playing playground bully Matthew "Mooey" Humphries in long-running CBBC show Grange Hill.
He appeared in Manchester-based soap opera Coronation Street as Darryl Morton. He joined the soap in March 2007.
Dixon was born in Pudsey. He was a friend of Jack P. Shepherd who plays his on-screen friend David Platt before getting his role in Coronation Street.[1] It was reported on 15 May 2009 that Dixon and co-star Wanda Opalinska would be written out of the soap and would be departing later in the year with it being said that this was due to "natural storyline progression."[2] He last appeared in the episode broadcast on 16 October 2009.
In April 2011 Dixon appeared in an episode of Doctors, to be broadcast on BBC1 in July 2011. He was a regular on Boy Meets Girl, playing the role of James on the first two series airing 2015-16.
For the last three years, he has taken part in 'Show in a Week' at South Craven School - a musical theatre production which is conceived, choreographed and rehearsed in just three days. In 2018, Dixon appeared in the Doctor Who episode "The Woman Who Fell to Earth" as a crane driver being hunted by an alien species.[3]
References
- ^ Coronation Street - Interview - Jonathan Dixon and Emma Edmondson - Digital Spy
- ^ Kris Green (15 May 2009). "Two more Corrie characters to leave". Digital Spy. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ "Meet the cast of Doctor Who series 11". Radio Times. 6 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.