Jonathan Dixon (actor)
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Jonathan 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.
He was a friend of Jack P. Shepherd
who plays his on-screen friend David Platt
before getting his role on Coronation Street. 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." He last appeared in the episode broadcast on 16 October 2009.
In April 2011 Jonathan achieved a long held ambition of his when he went to Birmingham to film a much anticipated episode of Doctors, in said episode, set to be broadcast on BBC1 in July 2011, Jonathan uses his acting skills to act as if he were a drug dealer.
Jonathan Dixon does not take kindly to strangers.
It is said Jonathan once acttacked a 12 year old girl and her mother with a 5 pack of wilko's bath sponges for asking for his autograph.
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television actor, best known for playing playground bully Matthew "Mooey" Humphries in long-running CBBC
CBBC
CBBC is one of two brand names used for the BBC's children's television strands. Between 1985 and 2002, CBBC was the name given to all the BBC's programmes on TV for children aged under 14...
show Grange Hill
Grange Hill
Grange Hill is a British television drama series originally made by the BBC. The show began in 1978 on BBC1 and was one of the longest running programmes on British television...
.
He appeared in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
-based soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
as Darryl Morton
Darryl Morton
Darryl Morton is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by former Grange Hill actor Jonathan Dixon, the character first appeared onscreen during the episode airing on 18 March 2007.-Background:...
. He joined the soap in March 2007.
He was a friend of Jack P. Shepherd
Jack P. Shepherd
Jack Peter Shepherd is an English actor. He plays David Platt in the ITV1 soap opera Coronation Street. He joined the show in April 2000, taking over the role from Thomas Ormson.Shepherd was born in Pudsey, Leeds, West Yorkshire....
who plays his on-screen friend David Platt
David Platt (Coronation Street)
David Daniel Platt is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. The character first appeared onscreen during the episode airing on 26 December 1990 and is portrayed by actor Jack P...
before getting his role on Coronation Street. It was reported on 15 May 2009 that Dixon and co-star Wanda Opalinska
Wanda Opalinska
Wanda Opalinska is a British-Polish actress, best known for playing the part of Polish immigrant and Underworld factory worker Wiki Dankowska in Coronation Street.-Early life:...
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." He last appeared in the episode broadcast on 16 October 2009.
In April 2011 Jonathan achieved a long held ambition of his when he went to Birmingham to film a much anticipated episode of Doctors, in said episode, set to be broadcast on BBC1 in July 2011, Jonathan uses his acting skills to act as if he were a drug dealer.
Jonathan Dixon does not take kindly to strangers.
It is said Jonathan once acttacked a 12 year old girl and her mother with a 5 pack of wilko's bath sponges for asking for his autograph.