Acting
David Crellin
David Crellin (born 1961) is an English actor. Crellin, who was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, is known for roles in Emmerdale as Billy Hopwood, BBC 2's BAFTA Award-winning series The Cops as Alan Wakefield, and Coronation Street as gangster Jimmy Clayton, charge nurse Thornton who looked after Don Brennan after his car crash, and receiver Graham Baxter who wound up MVB Motors. He also starred as Jimmy Grainger in the first series of Waterloo Road on BBC One. Signed to British independent record label Everyday Records 2008, Crellin recorded a debut EP Innocent Bystander. In 2010 he returned to Coronation Street in another role; that of Colin Fishwick, a teacher friend of John Stape. David trained to become an actor at the Rose Bruford College of Speech & Drama. Crellin lives with his wife and children in Horwich, near Bolton.
Titles
Emmerdale
1972
Shameless
2004
Heartbeat
1992
Waterloo Road
2006
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
Cracker
1993
The Cops
1998
North & South
2004
Accused
2010
Time
2021
Years and Years
2019
Band of Gold
1995
The Grand
1997
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise
2001
Blood Strangers
2002
Mysterious Creatures
2006
Heart
1999
Yasmin
2004
Strumpet
2001
Hillsborough
1996
Rock And Roll F. 'n' Lovely
2013
One in Five
2014
Underwater
2018