Max Cunningham
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Max Cunningham is a character in the long-running channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. He has been in the series since 1997.
Over the last nine years Max has grown from a cheeky, carefree teenager to a caring young man. After his father's death, he took over the shop his father had owned. Max has previously harbored unrequited romantic feelings for his stepsister Mandy and a relationship with Anna that saw him take on a fatherly role towards her baby son, Charlie. Caring for Charlie helped prepare Max for looking after his half-brother Tom full time, which he has done since the death of his father and stepmother. Max's close friend Sam "O.B." O'Brien helps him with this. He is currently married to employee Clare who unbeknownst to Max is manipulating and using him for her own personal gain while at the same time driving a wedge between him and OB, due to this he appears to have turned evil while he is just angry at the stories his girlfriend has told him about Mel. Clare appears to recently wear the pants in the relationship. He married Clare, very soon in their relationship, because he thought that it would make Mandy and Tony happier. Clare continues to manipulate Max, she purchases a one way plane ticket to Malaga as she plans to leave Hollyoaks. She also persuaded Max to open a joint bank account, which she will presumably empty. When OB revealed to her that he knew her father is still alive (as he overheared her on the phone to her dad) Clare starts to panic. When OB goes to find Max to tell him of this phone call, Clare rushes to the loft safe where she takes a packet of drugs, stops OB, and slyly plants them in his pocket. He leaves, she calls the police, and OB is put in prison. He misses Max's stag night and so Clare leads him to believe OB can't accept their marriage and so therefore he will not be attending the wedding. Max agrees, and Clare once again has saved herself from Max unravelling the truth. In the middle of the wedding, OB opens the church doors and tells Max he's making a huge mistake. OB tells Max about Clare's plane ticket, but Clare finds another way to weasel out of the truth. Clare makes Max believe that she was beaten by her father. Max found out that Warren and Clare were taking cocaine, an argument followed and Max went in the office and also took cocaine. Later that night in the club Max was talking to Warren and Clare when he collapsed from a heart attack and was taken into hospital. OB rushes to visit Max. Max is concious but OB thinks Clare has something to do with his heart attack. Max returns home from hospital and is bedridden whilst he is recouperating. Clare is looking after him, however she is tampering with his medication, in the hope it will trigger another heart attack.
Max is played by Matt Littler
Note: Max first appeared in 1995 played by Ben Sheriff.
