| Ian Puleston-Davies | |
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| Born | September 6, 1958 Flint, Wales, UK |
| Years active | 1983-present |
Ian Puleston-Davies (born 6 September 1958) is a Welsh actor and writer.[1]
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Born in Flint, Wales, Puleston-Davies has starred in the ITV drama Vincent alongside Ray Winstone, and Ghostboat (also for ITV), alongside David Jason. He has also played the lead roles in Conviction and the BBC Three series Funland.
He has starred in long-running dramas such as Holby City, The Bill, Hollyoaks and Brookside. He has also made special appearances in; Hustle, Life on Mars, Daziel and Pascoe, Silent Witness and Cape Wrath. In 2007 he starred in the Channel 4 docudrama, "Richard is my Boyfriend".
Ian can currently be seen on screen as Owen Armstrong in ITV's long running soap, "Coronation Street".
From September 2010, Puleston-Davies can be seen in the role of Charlie Fisher on the sixth series of BBC One drama, Waterloo Road.[2]
In 2005, Puleston-Davies co-wrote the drama Dirty Filthy Love based upon his own experiences dealing with obsessive compulsive disorder.[3] Dirty Filthy Love won a Royal Television Society Award for Best Single Drama[3] and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for "Best Single Drama".[4]
Puleston-Davies is the patron of Red Dot Drama, an acting workshop group that was formed by Helena Little, a friend of his from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.He is also patron of the CALM Centre, a charity that provides counselling and therapeutic services to the community of Harlow and its environs.
Puleston-Davies has a long term girlfriend, they have a daughter, and he lives in the North West.
He is also the cousin of former World Champion Kickboxer, Russ Williams.