| Luke Tittensor | |
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| Born | Luke James Tittensor 3 November 1989 Heywood, Greater Manchester, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2003–2009 |
Luke James Tittensor (born 3 November 1989 in Heywood, Greater Manchester)[1] is an English actor best known for playing Daz Eden in the ITV soap Emmerdale.[2]
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In the first series of Channel 4 series Shameless[3] Tittensor shared the role of Carl Gallagher with his twin brother Elliott. He left the show to take the part of Daz Eden in Emmerdale, first appearing in the role on 9 October 2003. Elliott continued playing Carl.[4] Also in early 2003, Luke and Elliott had a brief appearance in Brookside as Terry Gibson's twin sons.
Luke Tittensor also starred in the We Buy Any Car advert in 2009.
Tittensor appeared in Waterloo Road on 8 September 2010 as gay pupil Connor appearing in Episodes 3 and 4 of the sixth series.
Luke also appeared in an episode of Casualty in January 2011, and played the part of Nathan in episode one of the new BBC drama series The Body Farm (TV series) (September 2011)
Luke Tittensor is the identical twin brother of Elliott Tittensor. Luke is from Heywood, Greater Manchester and attended Heywood Community High School.
On 23 March 2009 Tittensor pleaded guilty to a charge of grievous bodily harm against an un-named 16 year old in Rochdale on 15 February 2008 that left the victim with a fractured jaw.[5] His Emmerdale contract was terminated in April 2009 due to his conviction, with his last appearance in the show occurring the same month.[6] On 29 April 2009, Tittensor received a 9-month suspended jail sentence for the assault. He was also ordered to complete 200 hours unpaid work and pay £1,000 compensation to the victim. [7]