Nigel Pivaro
| Nigel Pivaro | |
|---|---|
| Born |
11 December 1959 Manchester, Lancashire, England |
| Occupation | Actor, Journalist |
Nigel Pivaro (born 11 December 1959) is an English journalist who, as an actor, was best known for playing Terry Duckworth, the son of Vera and Jack Duckworth in Coronation Street.
Career
Pivaro was born in Manchester, England. After attending RADA, Pivaro made his acting debut in "Short of Mutiny" at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, Stratford, London in February 1983.
In August 1983, he won the part of Terry Duckworth in the long-running British soap opera Coronation Street. Pivaro left the soap in 1987 but returned to the show on and off, making many re-appearances throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. His most recent appearances were in January 2008 when his character attended the funeral of his mother Vera and in April and May 2012. Apart from Coronation Street Pivaro made leading appearances in the television series Hetty Wainthropp Investigatesas PC Pearce and Expert Witness as killer Colin Wardle. He also appeared in The Sunny Side of the Street for Channel Four and made a cameo appearance in the film 24 Hour Party People'
Pivaro has acted in many theatre productions, including Wuthering Heights, What the Butler Saw, A Taste of Honey, The Tempest, Greek, An Evening with Gary Lineker co-starring Paul Ritter, Funny Peculiar, A View from the Bridge and Up and Under, most recently alongside fellow soap actor John Altman in the John Godber play Bouncers in 2003. In 1987, he won the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 1st in the play No Further Cause for Concern.
In 2006, Pivaro became a journalist, working for the Manchester Evening News and then the Tameside Reporter in Stalybridge. He is now a freelance journalist, and has been published regularly in the Daily Star, Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror and Catholic Herald newspapers. He has also written and presented documentary films for the BBC Inside Out series, including "Regeneration Game"(2007) which challenged the Government backed Housing Market Renewal programme and criticised its treatment of residents who were forced out of their neighbourhoods to make way for more affluent people. This was short listed for a Royal Television Society award in the best Current Affairs programme category. In 2009, Pivaro wrote and presented "The Battle for St. Michael's" for BBC's Inside Out. In January 2010, Pivaro appeared alongside Salford Star editor Stephen Kingston on BBC Newsnight in a film about the effects of regeneration in Salford. Pivaro is a regular contributor to the Salford Star Magazine.
In 2010, Pivaro presented a lecture at the University of Wolverhampton on his experiences while reporting on regeneration and participated in a special Radio 4 Today programme with Evan Davis where he criticised the Media City development at Salford Quays, calling it a 'Cathedral of Corporatism' with few opportunities for locals and small business.
Personal life
Pivaro graduated in 2003 from the University of Salford with an Honours degree in Contemporary Military and International History. In 2006, he graduated from the University of Wales in Aberystwyth with an MSc in Social Science and Economics, specialising in terrorism and international relations. At University he was nicknamed Piv[citation needed]. Pivaro is a Salford City Reds supporter[citation needed]. In November 2012 he did a reading at Bill Tarmey's funeral.
Filmography
- 24 Hour Party People (2002) .... Actor at Granada
- Expert Witness (1996) .... Colin Wardle, 'Sunny Side of the Street' Dad (1997)
- Hetty Wainthrop Investigates (1996) .... Sergant Pearce
- Coronation Street (1983–1987, 1988, 1992–1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001–2002, 2008, 2012) .... Terry Duckworth