Jonathan Wrather

Jonathan Wrather
Born Jonathan Paul Wrather
(1969-03-16) 16 March 1969
Manchester, Lancashire, England
Occupation Actor
Years active 1993–present
Television Coronation Street (2002–03)
Emmerdale (2016–2017)

Jonathan Paul Wrather (born 16 March 1969)[1] is an English actor and editor. He is known for his soap opera roles in Coronation Street as Joe Carter from 2002 until 2003, and in Emmerdale as Pierce Harris from 2016 until 2017..[2][3]

Early life

Wrather was born in Manchester and grew up at Boden Hall in Rode Heath, Cheshire.[4][5][6] He attended Sedbergh School in Cumbria. He developed a passion for theatre whilst at boarding school, and was encouraged by his English teacher. He joined the National Youth Theatre in 1987 and was accepted at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, which he left after completing a three-year acting course to pursue an acting career.[1]

Career

Wrather began his professional acting career in 1992 with the Actors Touring Company in a production of Frank Wedekind's Lulu adapted by Edward Bond. The production also played at the Lilian Baylis Theatre in London. Wrather begun a theatre career playing classical and contemporary roles in touring productions and playing London venues including the West End. He began to be offered roles in television drama which helped him carve a career in TV, notably the television series Cracker, Clocking Off (UK TV series), Bob And Rose (UK TV series), Fat Friends (UK TV series), The Fugitives (UK TV series), Bones (US TV series), Waterloo Road (UK TV series), Silent Witness (UK TV series), Jo (US TV series), and Casualty (UK TV series). Wrather was a series regular in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street taking on the role of Joe Carter. He appeared in the show for 107 episodes. In January 2016, it was confirmed that Wrather would be portraying the role of Pierce Harris in another ITV soap opera called Emmerdale, introduced as the husband of Tess Harris (Nicola Stephenson).[2] On the day of his character's arrival, Tess was killed off of the soap.[3] His role will be as a series regular. As part of a suspected casting cull by producer Iain Macleod, in July 2017, it was announced that the character of Pierce would depart within the coming months when the storyline concerning the rape of his new wife Rhona Goskirk will come to a head.

Filmography

Selected filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2016–2017 Emmerdale Pierce Harris Series regular
1999 Casualty Mr Scott guest appearances
2009 DS Bond
2015 Alex Harries
2002–03 Coronation Street Joe Carter Series regular
107 episodes
Note: This is only three selected works on this filmography. Feel free to expand the article's filmography.

References

  1. 1 2 Wrather, J. "Jonathan Wrather - Biography - IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 Warner, Sam (10 January 2016). "Coronation Street actor Jonathan Wrather joins Emmerdale as Pierce Harris". Digital Spy. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 Brown, David (11 February 2016). "Emmerdale: Jonathan Wrather debuts as Pierce Harris - just as screen wife Tess is killed off!". Radio Times. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  4. ↑ http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=jonathan%20&lastname=wrather
  5. ↑ https://www.manchestercheck.com/uk/01317134/crownring-limited
  6. ↑ https://www.boxwoodtours.co.uk/gardens-shropshire-cheshire
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