Sean Wilson
Born (1965-04-04) 4 April 1965
Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England
Occupations
  • Actor
  • chef
Years active1983–2013, 2018
Known forCoronation Street (1985–2005, 2018)

Sean Wilson (born 4 April 1965) is an English actor and cheesemaker, best known for his role as Martin Platt in Coronation Street, which he played from 1985 to 2005 and for a brief stint in 2018.

Career

Wilson joined the cast of Coronation Street in 1985 as Martin Platt. The character was 16, had left school and taken a job at the cafe managed by Gail Tilsley. Five years later, Gail was a widow and he became involved with her romantically. They married, divorced, and in between he became father to David Platt. Wilson has said the main reason for leaving the serial in 2005 was because producers informed him of a storyline where he would date an underage girl and he did not agree with it. He subsequently appeared in several other UK television dramas, including an appearance in Waterloo Road as Darren Briggs, Sr, a student's father whose crush on teacher Davina Shackleton gets out of hand.

Wilson also became a chef after leaving Coronation Street.[1] He has cooked in several Michelin-starred restaurants, and is also a cheesemaker and purveyor of cheesy comestibles with his own business, Saddleworth Cheese Company.[2] His book The Great Northern Cookbook[3] was published in 2012. The accompanying TV series was shown on Channel 5,[4] starting in January 2013. In 2018, Wilson reprised his role as Martin Platt in Coronation Street for a few episodes.

Wilson is a patron of a UK charity, Development of Children and Women Centre Nepal.[5]

Filmography

Year Title Type Role Notes
1984 Crown Court TV Terry Day Episode: "Paki Basher: Part 1"
Travelling Man Boy Episode: "Grasser"
1985–2005, 2018 Coronation Street Martin Platt Series regular; 1,644 episodes[6]
2006 Dancing on Ice Himself Contestant; 6th place
Silent Witness Alan McBain Episodes: "Terminus: Parts 1 & 2"
Casualty Steve Bennett Episode: "Perfect Day"
Dalziel and Pascoe Ken Lawson Episodes: "Fallen Angel: Parts 1 & 2"
Doctors Paul Williams Episode: "Unforeseen"
2008 Waterloo Road Darren Briggs Series 3: Episodes 11 & 12
The Royal Dennis Sedgefield Episode: "Home from the Hill"
2009 Doctors Ged Barry Episode: "Much Ado About Something"
2013 The Great Northern Cookbook Himself Cookery TV series; aired on Channel 5

Book

  • Cheddar Gorged (Great Northern Books, 10 October 2022) ISBN 978-1914227288

References

  1. ↑ "Lancashire marches on East Anglia, armed with cheese". The Guardian. London, UK.
  2. ↑ "Saddleworth Cheese Company". Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Wilson, Sean (2012). The Great Northern Cookbook. UK: Hodder & Stoughton. p. 224. ISBN 978-1-4447-6113-9.
  4. ↑ "The Great Northern Cookbook". Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Development of Children and Women Centre Nepal". Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "Sean Wilson". IMDb. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
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