Steve Halliwell
Stephen Harold Halliwell (born 21 March 1946) is an English actor, known for portraying the role of Zak Dingle in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, which he has played since 1994.
Early life
Halliwell was born in Bury, Lancashire, England, to Fred and Jenny Halliwell. He has an older brother, Clive, who is two years older than him.
Career
Halliwell was an apprentice engineer and had a number of jobs mainly in cotton and paper mills before drama training at the Mountview Theatre School. He was a founder member of the Interchange Theatre in Bury.
During the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, he featured in a number of UK television shows, including Here I Stand, Threads, Cracker, Crown Court, G.B.H. Heartbeat and Coronation Street.
Together with Emmerdale co-stars Billy Hartman and Alun Lewis, he was a member of UK 1990s country rock trio The Woolpackers who had a UK hit single "Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll" in November 1996.
In 2003, Haliwell took a short break from Emmerdale for personal reasons. In September 2018 Halliwell had to take five months off from Emmerdale for health reasons, which he later revealed was due to having heart surgery.
He released his autobiography in 2014 called If The Cap Fits: My Rocky Road to Emmerdale.
References
- Anthony Hayward (1994). Who's Who on Television. Boxtree Limited. ISBN:1-85283-936-8.