Ciarán Griffiths

Ciarán Joseph Griffiths ( ; born 3 March 1983) is a British actor from Manchester, England. His roles in television include Gary Best in The Bill, Mickey Maguire in Shameless and Damon Hay in Coronation Street.

Biography Griffiths was born in Manchester to a Welsh/Irish father and Irish mother, and attended St Mary's RC High Schoolbetween 1994 and 1999; it was during this time that he starred in Children's Ward at the age of thirteen.

Aside from his long-running roles in The Bill and Shameless, Griffiths has made guest appearances on Coronation Street, Clocking Off, Waterloo Road and numerous other programmes.

In 2007, Griffiths starred alongside Conrad Westmaas in the short film The Visitor. He also appeared as "Psycho" in the film There's Only One Jimmy Grimble.

He also appeared in the British vampire film Dead Cert, which was directed by Steven Lawson, and he appeared in Waterloo Road as Dylan Hodge in Series 6 in 2010–2011.

In 2016, he appeared in Vera on ITV in the episode "The Sea Glass", playing Steve Stonnall.

On New Year's Day 2018, Griffiths made a guest appearance in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders, playing Milo.

In April 2018, Griffiths appeared in All I See Is You by Katherine Smith at Octogan Theatre in Bolton. The play is inspired by real accounts of homosexual life from the 1960s. It toured nationally, and to Dublin, Sydney and Melbourne in 2019.

In 2020, Griffiths appeared in an episode of the BBC One drama Casualty as Peter Hawker, a man who had suffered a brain injury.

Griffiths, who lives in Australia, played Damon Hay in Coronation Street between December 2022 and March 2024. He previously played Dean Sykes on the soap in 2000.

Personal life In 2008, Griffiths stated in an interview with Sky Sports that although as a child he would watch Manchester City with his mum, he switched due to his friends convincing him to support Manchester United

In 2024, it was reported that Griffiths had married his girlfriend, whom he had met during a 2019 theatre tour in Australia. They have a son Ruairí & daughter Megi and reside in Australia.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2000 There's Only One Jimmy Grimble Psycho 2006 To the Sea Again Jack Short film 2007 The Visitor Jack 2008 Clubbed Reaper Ace of Grace Robbie 2009 CGI-brows Acolyte Short film 2010 Just for the Record Danny Allgen Dead Cert Skender 2011 Big Fat Gypsy Gangster Carl Thompson 2012 Doormen Tommo Short film 2013 Sea View Jason 2017 Haunted House: Exorcist Father Patrick Rabbit Punch Dylan

Television

Video games Year Title Role Notes 2013 Ryse: Son of Rome Additional Voices Voice