David Easter

David Easter (born 11 November 1959) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Pat Hancock in Brookside, Pete Callan in Family Affairs, Gil Keane in Emmerdale, Mac Nightingale in Hollyoaks and Frank Fisher in The Bill.

Early life Easter was born on 11 November 1959 in Eastleigh, Hampshire.

Career Easter made his acting debut in the 1979 disco film The Music Machine. From 1984 to 1987 he played Pat Hancock on the soap opera Brookside. He has also acted in many theatre productions. In the 1991 London Palladium revival production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat he played the role of Pharaoh & Levi, alongside Jason Donovan and Linzi Hateley.

He played Pete Callan in the television soap opera Family Affairs from 1997 to 2005. He has also appeared on Lily Savage's Blankety Blank and guest starred in episodes of Birds of a Feather, The Bill, Holby City and Doctors. In 2011, he appeared in the films How to Stop Being a Loser and Kill Keith.

On 21 November 2013, he made his first appearance as a recurring character in the ITV soap, Emmerdale. His character is a businessman named Gil Keane, who deals with Declan Macey's growing financial problems. He joined the cast of Channel 4 soap, Hollyoaks in May 2015, as Mac Nightingale, the mystery husband of bipolar sufferer, Cindy Cunningham (Stephanie Waring). They married during one of her bipolar episodes and he arrived asking for a divorce, on her wedding day to Dirk Savage (David Kennedy). In 2019 Easter left Hollyoaks when Mac fell victim to serial killer Breda McQueen.

Personal life Easter was married to Denise Welch from 1985 to 1988.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1979 The Music Machine Howard 1984 Give My Regards to Broad Street Apache Dancer 1984–1987 Brookside Pat Hancock Series regular 1989 Three Up, Two Down Rob Main Cast 1990 Bread Agent 1994 Birds of a Feather Warren 1996 Bad Boys Darren Appleton 1997–2005 Family Affairs Pete Callan Series regular 1999 The Harpist Music Critic Guest role 2004 The Bill Frank Fisher Recurring role 2007 Holby City Greg Marsh 2008 Doctors Rick Steedman Guest role 2009 The Tudors Watchman 2010 Material Girl Nick Guest role 2011 Kill Keith Cliff Main role 2011 How to Stop Being a Loser Mr Johnson Main role 2013 Emmerdale Gil Keane Recurring role 2015–2019 Hollyoaks Mac Nightingale Series regular