Karl Collins

Karl Collins is a British actor. He is known for his television roles as Danny Glaze in The Bill, Louis Loveday in Hollyoaks, and Shaun Temple in Doctor Who. He played Noah in the Apple TV series Trying, Lennox in the BBC Series Champion, and also Jack Whiteley in Magpie Murders.

Early life Collins was born in Nottingham, and grew up on the Clifton housing estate. As a child, he was a member of the Central Junior Television Workshop, and appeared in the programmes Dramarama and Your Mother Wouldn't Like It.

Career He played a car thief called 'Craven' in EastEnders in the early 90s, stealing a car from Frank Butcher's car lot.

He played DC Danny Glaze in The Bill from 1999 to 2003, and has appeared in Casualty, Holby City, By Any Means, As Time Goes By and 55 Degrees North. He also appeared in Shane Meadows' debut film, Twenty Four Seven.

In 2011, he appeared in "The Entire History of You", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror.

In 2015, he appeared in "Our Zoo".

He also appeared in the theatre production One Monkey Don't Stop No Show in 2013.

Collins appeared in the Doctor Who Christmas Special "The End of Time", aired over the 2009 Christmas period, as Shaun Temple, Donna Noble's fiance. In 2023 he returned to the role as Donna Noble's husband.

On 10 February 2015, it was announced that Collins would be joining Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks as new regular character Louis Loveday. He made his first appearance on 3 March 2015 and departed on 22 January 2019 when Louis was killed off by Breda McQueen (Moya Brady).

Filmography Film YearTitleRoleNotes 1989 Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale Edison 1991 London Kills Me Barman 1996 Robert Rylands' Last Journey Abraham 1997 Twenty Four Seven Stuart 1999 G:MT – Greenwich Mean Time Clinton 2000 Melody's Her Second Name George 2005 Parallel Lines Errol Short film 2006 Life and Lyrics Winston Dimby 2008 Survey No. 257 Ray Short film 2009 The Unloved Karl TV film 2010 Excluded Mike TV film2011 Attack the Block Dennis' Dad Papa Danny Short film 2012 Turn a Blind Eye Detective Short film 2015 Mm-Hm Karl Short film 2021 Hollow Father Hill Short film 2023 The Flash Lawyer

Television

Theatre Year Title Role Venue Ref2006 How Long Is Never? - Darfur Ensemble Tricycle Theatre, London Fabulation Herve/Guy Tricycle Theatre, London 2007 The Eleventh Capital Entrepreneur Royal Court Theatre, London 2009 Category B Errol Tricycle Theatre, London Seize The Day Howard Tricycle Theatre, London Detaining Justice Mr. Cole Tricycle Theatre, London 2010 Riff Raff Mike Arcola Theatre, London 2013 One Monkey Don't Stop No Show Brother Avery Tricycle Theatre, London Chimerica Various roles Almeida Theatre, London & Harold Pinter Theatre, London 2018 Shebeen George Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham & Theatre Royal Stratford East, London Nine Night Uncle Vince Royal National Theatre, London 2019 Our Town Dr. Frank F. Gibbs Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London in a word Guy Young Vic, London 2021 Rockets and Blue Lights Thomas/Trevor Royal National Theatre, London