Kelvin Fletcher

Kelvin Warren Fletcher (born 17 January 1984) is an English actor, model, racing driver, presenter and farmer. He played Andy Sugden in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, a role he played from 1996 until 2016. In 2019, Fletcher won the seventeenth series of Strictly Come Dancing with his professional partner Oti Mabuse.

Early life Fletcher attended Mayfield Primary School in Derker, Greater Manchester for his primary school education, and North Chadderton School, Chadderton for his secondary education.

Fletcher is the oldest of three boys; his youngest brother, Brayden, is also an actor, appearing in Coronation Street in 2016. His half sister is actress and musician, Keeley Forsyth. At the age of six, Fletcher started attending drama classes at the Oldham Theatre Workshop Heartbeat, and winning the 1999 British Soap Award for Best Dramatic Performance, In 2021, Fletcher and his wife, Liz Marsland, bought a 120 acre plot of land in the village of Wincle near Macclesfield, Cheshire, with the plan to set up a farm. In 2023 the couple filmed a new series on the farm for ITV, Fletchers' Family Farm, which consisted of 8 hour long episodes as well as a special Fletchers' Family Farm at Christmas broadcast on 24 December 2023.

Motor racing career Fletcher first ventured into motor racing after a visit to a motoring show with his father in January 2012.

Fletcher signed a contract to drive a Chevrolet Cruze entered by the Power Maxed Racing team in the 2016 British Touring Car Championship in March that year. He missed the Knockhill Racing Circuit and the Rockingham Motor Speedway rounds because his wife was due to give birth to their first child. Dave Newsham drove his car instead. During the season, Fletcher competed in 24 races spread over eight rounds of three events. He scored no points and was 31st in the final drivers' championship standings.

For the 2017 season, Fletcher moved to the British GT Championship and shared a Nissan 370Z Nismo with fellow driver Tim Eakin for the UltraTek Racing RJN in the GT4 category. He was mentored by FIA World Endurance Championship and 24 Hours of Le Mans class victor Martin Plowman during his rookie season. After three years of running in GT4 with Plowman, they would move up to the GT3 class in a Bentley Continental.

Personal life Fletcher married fellow actor Elizabeth Marsland, whom he had known since the age of eight, in a secret ceremony on 28 November 2015. They have four children: a daughter and three sons, two of whom are twins. Fletcher is also a fan of rugby league; growing up, he was a fan of Paul Sculthorpe and Kevin Sinfield as they were both from Oldham, and he makes occasional appearances at testimonial matches of famous players. Episode 2018 The Shore Steve Main cast 2019 Strictly Come Dancing Contestant (partnered with Oti Mabuse) Series winner

Death in Paradise Gavin Jackson Episode: #10.3 Moving On Nathan Episode: "More Than Words"

Kelvin's Big Farming Adventure Himself 6 episodes The Teacher Jack 3 episodes McDonald and Dodds Donovan Janaway Episode: "A Billion Beats" 2023 Fletchers' Family Farm Himself 8 episodes plus Christmas special 2024 Father Brown Brian Fleming Episode: #11.1 "The Kembleston Olimpicks"

Racing results

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 DC Points 2014 Redline Racing Porsche 991 GT3 BRH112 BRH211 DON1 DON2 SIL18 SIL26 BRH1 BRH2 13th 46 Team Parker Racing THR110 THR210 SAR1 CRO1 CRO2 SNE1 SNE2 KNO1 KNO2 ROC1 ROC2

Complete Porsche Supercup results Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points 2014 Porsche Cars GB ESP MON AUT GBR22 GER HUN BEL ITA USA USA NC† 0† † As Fletcher was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races) ( signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded all races)

Complete British GT Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)