Greg Wood (actor)

Greg Wood
Born Greg Milburn
Occupation Actor

Greg Wood (born 21 August)[1] is an English actor known for playing Trevor Royle in Channel 4 Soap Hollyoaks, Rick Neelan in rival ITV Soap Coronation Street and Terry Gibson in Brookside.

Career

Wood usually plays villainous or threatening characters. His first acting role was in Hollyoaks, playing one of the bullies in the ground breaking portrayal of Luke Morgan's rape and would then go on to play what is possibly his best-known role in the now defunct soap Brookside playing a drug dealer called Terry Gibson. Wood later reprised the role for the spin-off DVD Unfinished Business and was one of four nominated for Soap Villain of the Year.[2]

Since leaving Brookside he has appeared in The Courtroom, Casualty 1907 and has appeared twice in Emmerdale.[3]

Wood is the brother of Matt Milburn who played Joe Spencer in Hollyoaks. [4]

In 2009-10, Wood joined Coronation Street in which he played a loan shark, Rick Neelan.[5] On 14 April 2010 Coronation Street was cleared by Ofcom for broadcasting a scene where Greg's characher Rick Neelan pushed a burning newspaper through someone's letterbox. 31 people complained about the scene, claiming that the show had incited and encouraged crime. However Ofcom ruled that it was "not likely to encourage or incite the commission of crime or lead to disorder".[6]

In 2013, Wood re-joined Hollyoaks to play the villainous character Trevor Royle, a pivotal player in the exit of long running character Jacqui McQueen.[7][8]

Filmography

Year Show Role Notes
2002–03 Brookside Terry Gibson Series regular (as Greg Milburn)
2003 Brookside: Unfinished Business Terry Gibson Spin off DVD (as Greg Milburn)
2004 The Courtroom Andrew Aston 1 episode: One in Six (as Greg Milburn)
2006 Emmerdale Nick Callow Recurring Role (as Greg Milburn)
2008 Casualty 1907 Docker 2 episodes (as Greg Milburn)
2009 Emmerdale Skin 2 episodes
2009–10, 2012 Coronation Street Rick Neelan Recurring
2013–16 Hollyoaks Trevor Royle Main
2013 Hollyoaks Later Recurring Role

References

  1. ↑ "Twitter Birthday Greetings". 21 August 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  2. ↑ http://www.virginmedia.com/newsfeeds//11587/2014/05/07/anna-passey-wants-best-villain/
  3. ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/scoop/a573020/hollyoaks-greg-wood-talks-awards-trevor-dramas-and-fraser-mystery.html#~oKL87ktmhhHcdJ
  4. ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/news/a516761/hollyoaks-greg-wood-wants-to-work-with-brother-matt-milburn.html#~oKL8pMOkyc2XwT
  5. ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/interviews/a493605/hollyoaks-greg-wood-interview-trevor-has-a-human-side.html#~oKL8Gu8U38lmKB
  6. ↑ "Ofcom clears Corrie arson storyline". Digital Spy. 2010-04-14. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
  7. ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/news/a522317/hollyoaks-greg-wood-theres-more-to-explore-with-trevor-royle.html#~oLf8jz8X3suJ5L
  8. ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/interviews/a493605/hollyoaks-greg-wood-interview-trevor-has-a-human-side.html#~oKL8Gu8U38lmKB

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