Andrew Dunn

Andrew Dunn is an English actor who trained as a teacher before deciding he wanted to act instead. Born in Leeds and brought up in North Shields, he is best known for two long-running television parts: his role as Kevin Butcher in The Knock, the ITV crime drama, from 1994 to 1997, and Tony in the BBC sitcom dinnerladies from 1998 to 2000. He returned to Coronation Street as the plumber Roger Stiles from 2007 to 2008, having first appeared in the soap in 2003. His other television work includes The Bill, Holby City, 55 Degrees North and Heartbeat, and he took the part of Alastair Campbell in Bremner, Bird & Fortune, a political satire. On film he played the lead, Hardy, in Between Two Women (2000) and appeared in The Jealous God (2005). He later joined former dinnerladies castmates for a stage version of the show.