Kenny Doughty
Biography
Kenny Doughty is an English actor and director who grew up in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and trained at the Guildhall School. He began with small roles in film and television, among them I Want You and Dinnerladies, and played Sir Thomas Elyot in Elizabeth (1998). In 2009 he appeared as Jake Harman across nine episodes of Coronation Street, and from 2012 to 2013 he was Sean McGaskill in the Ruth Jones comedy drama Stella. He played DS Aiden Healy in the ITV crime drama Vera from 2015 to 2023, opposite Brenda Blethyn, and announced in 2023 that he was stepping down from the series. On stage he toured the UK as Gaz in Simon Beaufoy's The Full Monty in 2013, which brought a Best New Comedy nomination at the Laurence Olivier Awards in 2014.
51years old
Turns 52 on March 27in 136 days
- Born Barnsley
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 13 years1998 to 2011
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Beyond film
Doughty played Gaz in a 2013 UK tour of Simon Beaufoy's stage adaptation of The Full Monty, a production nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy in 2014.
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Kenny Doughty shares two films with James Frain, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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