# Ciarán Griffiths

Ciarán Joseph Griffiths (/ˈkɪərən/ KEER-ən; born 3 March 1983) is a British actor from Manchester, England. His roles in television include Gary Best in The Bill, Mickey Maguire in Shameless and Damon Hay in Coronation Street.

## Biography

Griffiths was born in Manchester to a Welsh father and Irish mother, and attended St Mary's RC High School in Astley near Leigh, between 1994 and 1999; it was during this time that he starred in Children's Ward at the age of thirteen.
Aside from his long-running roles in The Bill and Shameless, Griffiths has made guest appearances on Coronation Street, Clocking Off, Waterloo Road and numerous other programmes.
In 2007, Griffiths starred alongside Conrad Westmaas in the short film The Visitor. He also appeared as "Psycho" in the film There's Only One Jimmy Grimble.
He also appeared in the British vampire film Dead Cert which was directed by Steven Lawson, and he appeared in Waterloo Road as Dylan Hodge in Series 6 in 2010/2011.
In 2016, he appeared in Vera, on ITV in the episode, "The Sea Glass", he played the role of Steve Stonnall.
In April 2018, Griffiths appeared in 'All I See Is You' by Katherine Smith at Octogan Theatre in Bolton. The play is inspired by real accounts of homosexual life from the 1960s. It toured nationally, and to Dublin, Sydney and Melbourne in 2019.
On New Year's Day 2018, Griffiths made a guest appearance in the BBC One soap opera, EastEnders, playing Milo.
In 2020, Griffiths appeared in an episode of the BBC One drama Casualty as Peter Hawker, a man who had suffered a brain injury.
Griffiths, who lives in Australia, played Damon Hay in Coronation Street between December 2022 and March 2024. He previously played Dean Sykes on the soap in 2000.

## Filmography

Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2000 | There's Only One Jimmy Grimble | Psycho | |
| 2006 | To the Sea Again | Jack | Short film |
| 2007 | The Visitor | Jack | Short film |
| 2008 | Clubbed | Reaper | |
| 2008 | Ace of Grace | Robbie | |
| 2009 | CGI-brows | Acolyte | Short film |
| 2010 | Just for the Record | Danny Allgen | |
| 2010 | Dead Cert | Skender | |
| 2011 | Big Fat Gypsy Gangster | Carl Thompson | |
| 2012 | Doormen | Tommo | Short film |
| 2013 | Sea View | Jason | Short film |
| 2017 | Haunted House: Exorcist | Father Patrick | Short film |
| 2017 | Rabbit Punch | Dylan | Short film |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1996, 1999 | Children's Ward | Jack Connor | Main role |
| 1997–1998 | Knight School | Buster Bollingbroke | 2 episodes |
| 1998–1999 | City Central | Simon Mackey | 4 episodes |
| 1998 | The Cops | Ian Lillie | Series 1: Episode 8 |
| 1999 | Always and Everyone | Gary Manley | Episode: "Always and Everyone" |
| 2000 | Monsignor Renard | Company Runner | Series 1: Episode 1 |
| 2000 | Coronation Street | Dean Sykes | Guest role; 3 episodes |
| 2001 | Emmerdale | Ben McCarthy | Guest role; 4 episodes |
| 2001 | Where the Heart Is | Carl Garton | Episode: "Temptation" |
| 2001 | Heartbeat | Vic Sands | Episode: "No Hiding Place" |
| 2002 | Stig of the Dump | Security Guard 1 | Episode: "Going Home" |
| 2002 | Clocking Off | Chris Preston | Episode: "Alan's Story" |
| 2002 | At Home with the Braithwaites | Tel the Fitter | Series 3: Episode 5 |
| 2002–2005 | The Bill | Gary Best | Regular role; 163 episodes |
| 2003 | Murder Investigation Team | Gary Best | Episode: "Moving Targets" |
| 2006 | The Street | Terry | Episode: "Football" |
| 2006 | Vincent | Stranger / PI | Series 2: Episode 1 |
| 2006 | Blue Murder | Kevin Robertson | Episode: "In Deep" |
| 2007 | Holby City | Jem Neil | Episode: "The Borders of Sleep" |
| 2007–2012 | Shameless | Micky Maguire | Regular role; 84 episodes |
| 2011 | Waterloo Road | Dylan Hodge | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
| 2013 | Svengali | Burnsy | Television film |
| 2013–2014 | The Mill | Boon / Matthew Boon | All 10 episodes |
| 2013 | Atlantis | Cyrus | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Moving On | Kev | Episode: "Blind" |
| 2015 | This is England '90 | Leon | Episode: "Winter" |
| 2016 | Vera | Steve Stonnall | Episode: "The Sea Glass" |
| 2016 | Cold Feet | Sean Westwood | Series 6: Episode 8 |
| 2018 | EastEnders | Milo | 2 episodes |
| 2018–2019 | Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators | Billy Porters | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | The Bay | Lee Ward | 2 episodes |
| 2020 | Casualty | Peter Hawker | Series 34: Episode 28 |
| 2022 | Colin From Accounts | Nigel | Episode: "Bandit" |
| 2022– 2024 | Coronation Street | Damon Hay | Regular role |
| 2022 | Riptide | Michael Lane | |
Video Games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2013 | Ryse: Son of Rome | Additional Voices | Voice |