# Kenny Doughty

Kenny Doughty (born 27 March 1975) is an English actor and director, known for playing DS Aiden Healy on ITV's Crime Drama Vera and as Sean in Stella.

## Early life

Doughty was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. He attended Charter School, which became the Kingstone School on Broadway Barnsley, where he performed a leading role in Grease. He trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

## Career

Doughty's career began with minor appearances in films and television series, including I Want You (1998), Dinnerladies (1998), and he appeared in the 1998 film Elizabeth as Sir Thomas Elyot.
In 2009, Doughty appeared in 9 episodes of Coronation Street as Jake Harman.
From 2012 to 2013, Doughty appeared as Sean McGaskill in the Ruth Jones-penned comedy drama series Stella.
From 2015 to 2023, Doughty starred as DS Aiden Healy alongside Brenda Blethyn in ITV's Vera.
Doughty completed a UK tour of Simon Beaufoy's stage play The Full Monty in 2013. The play, in which Doughty played Gaz, was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy in 2014.
In March 2023, Doughty revealed he had stepped down from working on Vera, writing online, " I can confirm I am leaving Vera. I want to thank everyone who’s made this amazing time so joyous, ITV, Silverprint, all the brilliant cast and crew BUT of course my buddy & inspiration Brenda Blethyn. The perfect leading star who I owe so much to. I feel lucky to have you as a friend, you make me howl with laughter & have been a rock for me over the years. I can’t thank you enough. Precious times."

## Personal life

In 2006, Doughty married actress Caroline Carver. The couple separated in 2017.
In 2023, Doughty married actress Ashley Jensen.

## Filmography
### As actor

| Year | Title | Character | Notes |
| 1998 | I Want You | Smokey's Friend | |
| 1998 | Heartbeat | Barry Hadfield | Series 8 episode 9: Pat-A-Cake |
| 1998 | Anorak of Fire | Gus Gascoigne | |
| 1998 | Dinnerladies | Clint | 1 episode: Scandal |
| 1999 | Titus | Quintus | |
| 1999 | A Christmas Carol | Young Ebenezer Scrooge | |
| 1999 | Love in the 21st Century | Billy | Series 1 episode 1: Reproduction |
| 1999 | Elizabeth | Sir Thomas Elyot | |
| 2000 | Lover's Prayer | Denis | |
| 2000 | City Central | Grant Allen | Series 3 episode 2: Half Man Half Cup |
| 2001 | Crush | Jed Willis | |
| 2002 | Wire in the Blood | Jason | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | Sunday | Para 027 | |
| 2003 | Gifted | Jamie Gilliam | |
| 2003 | The Canterbury Tales | Danny Abolson | Series 1 episode 1: The Miller's Tale |
| 2003 | Servants | William Forrest | 6 episodes |
| 2003 | The Second Coming | PC Simon Lincoln | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | The Aryan Couple | Hans Vassman | |
| 2004 | Primevil | Nick | |
| 2005 | Funland | Liam Woolf | |
| 2005 | The Great Raid | Pitt | |
| 2006 | My First Wedding | Nick | |
| 2006 | Goldplated | Col | |
| 2006 | Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! | Joe Orton | |
| 2007 | Fairy Tales | Jake | |
| 2008 | Shameless | Mark | 1 episode; series 5 episode 10 |
| 2008 | Outlaws or The Crew | Ratter | |
| 2009 | Paradox | Gerry Mortimer | 1 episode |
| 2009 | New Tricks | Billy | 1 episode |
| 2009 | Coronation Street | Jake Harman | 9 episodes |
| 2010 | Irreversi | David | |
| 2010 | City Rats | Olly | |
| 2011 | Asylum Blackout | Max | |
| 2011 | i Against i | Drake | |
| 2012–2013 | Stella | Sean | 15 episodes |
| 2013 | Peterman | Jim | |
| 2013 | Snowpiercer | Adam | |
| 2015 | Black Work | DS Ryan Gillespie | 1 episode |
| 2015–2023 | Vera | DS Aiden Healy | 34 episodes |
| 2017 | Love, Lies and Records | Rick | 6 episodes |

### As director

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2008 | You Me and Captain Longbridge | Short film |
| 2013 | Vengeance Waits | |