Greg Wood (actor)
Greg Wood (born 21 August 1979) is an English actor known for playing Trevor Royle in Channel 4 soap "Hollyoaks", Rick Neelan in ITV soap "Coronation Street" and Terry Gibson in Channel 4 soap "Brookside". Career. Wood usually plays villainous or threatening characters. His first acting role was in "Hollyoaks", playing one of the bullies in the groundbreaking portrayal of Luke Morgan's rape and would then go on to play what is possibly his best-known role in "Brookside" (as Greg Milburn) playing drug dealer 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. Since leaving "Brookside", he has appeared in "The Courtroom", "Casualty 1907" and has appeared twice in "Emmerdale". Wood is the brother of Matt Milburn who played Joe Spencer in "Hollyoaks", and footballer Tommy Orpington in "Coronation Street." In 2009, Wood joined "Coronation Street" in which he played a loan shark, Rick Neelan. On 14 April 2010, "Coronation Street" was cleared by Ofcom for broadcasting a scene where Greg's character 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". In 2013, Wood rejoined "Hollyoaks" to play the villainous character Trevor Royle, a pivotal player in the exit of long running character Jacqui McQueen. He was cast in a leading role in "The Best Man" with the Walnut Street Theater, but the performance was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.