children birth_place name birth_date yearsactive domesticpartner article_title birth_name occupation
2 manchester , lancashire , england , uk january 2014 tony hirst 1967 y 1 21 1991 -- present sue hirst tony hirst
 anthony hirst actor , theatre director , voice-over artist
tony hirst

anthony `` tony '' hirst -lrb- born 21 january 1967 -rrb- is a british actor and theatre director , best known for playing mike barnes on the soap opera `` hollyoaks '' and in `` coronation street '' as paul kershaw , the love interest of eileen grimshaw .
hirst also narrated the uk version of how it 's made , shown on the discovery and quest channels , and various programmes for channel 4 .
