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 karl collins actor
karl collins

karl collins -lrb- born 1971 -rrb- is an english actor .
collins was born in nottingham , and grew up on the clifton housing estate .
as a child , he was a member of the central junior television workshop , and appeared in the programmes `` dramarama '' and `` your mother would n't like it '' .
he has played dc danny glaze in `` the bill '' , and has appeared in `` casualty '' , `` holby city '' , `` by any means '' , `` as time goes by '' and `` 55 degrees north '' .
he also appeared in shane meadows ' debut film , `` twenty four seven '' .
he also appeared in the theatre production `` one monkey do n't stop no show '' in 2013 .
collins appeared in the `` doctor who '' christmas special `` the end of time '' , aired over the 2009 christmas period , as shaun temple , donna noble 's fiance .
on 10 february 2015 , it was announced that collins would be joining channel 4 soap opera `` hollyoaks '' as new regular character louis loveday .
he made his first appearance on 3 march 2015 .
