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18 Facts About Mark Moraghan

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Mark Stephen Moraghan was born on 27 January 1963 and is an English actor and singer.

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Mark Moraghan has appeared in many British drama series including Peak Practice, London's Burning and Heartbeat.

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Mark Moraghan started acting in 1978, when the BBC held auditions in his high school for the TV play Lies, and he was selected.

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Mark Moraghan's longest running role was Owen Davies, a Consultant Obstetrician, in Holby City which he played from 2001 until 2005.

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Mark Moraghan appeared in a television commercial for the fabric softener 'Bounce' in 1996 with fellow Liverpudlian Katy Carmichael.

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Mark Moraghan was recently a member of the cast of the British independent film Allies.

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Mark Moraghan may be best known for his acting, but he sings and in 2006 he starred in a musical production of Willy Russell's "Our Day Out" at Liverpool's Royal Court Theatre.

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Mark Moraghan performed as a backing vocalist and percussionist in the Liverpool band Personal Column in the late 1970s.

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In 2006, Mark Moraghan came second in the BBC singing competition Just the Two of Us.

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Mark Moraghan's singing partner was Atomic Kitten singer Natasha Hamilton with whom he sang classic songs like "Islands in the Stream" and "With You I'm Born Again".

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Mark Moraghan will starred and co-directed the made-for-TV film Stepdad.

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In 2008, Mark Moraghan appeared in Celebrity MasterChef, reaching the final alongside Andi Peters and eventual champion Liz McClarnon.

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On 9 April 2009, it was announced that Mark Moraghan was touring the UK in a theatre production of Brian Clemens' play Strictly Murder, alongside Nick Barclay, Katie Funk, David Rumelle and Miriam Miller.

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Mark Moraghan's swing album, Moonlight's Back in Style was released on Linn Records on 14 September 2009.

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Mark Moraghan sang the title song from the album on GMTV on 2 September 2009.

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Mark Moraghan returned in Season 22 to voice Dexter, an abandoned passenger coach who was found by Duck and restored as a mobile classroom.

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Mark Moraghan portrayed Mr Evans, a stationmaster who reads books from The Railway Series, and other stories about Thomas and his friends to the audience in the web series "Storytime with Mr Evans" which aired from 1 to 7 March 2019.

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In December 2017, Mark Moraghan starred in Jack and the Beanstalk Pantomime in Bournemouth where he played the devilish Fleshcreep.