1. Stephen Vincent McGann was born on 2 February 1963 and is an English actor, best known for portraying Dr Patrick Turner in the BBC One medical period drama series Call the Midwife.
12 Facts About Stephen McGann
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Stephen McGann is one of a family of acting brothers, the others being Joe, Paul, and Mark.
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Stephen McGann has since worked extensively in British theatre and on screen.
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Stephen McGann's father Joe was a Royal Naval Commando who died in 1984, and his mother Clare was a teacher.
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Stephen McGann portrayed the character of Sean Reynolds in Emmerdale from 1999 to 2002.
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Stephen McGann graduated from Imperial College London with a Master's degree in Science Communication.
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Stephen McGann was a guest speaker at the Cambridge Science Festival in March 2015.
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Stephen McGann published a guest essay in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine in April 2015, discussing issues of medical accuracy and communication in Call the Midwife.
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In January 2016, Stephen McGann published a companion book to Call the Midwife called Doctor Turner's Casebook, in which he revisits key medical cases featured in the TV series and discusses their historical and social contexts.
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In July 2017, Stephen McGann published Flesh and Blood: A History of My Family in Seven Maladies, a personal history of his family over a century and a half as told through the medical ailments they suffered.
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Stephen McGann was a member of the judging panel for the 2019 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize.
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Stephen McGann is married to screenwriter and Call the Midwife creator Heidi Thomas.