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Rob James Collier Profile |
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Birth Date: September 23, 1976
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Birth Place: Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Birth Name: Rob James Collier
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Biography |
Rob James-Collier is an English actor and Model. He is best
known for his role as Liam Connor in Coronation Street.
Having no experience as an actor, Rob went for auditions for
the series Down To Earth. Stars Ricky Tomlinson and Denise
Welch were convinced by his talent and he got the part of
the womanizing pub landlord at The Black Bull Tavern in the
show. In 2006 he joined Coronation Street as one of the
brothers buying a share of the local underwear factory. He
left the show in October 2008.
He also played a small part as "Stud" in Shameless series 3,
episode 5 under the name of Rob Collier.
He also modeled for Argos in their catalogues where he
appears in the current Autumn/Winter 2007 and Spring/Summer
2008 catalogue.
Rob went to the same school as his on-screen wife Maria
(Samia Smith).
Rob won the award for Sexiest Male at the 2007 British Soap
Awards, voted for by the public. He won in the same category
in 2008.
Until his interview with Phillip Schofield and Fern Britton
on UK daytime television series This Morning on the 10th of
July, 2007, he had never been interviewed on a live
television programme.
In an interview in early 2008, Collier announced he was to
leave the soap, but was planning to come back in the future.
However this was revealed to not be the case in June 2008,
when it was reported that the character of Liam was set to
be 'brutally' killed off in the soap as part of a
murder-mystery plotline where three well known residents
would fall under suspicion for the crime. It was later
revealed that one of these would be Tony Gordon played by
Gray O Brien who is in a relationship with Carla Connor in
the show.
At the 2008 British Soap Awards, Rob won the sexiest male
award. Rob was clearly disappointed with the win and hinted
he was hoping for a best actor award. |
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since March 24, 2009