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Alan
Halsall aka Tyrone Dobbs from Coronation Street
- Biography
Alan plays
the dopey but lovable mechanic Tyrone Dobbs in
Coronation Street, married to Molly Compton (who
died in the tram crash of December 2010), a role he has played for the
last 12 years.
Alan was brought up in Walkden, near Manchester,
and attended Walkden High School. Although Alan
did excel in academic subjects, he did prove to
have above average ability in drama.
Alan has been in Coronation Street since
November 1998, but had previously appeared in a
variety of television shows including Heartbeat,
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates and Queer As Folk
(1999). He was also the star of CITV four-part
series Matt's Million.
He
is married to former Coronation Street and Wild
at Heart actress, Lucy-Jo Hudson. They met on
set and began dating in 2005. They married in
June of 2009 in Cheshire.
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