James Hooton (born 13 July 1973) is an English actor, best known for his role as Sam Dingle on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, a role he has played since 1995.
Hooton was born and raised in Carlton, Nottinghamshire, where he attended Frank Wheldon Comprehensive School.[1] He has been engaged to dance company owner Nancy Lucas since 2010, after they became engaged on St Valentine's Day. The couple have two children together.[2]
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In 1985, at the age of 12, he made his television debut in the children's TV series Your Mother Wouldn't Like It. He has also appeared in several other programmes, including Peak Practice, The Bill, Heartbeat and Touching Evil.[2] In 1995, he was cast in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale as Sam Dingle.[3] He filmed his first scene on 10 January 1995.[4] In 1997, he appeared in director Shane Meadows' first feature film, Twenty Four Seven, where he played the character 'Wolfman' Knighty.[1] Then a year later, he announced his decision to leave Emmerdale. He subsequently starred in The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner after Chris Gascoyne dropped out of the show, with Hooton having ten days to prepare for the role.[1] In 2009, he attended the Eurogamer Expo alongside co-star Alex Carter where he revealed that he was trying to get sponsorship for a video game show he was planning to pitch to television studios.[5] Hooton returned to Emmerdale in 2000.[1] In 2012, Hooton returned to the stage after 15 years to star in a stage production titled Our Style is Legendary.[1]
Referencesedit
^ abcde"Interview: James Hooton". Left Lion. 29 April 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
^ abHulme, Charlotte (16 June 2021). "Everything you need to know about Emmerdale's James Hooton from body transformation to real accent". OK!. Reach plc. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
^Daniels, Colin (31 October 2010). "Hooton 'likes to hide behind character'". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
^Fear, Helen (10 January 2020). "Emmerdale's James Hooton – aka Sam Dingle – marks 25 years on soap with special snap". Entertainment Daily. Digitalbox. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
^Reynolds, Matthew (28 October 2009). "'Emmerdale' star to pitch video game show". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
james, hooton, born, july, 1973, english, actor, best, known, role, dingle, soap, opera, emmerdale, role, played, since, 1995, hooton, 2023born, 1973, july, 1973, carlton, nottinghamshire, englandoccupationactoryears, active1985, presenttelevisionemmerdalepart. James Hooton born 13 July 1973 is an English actor best known for his role as Sam Dingle on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale a role he has played since 1995 James HootonHooton in 2023Born 1973 07 13 13 July 1973 age 50 Carlton Nottinghamshire EnglandOccupationActorYears active1985 presentTelevisionEmmerdalePartnerNancy Lucas 2010 present Children2 Contents 1 Early and personal life 2 Career 3 References 4 External linksEarly and personal life editHooton was born and raised in Carlton Nottinghamshire where he attended Frank Wheldon Comprehensive School 1 He has been engaged to dance company owner Nancy Lucas since 2010 after they became engaged on St Valentine s Day The couple have two children together 2 Career editIn 1985 at the age of 12 he made his television debut in the children s TV series Your Mother Wouldn t Like It He has also appeared in several other programmes including Peak Practice The Bill Heartbeat and Touching Evil 2 In 1995 he was cast in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale as Sam Dingle 3 He filmed his first scene on 10 January 1995 4 In 1997 he appeared in director Shane Meadows first feature film Twenty Four Seven where he played the character Wolfman Knighty 1 Then a year later he announced his decision to leave Emmerdale He subsequently starred in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner after Chris Gascoyne dropped out of the show with Hooton having ten days to prepare for the role 1 In 2009 he attended the Eurogamer Expo alongside co star Alex Carter where he revealed that he was trying to get sponsorship for a video game show he was planning to pitch to television studios 5 Hooton returned to Emmerdale in 2000 1 In 2012 Hooton returned to the stage after 15 years to star in a stage production titled Our Style is Legendary 1 References edit a b c d e Interview James Hooton Left Lion 29 April 2012 Retrieved 3 August 2021 a b Hulme Charlotte 16 June 2021 Everything you need to know about Emmerdale s James Hooton from body transformation to real accent OK Reach plc Retrieved 3 August 2021 Daniels Colin 31 October 2010 Hooton likes to hide behind character Digital Spy Hearst Magazines UK Retrieved 28 February 2021 Fear Helen 10 January 2020 Emmerdale s James Hooton aka Sam Dingle marks 25 years on soap with special snap Entertainment Daily Digitalbox Retrieved 3 August 2021 Reynolds Matthew 28 October 2009 Emmerdale star to pitch video game show Digital Spy Hearst Magazines UK Retrieved 3 August 2021 External links editJames Hooton at IMDb nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title James Hooton amp oldid 1172193841, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
