Jonathan Kerrigan (born 14 October 1972) is an English actor well known for various leading roles on TV including In the Club, Casualty, Heartbeat, Merseybeat, The Five and Reach for the Moon. Films include Diana, FLiM, The Somnambulists ,The Best Possible Taste and The Santa Incident. He wrote and composed and starred in the short film, Fellow Creatures which has had some success in the festival circuit. He is also a musician and has composed for both television and film.
Career He had his screen debut in the music video for The Chemical Brothers's 1995 song, "Life Is Sweet". His first television appearance was in a 1995 episode of the BBC Television teen drama, Byker Grove.
From 1996 to 1999 he played a Project 2000 nurse, Sam Colloby, in the BBC medical drama Casualty.
In 2001, as well as starring in Merseybeat as Police Constable Steve Traynor, Kerrigan also composed the theme tune. On 5 September 2004, Kerrigan made his first appearance as police constable Rob Walker in the British popular and long-running primetime television drama series Heartbeat, set in the 1960s in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Constable Walker was a popular character, whose story arc included marrying Helen Trent (played by Sophie Ward), who later dies in an explosion in the Police House. In April 2007, Kerrigan announced his decision to leave the series.
In 2012, he appeared in a Richard Jobson film called The Somnambulists, about British servicemen and women reflecting on the action they saw in Basra during the Iraq War. He composed some of the original music for the film including the opening title sequence.
In 2012, he played John Alkin in BBC Four's The Best Possible Taste, a biography of Kenny Everett. He appeared in the 2013 film Diana, starring Naomi Watts as Diana, Princess of Wales.
In 2014, he played Neil in In the Club, returning for Series 2, in 2016.
He also appeared in and wrote original music for an ongoing film project called FLiM by Raffaello Degruttola.
2015 was a busy year for Kerrigan. He filmed a ten-part drama for SKY 1 called The Five written by Harlen Coben playing American businessman Stuart Carew. He also filmed series 2 of In the Club, both of which are to be screened in 2016.
In 2021, he played Richard in four episodes of The Syndicate.
In 2024, he appeared in three episodes of long-running historical fantasy series Outlander as the Reverend Peleg Woodsworth.https://www.tvmaze.com/characters/1332649/outlander-reverend-peleg-woodsworth
Personal life Kerrigan married British actoress Shelley Conn in 2011; together the couple have a son, Oscar (b. 2012). In 2019, they played a married couple in the episode "Murder Most Animal", of Death in Paradise.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2001 Talk Robert Short film2010 Charlie Jurgen Short film 2011 The Somnambulists Man 4 2013 Diana Colin 2014 Flim: The Movie Nathan Saunders 2017 55 Steps Dr. Bardy 2021 Fellow Creatures Tom Short film
Television Year Title Role Notes 1995 Byker Grove Mick 1 episode 1996 Peak Practice Ewan Harvey Episode: "A New Life" 1996–1999 Casualty Sam Colloby Series regular (series 11–14) 1999 Holby City Sam Colloby Episode: "Happy Families"2000 Reach for the Moon Paul Martin Miniseries, main cast The Knock Rob Maguire 2 episodes A Dinner of Herbs Roddy Greenbank Miniseries, recurring role 2001–2003 Merseybeat PC Steve Traynor Main cast (series 1–3) 2002 Having It Off Nicky Miniseries, unknown episodes 2004 The Afternoon Play Ian Parnell Episode: "Drive" 2004–2007 Heartbeat PC Rob Walker Main cast (series 14–17)2010 Doctors Luke Radcliffe Episode: "Catching" NCIS Rex Carhartt Episode: "Obsession" Emmerdale Prosecution Barrister 4 episodes The Santa Incident Hank TV movie 2012 Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story John Alkin TV movie 2014–2016 In the Club Neil Main cast 2016 The Five Stuart Carew Miniseries, recurring role 2017 Stan Lee's Lucky Man Jonny Recurring role (series 2) 2018 Hackerville Darius Webberly Episode: "Wollen wir spilen?"2019 Death in Paradise Xander Shepherd Episode: "Murder Most Animal" Pandora Seeker Creston Hubbell 3 episodes2021 The Syndicate Richard 4 episodes Crime Mark McKendrick Recurring role (series 1)
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