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- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Sean Wilson was born on April 4, 1965 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Coronation Street (1960), Crown Court (1972) and Silent Witness (1996).
- Making cheese with his cheese company, Saddleworth Cheese.
- In 2009, he was asked to 'appear' on Celebrity Big Brother UK which he declined, and he did yet again in 2012.
- In 2010, it was emerged that he was to 'sign up' for Strictly Come Dancing.
- In 2006, he was a contestant on Dancing on Ice where he finished in 5th place.
- I still want to act. I just think for casting people the fact that I was in Coronation Street so long is a bit of a stumbling block. So, I've made this situation where I don't have to do it. I would still like to though - it's one of my three loves in life: art, acting and cooking.
- [On the reason why he quit Coronation Street] I didn't want to do [the storyline] and suggested they could bring in another actor, but the producer was insistent. It wasn't for me, so I told them, 'No, I will not be doing that storyline and I suggest that maybe you go and have a rethink.' They came back a couple of weeks later and said, 'No, we do feel that this storyline is going to go ahead.' So I said, 'Well that means I will be leaving the show'. Then they decided to unilaterally tell the country that I was sacked, which wasn't the case, and it was frustrating. I think with the individuals involved at the time, it wasn't surprising that it entered the playground. I don't think there will be a comeback. They sent my character to New Zealand, I think they were trying to tell me something.
- There was no major fall-out over the Katy plot, although they were thinking of a different story with a younger girl and I told them I didn't want to do that - it was a step too far for me.
- [on leaving "Coronation Street"] I don't care, I have bigger fish to fry. I've been fed up playing the same character for so long, I know I have more strings to my bow than the stereotypical soap role. What they don't realise is that when they told me they were getting rid of me, they did me a favour. My wings have been clipped, but no longer. It's not a question of maybe, I am going to try different stuff and I am going to prove to everybody that I am an actor. People have always thought Sean Wilson is Martin Platt - and that's it. Now in two or three years people will be saying, 'Jesus Christ, we didn't realise he was that good'. That's what I want people to say.
- There's lots of different reasons. There's too many channels to choose from which means there's a lot of choice. People don't have to watch it anymore. Watching Coronation Street when I was in it was a family thing, people would sit around and maybe have their food or have a cup of tea together and have a good laugh together, shed a tear or two at some of the sad moments.
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