Matt Littler

Matt Littler
Born	19 March 1982 (1982-03-19) (age 29) Bury, Greater Manchester, England
Occupation	Actor/ Director
Years active	1996–2009

Matt Littler (born 19 March 1982) is a British actor and director born in Bury, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.^[1] He is most famous for playing the role Max Cunningham from 1997 to 2008 in the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks.

Career

Littler is most notable for his role on the British soap opera Hollyoaks in which he played Max Cunningham, a role he held for 11 years before his character's death in June 2008.^[2] He decided to leave the show with his on/off-screen best friend Sam "O.B." O'Brien, played by Darren Jeffries,^[3] who left the show a few months earlier, and later returned for Max's departure. Max was one of the longest running characters on the show. On ITV's This Morning show, Matt revealed that he will be returning to Hollyoaks to direct a few episodes.

Littler has been a co-presenter, with Darren Jeffries, on 4Music programme Orange RockCorps. Other appearances have been on Big Brother's Big Mouth and Only Fools on Horses. In 2007 Litller had a role in Neil Carroll's For King and Country.

Littler co-founded Liverpool based production company, "Roll Camera" with Craig Forster. With the company Littler directed and produced a music video for the band GK and the Renegades. In his independent directing role, Littler wrote, directed and acted in a short film in 2008 called Kidnap, which also starred a number of Hollyoaks actors.

In 2009, 4Music released several never seen before shows called 'The Versus Chart'. They are presented by Matt Littler and Darren Jeffries.

In January 2009, Matt and Darren started a career in radio, presenting the "Sat Nav" show on Saturday mornings from 10am-2pm on Preston based radio station 97.4 Rock FM.

Awards

British Soap Awards

• Best On-Screen Partnership (with Darren Jeffries) - 2008

National Television Awards

• Outstanding Serial Drama Performance - 2008

References

1. ^ Gaynor Clarke. "Matt bids farewell to Hollyoaks". Bury Times. 23 May 2008. Retrieved 27 June 2008.
2. ^ Hollyoaks - Spoiler - 2330: Max dies - Digital Spy
3. ^ http://www.channel4.com/community/showcards/H/Hollyoaks_-_Matt_Littler.html

External links

• Matt Littler at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Littler, Matt
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Date of birth	19 March 1982
Place of birth	Bury, Greater Manchester, England
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