Dan Hunter

Infobox soap character
name=Daniel Simon "Dan" Hunter
series=Hollyoaks
portrayer=Andy McNair
first=2001
last=2004
parents=Les Hunter
Sally Hunter
siblings=Lee Hunter
Ellie Mills, Lisa Hunter

Daniel Simon "Dan" Hunter was a fictional character on the long-running Channel 4 British television soap opera "Hollyoaks".

He was played by actor Andy McNair between 2001-2004.

Character's background

Dan was the first Hunter to arrive in Hollyoaks, opening his own garage (later owning Dan's PitStop), followed by the rest of his family. Sensitive, yet extremely volatile and moody, Dan was extremely private about his life, which is why the first person he got involved with, Izzy Cornwell, did not last very long. She accused him of being on drugs and spread the gossip around college. In reality, he was not; instead he suffered from diabetes.

Dan's relationship with his family was strained at the best of times. He hated his selfish sister Ellie, did not understand his mother, clashed regularly with his father, had little in common with his brother Lee, but had a close, if overprotective, bond with little sister Lisa.

Dan was shy yet good-looking and fell for Debbie Dean the moment he saw her. The two were very much in love but were torn apart. Firstly he cheated on her after she had embarrassed him publicly by revealing she had taken his virginity, and when Dan was wrongly imprisoned for his sister Ellie's husband Toby Mills's killing spree. Dan was released after months in prison and was gutted to find Debbie had moved on. Dan and Debbie were not over each other and left it to the last minute to tell each other they loved each other, when moments later Dan's rally car exploded, killing him and leaving Debbie devastated. Soon after, she opened a present that Dan gave her earlier and this was an engagement ring.

Notes

* Dan's first name was originally going to be Simon but Phil Redmond did not want to name any characters Simon as he hated the name.

ee also

*List of past characters from Hollyoaks