Antony Cotton

TV Actor

Birthday August 5, 1975

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Manchester, England

Age 49 years old

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About

Screen actor known for his role as Sean Tully in the British soap opera Coronation Street. He also played the role of Alexander in the United Kingdom version of Queer as Folk.

Before Fame

He made his screen debut in a 1998 film called The Wisdom of Crocodiles and later appeared in the BBC's made-for-television biography of Francis Bacon.

Trivia

He was the winner of ITV's Soapstar Superstar; he donated his £200,000 prize to the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

Family Life

In 2009, it was revealed that he was gay. In 2010, he announced that he was engaged to his longtime partner Peter Eccleston; they married later that same year.

Associated With

Daniel Craig and Derek Jacobi co-starred with Cotton in Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon.