Coronation Street icon has a very famous son starring in Hollywood blockbusters

Coronation Street prima Bill Roache has played Ken Barlow since the precise archetypal occurrence backmost successful 1960, earning the Guinness World Record for longest continuous TV appearance

Coronation Street icon William ‘Bill’ Roache has a precise celebrated lad who is champion known for starring successful Hollywood films.

Though Bill has forged his ain way successful the TV industry, his lad Linus has gone a measurement further. While his soap prima dada was awarded the Guinness World Record for being the longest-serving surviving histrion successful a continuous TV relation for his relation arsenic Ken Barlow successful Corrie, Linus was lining up enactment successful projects similar Batman Begins.

Born successful 1964 to Bill and his co-star woman Anna Cropper, it’s hardly astonishing that Linus decided to travel successful his parents’ footsteps and go an histrion himself. The prima studied astatine the Central School of Speech and Drama, and made his archetypal ever TV quality alongside his dada successful Corrie, playing his lad Peter Barlow.

Linus held the relation for 2 years, but already had his sights acceptable connected Hollywood. By 2002 he’d been nominated for the Golden Globe grant for Best Actor successful a Miniseries oregon TV Film for his enactment successful RFK, successful which helium played Robert F. Kennedy.

He’s besides been nominated for a BAFTA Scotland Award for his enactment successful 2003’s Blind Flight, playing John McCarthy.

In his idiosyncratic life, Linus tied the knot with chap histrion Rosalind Bennett successful 2002, successful a lush ceremonial taking spot successful Worcestershire’s Malvern Hills. Rosalind herself has starred successful Corrie backmost successful 1986, playing Tina Wagstaffe.

Hardly immoderate members of the Roache clan person avoided Coronation Street stints, successful fact. Linus’ mum Anna appeared successful respective episodes of the soap successful 1962, portion his half-brother James played James Cunningham – the long-lost grandson of Ken – successful 2010 and 2011.

In a confusing crook of events, James’ member Linus played his begetter successful the show, Laurence, portion his existent dada Bill was playing his grandfather. James has adjacent played his ain begetter William successful a dramatisation of Corrie, named The Road to Coronation Street.

Bill welcomed his lad James with his 2nd woman Sara McEwan Mottram, who appeared successful 8 episodes of Corrie crossed her vocation – some arsenic a receptionist and arsenic Judge Alderman. The brace besides shared girl Verity, on with 2nd girl Edwina, who sadly died astatine the property of 18 months.