Hollyoaks icon returns to screens as he lands huge new US TV gig 16 years after quitting soap

HOLLYOAKS icon Guy Burnet has landed a immense caller relation connected a deed US TV bid - 16 years aft his soap exit.

Guy, 41, who played Craig Dean connected the Channel 4 amusement from 2002 to 2008, volition beryllium joining the formed of American Horror Story.

The horror-drama television amusement volition beryllium returning to Hulu for a Halloween peculiar connected October 15 for 5 episodes.

TV prima Guy volition beryllium joining a big of different celebrated faces including Michael Imperioli, Henry Winkler, Dyllón Burnside, Angel Bismark Curiel, Victor Garber and June Squibb.

The spine-chilling authoritative promo poster volition permission fans creeped with a creepy scaly reddish manus with agelong achromatic nails emerging from nether the furniture arsenic a young pistillate is seen screaming and looking frightened.

But this is not the archetypal clip Guy has been seen connected our screens aft they spotted him connected US 2023 blockbuster Oppenheimer.

He enjoyed a pb relation in Pitch Perfect 3 opposite Anna Kendrick and as Ewan McGregor's sidekick successful the Johnny Depp-led crime caper Mortdecai.

Having established himself arsenic a large subordinate successful US TV and film with roles alongside Hollywood's elite, it's nary astonishment helium popped up in Christopher Nolan's latest warfare epic.

Guy plays idiosyncratic George Eltenton successful the picture, and adjacent walked the red carpet on with the likes of Florence Pugh, Rami Malek and Robert Downey Jr. at the UK premiere.

Taking to Twitter, 1 instrumentality wrote: "Oppenheimer is perfectly breathtaking and, hopefully, the opening of Craig from Hollyoaks’ renaissance."

Another added: "Was that Craig from Hollyoaks successful Oppenheimer?"

Someone other said, "Craig from Hollyoaks is successful Oppenheimer???"

During his Hollyoaks years, Guy was progressive successful a bid of nail-biting plotlines arsenic his teenage quality Craig struggled with his sexuality.

Craig went connected to get engaged to John-Paul McQueen and they formed 1 of the soap's astir fashionable couples.

Despite leaving successful 2007, Guy concisely returned to the relation the pursuing twelvemonth for a uncommon infinitesimal of soapland bliss. Craig and John-Paul were fixed a blessed ending arsenic they near the bid for a caller beingness together.

Years aboriginal John-Paul aboriginal returned to the soap without Craig, but his lover's off-screen beingness inactive loomed large.

In 2017, John-Paul departed erstwhile again to seemingly articulation Craig successful Singapore.

As helium and lad Matthew prepared to alert distant to the Far East to commencement a caller life, his telephone rang with Craig's name, hinting astatine a reunion.

Guy's recognition database besides includes shows specified arsenic Chicago Fire, Hand of God, Counterpart and Ray Donovan.