Chris Fountain Biography

Christopher Ryan "Chris" Fountain (born 3 September 1987) is an English actor perhaps best known for his role as Justin Burton in the Channel 4 teen soap Hollyoaks, a role he played from 2003 to 2009 and his role as Tommy Duckworth in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 2011 until 2013.

Early Life

Fountain was born in the West Yorkshire city of Bradford on 3rd September 1987.

Career

Fountain had minor roles in Blood Strangers (2002) and Bob and Rose (2001), and has appeared in the dramas Where the Heart Is (2002), The Royal (2003) and Burn It (2003).

Hollyoaks

He joined Hollyoaks in 2003 in the role of Justin Burton.

On 7 June 2006, Fountain injured himself on location whilst filming for Hollyoaks when he touched an electric fence.

In 2008 Fountain won the British Soap Award for Best Actor due to his role on Hollyoaks.

It was confirmed on 11 March 2009 that Fountain would be leaving Hollyoaks. He left on 3 June 2009 in a joint exit storyline alongside Jamie Lomas who plays Warren Fox.

Dancing on Ice

Fountain was a runner up in the third series of ITV show Dancing on Ice, in which he was partnered with skater Frankie Poultney. He also won the Dancing on Ice Tour 2008 with 24 wins and went home with the Dancing on Ice Tour Winners Trophy for winning the most shows. Second place went to Suzanne Shaw with eleven wins and third place went to Kyran Bracken with nine wins.

Post-Hollyoaks

On 30 January 2010 he appeared as a patient called Seb in Casualty. Fountain played the role of PC Paul Tait in the BBC drama Five Days in March 2010.

On 26 November 2010, it was announced that he would play the role of Tommy Duckworth in Coronation Street and made his first appearance in March 2011. He was sacked from Coronation Street in 2013 following revelations he had performed in offensive rap videos on YouTube advocating violence to women. He left immediately with his character getting an off-screen exit in October 2013.

In September 2016 he joined the touring cast of The Full Monty.

In July 2017 he joined the cast of new ITV drama Girlfriends in a supporting role, it is due to air in 2018.

Other work

In February 2006, Fountain came third in the BBC show Just the Two of Us, a singing competition in which celebrities are paired up with professional singers and are voted off, day by day. His singing partner was former S Club 7 member Jo O'Meara.

Fountain played the title role in the pantomime Aladdin at the Manchester Opera House over the Christmas/New Year period of 2009/10. In 2010 he appeared in the new musical Departure Lounge for a short run at the Waterloo East Theatre in London.

Fountain appeared on All Star Family Fortunes on 14 April 2012. In December 2012, he took part in ITV game show Paddy's 2012 Show and Telly

Following his sacking from Coronation Street, Fountain kept a low profile, but began DJing at a new club in Manchester in January 2014.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Type	Role	Notes
2001	Bob & Rose	TV	Dean Gadds	TV Series
2002	Blood Strangers	TV	Warren	TV film
2002	Where the Heart Is'	TV	Marty Sargent Jnr	1 Episode, "Extra Time"
2003	The Royal	TV	Simon Waite	1 Episode, "Kiss and Tell"
2003	Burn It	TV	Carl Age 14	Episode: "1.1" `
2003-09	Hollyoaks	TV	Justin Burton	Series Regular, Main Cast, 149 Episodes
2006	Just the Two of Us	TV	Himself	Contestant, 3 Place
2008	Dancing On Ice	TV	Himself	Contestant, 2 Place
2010	Casualty	TV	Seb Cooper	1 Episode, "The Cradle Will Fall"
2010	Five Days	TV	PC Paul Tait	3 Episode, "Day 1", "Day 2" and "Day 8"
2011-13	Coronation Street	TV	Tommy Duckworth	Series Regular, Main Cast, 303 Episodes
2018	Girlfriends	TV	TBA	Filming

Awards and nominations

2005

• Nominated at British Soap Awards in category of 'Best Dramatic Performance from a Young Actor or Actress' for his role in Hollyoaks

2006

• Winner at British Soap Awards in category of 'Best Storyline' for 'Justin and Becca's affair' in Hollyoaks, shared with Ali Bastian (Becca Dean)
• Winner at The Pulse West Yorkshire Local Heroes Awards as Artistic Achievement of the Year
• Nominated at British Soap Awards in category of 'Sexiest Male' for his role in Hollyoaks
• Nominated at National Television Awards in category of 'Most Popular Actor' for his role in Hollyoaks

2007

• Nominated at British Soap Awards in category of 'Best Actor' for his role in Hollyoaks
• Nominated at British Soap Awards in category of 'Sexiest Actor' for his role in Hollyoaks

2008

• Winner at British Soap Awards in category of 'Best Actor' for his role in Hollyoaks
• Winner at British Soap Awards in category of 'Most Spectacular Scene Of The Year' for 'Car Over Cliff', shared with Hannah Tointon (Katy Fox), Jamie Lomas (Warren Fox), Matt Littler (Max Cunningham) and Gemma Bissix (Clare Cunningham).
• Nominated at British Soap Awards in category for 'Most Spectactular Scene Of The Year' for 'Justin Run Over', shared with Hannah Tointon (Katy Fox)

2012

• Nominated at National Television Awards for 'Best Newcomer' for his role in Coronation Street
• Nominated at British Soap Awards for 'Sexiest Male', but lost out to Scott Maslen, who plays Jack Branning in the soap EastEnders.

In July 2012, Fountain made the shortlist for Best Actor on the TV choice awards. He is also up for Sexiest Male for the Inside Soap Awards.