Neil Hurst is an actor and presenter born in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England best known for his television and stage theatre career.
Film and Television career
Neil first came prominence on British Television as the comic sidekick of Vernon Kay on ITV's All Star Family Fortunes, but his career has seen him appear in many other TV roles from drama to comedy and even presenting. His TV credits include: Benny Grew in the 2018 adaptation of Agatha Christie's The A.B.C. Murders, Baz in Coronation Street, Ray Glossop in Doctors, Peter in Fresh Meat, Frank in The Syndicate and Gary Plunkett in Home From Home. In addition to this he has appeared in small cameo roles in Casualty, Moving On and 4 O'Clock Club. In 2019 Neil began appearing as a series regular on Michael McIntyre's Big Show helping Michael McIntyre prank the Unexpected Star of the show. These episodes were filmed at the London Palladium.
Theatre career
In 2018 Neil, and Coronation Street actress Vicky Binns, joined the original cast of Craig Cash's and Phil Mealey's sitcom Early Doors in the live stage version of the show. Neil was playing the role of 'Freddie' and toured arenas in the UK after sold out run at The Lowry, Salford. Neil reprised his role at The Lowry for the 2019 production of Early Doors: One More Chance. In 2017 Neil originated the role of Alan in Kay Mellor's Fat Friends The Musical, the musical premièred at the Grand Theatre, Leeds in November 2017, prior to a UK tour from January to June 2018. While appearing in the musical Neil was nominated for best actor in the Entertainment Views Awards For a decade, 2009 to 2019, Neil appeared at the Victoria Theatre, Halifax each Christmas in their annual pantomime, clocking up almost 1000 performances on the stage. On 28 February 2019, Hurst announced his departure from the Victoria Theatre pantomime after 10 years. Since his departure from Halifax he has been appearing in pantomime for Qdos Entertainment. Other theatre roles include: Bouncers, Evita, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Michael Frayn's Matchbox Theatre, Lost In Yonkers, The Last Five Years and The Wizard of Oz.
