Paul Loughran

Paul Anthony Martin Loughran (born 7 July 1969 in Belfast) is a Northern Irish actor. He was educated at Methodist College Belfast.^[1] He is best known for portraying Butch Dingle in ITV soap opera Emmerdale in which his character died in a bus crash with friend Pete Collins. After that he appeared in many other TV series such as Heartbeat. On 24 August 2016, it was announced that Loughran had been cast as Darryl Perkins, the father of Craig Tinker (Colson Smith), in Coronation Street.

Paul Loughran
Born	Paul Anthony Martin Loughran (1969-07-07) 7 July 1969 (age 56) Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1992–present
Notable work	Emmerdale
Awards	Soap Awards BAFTA

Filmography

• Casualty (2017)
• Coronation Street (1992, 2016)
• Jericho (2016)
• Blue Murder (2003–2009)
• Heartbeat (2005)
• The Baby War (2005)
• Ideal (2005)
• The Royal (2003)
• I Fought the Law (2003)
• Puckoon (2002)
• Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (2002)
• The Bill (2000)
• Emmerdale (1994–2000)
• The Darling Buds of May (1992)

External links

• Paul Petero Loughran at IMDb