Real life of Coronation Street's Damon Hay actor Ciaran Griffiths - link to co-star and forgotten role in ITV soap

Damon Hay hasn't held back since arriving in Weatherfield at the end of last year. The bad boy character, played by Ciaran Griffiths, made his way to Coronation Street to find his son, Jacob Hay, just when his life was on the up and he had dropped his criminal past.

Damon was quick to make out he was there to put things right with Jacob and make up for lost time but Corrie fans soon discovered that wasn't quite the case. He managed to get his claws into a business opportunity at the Bistro, with Leanne Battersby completely unaware that he was Harvey Gaskell's half-brother and had already done a deal with her partner Nick Tilsley.

He later forced his son to work for him at the Bistro, peddling drugs through the business. But when one of the drops went wrong and Jacob begged to be left out of the criminal schemes, he attacked his own son and threatened not only him but his then-girlfriend Amy Barlow, forcing him to flee from the cobbles with those he loved thinking the worst of him.

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Since then Damon's drug-dealing scheme has since come to the attention of the police but, with some help from solicitor Adam Barlow, he got out of being prosecuted. But unbeknownst to Adam, Damon has got the hots for his wife, Sarah, and the pair have already shockingly slept together - potentially set to be rumbled in upcoming scenes.

On joining Corrie, fans probably best recognised Rusholme-born actor Ciaran for his starring role in Shameless. He played Mickey Maguire in the Channel 4 series from 2007 to 2012.

His first TV role, however, was in CITV's Children's Ward. He played Jack Connor, while he was attending St Mary's RC High School in Astley near Leigh, for five years