Ellis Hollins Biography
Ellis Hollins is a British Soap Award-winning child actor from England. Hollins is famous for appearing in the British soap opera Hollyoaks on Channel 4 as Tom Cunningham. He first appeared and began playing his role at the age of 3. Alongside Hollyoaks. Hollins has appeared in other acting productions such as the family film Alpha Male (2006) in the United Kingdom.
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The actor who is known as Tom in Hollyoaks is 19 years old as of 2018. He was born on 14 November 1999 in Manchester, England.
Ellis Hollins Career – Hollyoaks
Hollins has been acting all his life since he was a toddler. His first and major role was in the soap opera Hollyoaks when he was 3 years old. He landed the role of Tom Cunningham and the soap aired on Channel 4 in Britain. In 2006, he landed another role, now in a film known as Alpha Male by Dan Wilde. He played the role of Nathan Lamis, a dramatic character that gave Hollins the chance to do all his stunts by himself.
During the years since he joined Hollyoaks, Hollins’ character has played a part in numerous dramatic storylines. They include starting a fire as he plays with matches then running away when the fire lits up, the death of both of his parents as well as brother, going to court for attacking intruder Esther Bloom (played by Jazmine Franks), and a teenage pregnancy and adoption storyline when Tom got his on-screen girlfriend Peri Lomax (Ruby O’Donnell) pregnant.
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Hollyoaks has had a couple of spinoffs, some of which Hollins has been a part of. For instance, he appeared in all the episodes of season one of Hollyoaks Later in November 2008. This was a late-night spin-off series to Hollyoaks that aired at 10 pm on E4 over 5 consecutive nights. He was also a part of one of the main stories of the series, which saw Tom kidnapped by crazed Niall Rafferty (played by Barry Sloane).
Hollyoaks had another spinoff series known as Hollyoaks Music show and Hollins appeared in all three of its seasons. It aired on Saturday mornings on T4 over several months in 2009,2010 and 2011. As Tom and nicknamed ‘Lil Tom’, Hollins appeared in a segment that saw his character conduct interviews of several music artists.
In the October 2009 spin-off series Hollyoaks: The Good, the Bad and the Gorgeous, Hollins had a role as Tom. The series took a look back at some of the best moments in Hollyoaks. The special also featured various specially filmed segments and Hollins appeared in one as Tom. He began acting alongside Carley Stenson (Steph Cunningham). In 2012, he played the role of a young Hans Christian Andersen in the BBC Radio 4 Drama The Beautiful Ugly.
Ellis Hollins Net Worth
Ellis’ exact net worth is not yet known. However, he has been in the entertainment industry for such a long time his worth can be estimated in thousands of euros.
Ellis Hollins Awards and Nominations
Hollins has captured the hearts of many fans of the soap Hollyoaks and appeared in the series for a long time, earning him numerous award nominations, some of which he has won.
♦ From 2005 to 2009 and 2011 – Hollins was nominated for a British Soap Award in the ‘Best Dramatic Performance from a Young Actor or Actress’ category. In 2005, he lost the award to Sam Aston from Coronation street before winning in 2006. Emmerdale star Eden Taylor-Draper won the award in 2007, while EastEnders star Jamie Borthwick won in 2008 and in 2009, EastEnders star Maisie Smith won.
♦ In 2005, 2006 and 2008 – he won the Best Young Actor at the Inside Soap Awards. Other nominations for the award were in 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011.
♦ 2008 – Hollins won the Best Child Actor at the inaugural Digital Spy Soap Awards
♦ 2009 – His character, Tom Cunningham, was voted ‘Soap’s Greatest Ever Child’ in a poll for Inside Soap magazine.
♦ 2012 – nominated at the Inside Soap Magazine awards for Best Young Actor.
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