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Dean Sullivan (born 7 June 1955 in Liverpool) is an English actor. He is best known for playing Jimmy Corkhill in Channel 4's soap opera Brookside.

Dean is BEd (Hons) graduate of Lancaster University and was a primary school teacher for six years before becoming an actor and then continued to work as a supply teacher between roles. He was a member of the Liverpool based Neptune Theatre Company and appeared in the Willy Russell stage play Breezeblock Park and the Phil Redmond play Soaplights at the Liverpool Playhouse.

He has organised 'murder weekends' with his company 'The Murder Game'.

Sullivan is currently filming a sitcom Terry Across the Mersey and up until May 2009 was presenting a daily show on City Talk 105.9 from St. John's Beacon. However after the recent Ofcom ruling that City Talk would also be allowed to play music he was dropped from the schedule. Recently, he took part in a protest against violence in Liverpool as part of a march organized by charity Term Time.

Sullivan was also keen to buy Brookside Close which was sold on 17 December 2008, as he wanted to revive the show.^[1]

References

External links

• Dean Sullivan at the Internet Movie Database