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Date of Birth

4 October 1976, Nottingham, England, UK

Birth Name

Craig Robert Yates

Height

5' 9½" (1.77 m)

Mini Biography

Best known for his roles as Alex Wilkinson on Sky's long running show "Dream Team" Coach Moore in "Just for Kicks", Dave in "Charmed" and Alfred Hoffman in Fox's "Fringe"

Craig was born in Nottingham, England and started acting at the age of 10, His first professional job was the role of Mark, in Barry Hines' 'The Price of Coal' at the Nottingham Playhouse. In his school years he also played the title role in 'Oliver'.

When he was 17, he decided to attend drama school in London, A chance audition for a pop band, steered Craig off in to the music business for a few years. The Group 'Deuce' scored 4 top ten British hits, a top twenty album and appearances on acclaimed show 'Top of The Pops' 7 times. Craig left the band in 1996 to resume his passion for acting. Not before becoming the new face of MTV in the UK, hosting the hugely successful show 'Select' This lead him to hosting for 'GMTV' (UK version of the Today Show). Then in 1999 A starring role on the award wining show 'Dream Team' beckoned. Craig played the villain Alex Wilkinson for 76 episodes.

His next move was a big one, across the Atlantic in fact, to the hills of Hollywood, where Craig met his manager Louisa Spring, Throughout the early 2000's Craig starred in a plethora of shows including MTV's 'Spyder Games', 'S Club 7', 'Charmed', 'The District', and 'Sabrina The Teenage Witch'. Adapting to LA life Craig missed treading the boards so joined an all British theatre company called 'Nomad' Here he performed in the plays 'The body' and 'Red Star.' and 'Boise, USA' TV Pilots followed on 'Zoey 101' playing Jamie Lynn Spears' mentor. He then wrote and starred in a movie called 'Wannabe' that was bought by Warner Brothers and later developed in to a TV Pilot with Marta Kaufman (The creator of Friends)

A role on 'Lost' soon followed which was the first of many J.J. Abrahms shows he has appeared in. In 2007 Craig starred in all episodes of 'Just For Kicks' The Whoopi Goldberg produced show for Nickelodeon. garnering great reviews for the role of Coach Moore. Craig has been busy in the last few years with movie roles in Horror classic 'Slaughter' for Lionsgate, and 'A Numbers Game' alongside Steven Bauer. starring turns in the TV Shows 'What about Brian' (JJ. Abrahms) David Mamet's show 'The Unit' The remake of 'Melrose Place', and the fan favorite 'Alfred Hoffman' in the Sci Fi Hit 'Fringe' This past year Craig played a recurring role on ABC Family's '10 Things I Hate About You' playing Frank Kline. A lead role in the movie "Return to the Hiding Place' and he is getting ready to tread the boards again in "Me, as a penguin" Written by Tom Wells. The Play makes it's North American debut in January 2011. A guest star turn on the Hit CBS show NCIS:Los Angeles. In His spare time Craig has created a business called 'Brits in LA' an online social community for British ex-pats in LA.

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Spouse

Elena Rosa

(18 April 1999 - ?) (divorced)

Trivia

In 1995-1997 he was part of the pop band Deuce, which had three top ten British hits and a top twenty album, they appeared on Top of the Pops seven times.

In 1997 hosted MTV in the UK on the shows 'Select' (English version of TRL) and the UK top ten countdown.

While on MTV he also hosted the saturday morning show Watch Out for GMTV (UK)

was once a life guard and swimming teacher

Where Are They Now

(November 2004) Living in Los Angeles working as an actor

(May 2012) Los Angeles, CA, USA: Just finished playing Dracuk Comescu in the big cross over event NCIS:LA and Hawaii 5.0 Still living his dream working as an actor in Los Angeles