Steve Halliwell

Stephen Harold Halliwell (born 21 March 1954 in Bury, Lancashire, England) is an English actor best known for his part in ITV's Emmerdale as smallholder Zak Dingle, which he has played since 1994. Halliwell was born in Bury, Lancashire, England) to Fred & Jenny Halliwell, Halliwell has an older brother Clive who is two years older than him. Halliwell was an apprentice engineer and had a number of jobs mainly in cotton and paper mills before drama training at the Mountview Theatre School. He was a founder member of the Interchange Theatre in Bury. During the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, he featured in a number of UK television shows, including Here I Stand, Threads, Cracker, Crown Court, G.B.H. and Coronation Street. He released his autobiography in 2014 called If The Cap Fits: My Rocky Road to Emmerdale. Halliwell has two daughters. One with his wife Val Halliwell and another named Sara from his estranged ex girlfriend over 30 years ago.

Steve often denies having another daughter as Sara attempted to make contact with him, to which he wanted nothing to do with her. They have no contact.