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Biography
Tom Vaughan (born in Stafford, on 4 August 1985) is an English television actor, best known for playing the part of Spike, a DJ and love interest of John Paul McQueen in British Channel 4 series Hollyoaks from March 2007 until August 2007.
Early career
Vaughan was born Thomas Ian Clements in Stafford. He attended Blessed William Howard High School in Stafford, England. He has been acting since the age of 8 and appeared in TV ads for Kellogg's Frosties as a child. He trained at Stafford Gatehouse Youth Theatre.
He has appeared in a number of Shakespeare's works professionally both in open and closed venues, including The Taming of The Shrew, The Comedy of Errors and Richard III.
He has also appeared in a number of short films including Doris The Builder, Tessa, Last Round and Desire To Kill, and had minor parts in Dalziel and Pascoe, Doctors and Emmerdale.
Other roles
From 15 December 2007 to 6 January 2008, Vaughan appeared in pantomime at The Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells as Prince Charming in Cinderella.
On 22 September 2008 he appeared as Terry Webster, the arresting officer in the case of the "Gay Slayer" Colin Ireland in the ITV docudrama Real Crime: Serial Killer on Camera.
He reprised his role as Spike in Hollyoaks briefly in late November 2008.