Carl McCrystal is a British actor who studied at the Arts Educational School in Chiswick, graduating in 1998 after a three-year Diploma course in Drama. On Coronation Street he played the role of PC Collins in October 2007, August 2009 and August 2013. Other credits include Let Them Eat Cake, City Central, Casualty, Ali G Indahouse, Doctors, Murphy's Law, North & South, EastEnders, The Bill, Doctor Who, Hustle and The Borgias. He has also served five years in the British Army.