Born in Devon, Langley also played the character of Todd Grimshaw in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 2001 to 2004. As the first openly gay character on the show, Langley developed a large gay following. He has also filmed a small role in the film The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, released in June 2005. On 30 October 2005, he appeared on stage at the Old Vic theatre in London in the play Night Sky alongside Christopher Eccleston, Navin Chowdhry, David Warner, Saffron Burrows and David Baddiel.