Chris Walker was born 16 June, 1964 in South Elmsall, West Yorkshire. He is an English actor who played PC Nick Shaw in The Bill, Ed in Coronation Street, Dave Hancock in Casualty, DCI Paul Boyd in Our Friends in the North, Brian Rimmer in The Manageress, PC Larry 'Tiger' Barton in Mersey Beat, he has also been in Playing the Field, Holby City, Dempsey and Makepeace, Stay Lucky, Agatha Christie: Poirot, Harry, Heartbeat, Silent Witness, In Deep, Clocking Off, Peak Practice, Doctors, Where the Heart Is, Midsomer Murders and Spooks.