Real life of ITV Corrie's Sean Tully actor Antony Cotton including his famous actress mum who appeared in the soap

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Antony Cotton will next year be celebrating his very own Coronation Street milestone. The actor, who is best known for playing Sean Tully in the ITV soap, will mark 20 years on the cobbles after making his debut in 2003.

Sean appeared in Weatherfield while searching for somewhere to live and it is then that he found a home at No.11 with Eileen Grimshaw, where viewers still find him today. And, following his sacking from a cosmetics firm, he became Underworld's first male machinist. He is now also a barman at the Rovers Return.

Over the years Sean has struggled to maintain a serious relationship. The two main loves of his life, sonographer Marcus Dent and vicar Billy Mayhew, left him for Maria Connor and Todd Grimshaw respectively, with the latter causing him to be kicked out of No.11 after twelve years.

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In 2007, Sean impregnated his friend Violet Wilson in order to give her a baby, with the understanding that he would play no part in the child's upbringing, however, Dylan has recently returned to the cobbles where it has been decided he'll live with his dad on a permanent basis.

But in 2018, Antony took on a heartbreaking story when his character became homeless. And many fans of the soap may have been unaware, as the soap prepared the harrowing storyline, the Bury-born actor had stepped in as a lifeline to a man who contacted him on Facebook after he lost everything.

Antony, who was competing in the ITV skating show Dancing On Ice at the time as well as filming Corrie, helped the man to find a home and a job after receiving a message on Facebook asking for his help. "When I was doing Dancing On Ice