Sol Heras

Sol Heras (born 1987) is an English actor from Cheshire. He made his television debut in the 2008 television drama series Rock Rivals and in July 2012 took over the role of Ryan Connor in the long running soap opera Coronation Street.

Life and career
Heras was born in 1987 and was raised in Cheshire. In 2007, he was cast in the scripted talent show drama Rock Rivals as one of the contestants, Luke Ellis. He replaced a previous unnamed actor at the filming stages. The series aired in 2008 and was the actor's first television appearance. Unlike co-star Holly Quin-Ankrah, Heras did not provide his character's singing voice. For the singing sequences Heras's voice was dubbed by that of Swedish session singer Emil Heiling. Heras however, was still given vocal coaching and was taught how to lip-sync. Following his role in Rock Rivals Heras was cast in the feature horror film Splintered as a "stoner" and "chilled out character who doesn't really care". He also appeared in two episodes of the third series of Hollyoaks Later, a late night spin-off from the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, as Dean Stanley. In 2010 he played Zavi in the fifth episode of BBC Three situational comedy The Gemma Factor. In 2012 Heras took on the role of Ryan Connor, previously played by Ben Thompson , in the long running ITV1 soap opera Coronation Street. Coronation Street producer Phil Collinson described Heras as "a brilliant young actor" and that he was "excited to welcome him to the cast"