Marcus Dent

Marcus Dent is played by Charlie Condou.

Biography
He was a sonographer at Weatherfield General Hospital, introduced when Violet Wilson went for a scan. He gave his number to Sean Tully who was also present at the scan. The two started dating but Sean was unsure how the relationship should progress. Sean tricked Marcus into revealing the sex of the baby to him after he wanted to know and Violet didn't. This led to a rough patch in the relationship, but was overcome and the couple remained together happily. Marcus and his partner Sean delivered Violet and Sean's son when Violet went into labour in The Rovers on 22nd February 2008. He was by the side of Maria Connor as she gave birth to her stillborn baby. Marcus quit his sonographer job to try to find more fulfilling employment. He and Sean planned to move into their own flat, but Sean briefly losing his job at Underworld put their plans on hold.

Behind the scenes
Marcus is set to leave the show in September as part of a love triangle storyline, which starts with him suspecting Tom Kerrigan of sleeping with Sean and Marcus begins re-dating his ex, "Noel".