Joe Simpson

Joe Simpson (born 13th January 1960) is an actor from Greater Manchester who has appeared on Coronation Street in four minor roles: he first appeared in March 1997 as a Reporter from the Weatherfield Gazette eager for a story about the siege that had occurred at 11 Coronation Street; as Sgt Roper in May 1999, an officer involved in the arrest of Greg Kelly after he'd held Sally Webster and her girls hostage in the Corner Shop flat; between December 2000 and August 2001 he played Alex Swinton, the abusive step-father of Wayne Hayes; and finally returned to the programme eight years later as DC Morgan, who took a statement from Roy Cropper, accusing Tony Gordon of attempted murder.

Making his acting debut in the early 1980s, other credits include roles in Cracker, The Second Coming, Heartbeat, New Street Law, The Street, Waterloo Road, Accused, In with the Flynns, Scott & Bailey, Shameless, The Body Farm, Doctors, Emmerdale and Homefront.