Marcus Dent

Storylines
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 Return Inn 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.

On 27th August 2008, Eileen Grimshaw received a call from Todd saying that he had seen Marcus in a nightclub in London, in the company of another man. Eileen subsequently told Sean who initially dismissed it but became increasingly more paranoid and angry. Marcus was set to leave the show in September as part of a love triangle. When Marcus discovered that Sean made a pass at Tom Kerrigan, he punched Tom after he suspected that Sean had slept with him. Marcus later told Sean that he was fed up of Sean's jealousy and called a cab to take him to London. Sean pleaded with Marcus but he said an emotional goodbye to Eileen, Maria and Liam and left for London, leaving Sean devastated.

He was played by Charlie Condou.