Leon Ockenden (born 16th August 1978 in Plymouth, Devon) appeared in Coronation Street between March 2016 and September 2017 as Will Chatterton, an ex-boyfriend of Michelle Connor's from their teenage years.
Having left school at the age of sixteen to become a baker, he worked in hotel kitchens in Germany and Sweden before returning to the UK where he worked as a pastry chef in London. Graduating from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2003 following a three-year Acting course, he attended the College of Further Education in Plymouth studying Performing Arts.
His other credits include roles in Judge John Deed, Midsomer Murders, Hustle, Family Affairs, Totally Frank, Tripping Over, Heartbeat, New Tricks, Casualty, Waterloo Road and Mr Selfridge, along with the films Mr. Right, Dread, Red Tails, The Cosmonaut, Open Desert and Across the River. On the other side of the camera, he wrote and directed the short films Desire and Eliana. He also has experience in motion capture and voice-acting with a role in the video game Heavy Rain.
He is married to actress Vanessa Hehir, who appeared on Coronation Street in 2022 as Esther Hargrave.