Simon Hepworth (born in Lytham St Annes) appeared in Coronation Street in August 2013 as Neil, a man who went on a disastrous date with Sally Webster.
He trained at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and has also appeared in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Bliss, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, Bodyguards, Inspector Morse, The Royal, The Bill, Wallis & Edward, Wire in the Blood, Trial & Retribution, Emmerdale, Law & Order: UK, Casualty, Doctors, Foyle's War, EastEnders, Fearless, The Secret Suitcase, Endeavour, Rosamunde Pilcher and This Sceptred Isle.
On film he has appeared in The Walker, Love's Kitchen, Tezz, Walking with the Enemy, The Holly Kane Experiment, Sink and the short 47 Cleveland.
Stage roles include parts in The Lion in Winter, Macbeth, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, The Rivals, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, Party Trap, The Best Man, Absolute Hell, Mother Of Him, La Cage aux Folles, To Kill A Mockingbird and A Daughter’s a Daughter.