Stephen Robert Dixon (born 1956 in Manchester) appeared on Coronation Street in six roles:
- Paul Sidall, Martin Cheveski's competition for the affections of Karen Oldfield in December 1980
- The voice of a trucker when Eddie Yeats took up CB radio as a hobby in February 1982
- The taxi driver who took Elsie Tanner away from the street in January 1984
- The voice of Andy Ross, the Radio Weatherfield Disc Jockey in April 1987 who interviewed prospective councillor, Deirdre Barlow
- Property surveyor Mr Stoppard, who valued 7 Coronation Street in January 1989 for Alan Bradley behind Rita Fairclough's back
- A clerk at City Magistrates Court where Steve McDonald appeared on a charge of handling stolen goods in January 1992.
He studied performing arts at the Victoria University of Manchester, graduating in 1977.
His other credits include roles in Send in the Girls, Reilly: Ace of Spies, The Comic Strip Presents..., The Young Ones, The Brief, The Practice and First Among Equals, along with the films Privates on Parade and Unmasked Part 25.
He began a career in lecturing in the early 1990s; at the University of Salford, Brunel University in London and Lasalle College of the Arts in Singapore since February 2012. Professor Dixon is the author of two books, Digital Performance and Cybernetic-Existentialism: Freedom, Systems and Being-for-Others in Contemporary Arts and Performance.