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Jeremy Sheffield (born 17 March 1966) is a British actor and former professional ballet dancer from Chelmsford, England. He is most noted for his roles in ''Holby City'' and ''Murder in Suburbia'' on television, as well as in the films ''Creep'' and ''The Wedding Date''. He currently plays Patrick Blake in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks''. ==Life and career== Sheffield was born in Chelmsford. The second son of Brenda (née Dare) and Barry Sheffield, Sheffield trained as a ballet dancer at the Royal Ballet School, graduating into the Royal Ballet, and also dancing with Northern Ballet Theatre. Roles with the Royal Ballet included Aria in ''The Spirit of Fugue'', Paris in ''Romeo and Juliet'', Benno in ''Swan Lake'', He in ''My Brother, My Sisters'', Wilfred in ''Giselle'', Rakitin in ''A Month in the Country'' and Mouse King in ''The Nutcracker''.〔(Royal Opera House performance database search ), accessed 10 August 2013.〕 He appeared as a dancer in Queen's music video for "I Want to Break Free" in 1984, performing in a pastiche of the ballet ''L'après-midi d'un faune''. However, his ballet career ended at the age of 27 due to a broken toe and torn ligament. He had a prominent (non dancing) music video role several years later when he played the male lead in the video for Natalie Imbruglia's debut single "Torn" in 1997. Since then, Sheffield has been in the BBC medical drama series ''Holby City'' where he played Alex Adams from 2000–03, as well as Lancelot in the 1998 television drama ''Merlin''. He had a supporting role in the 2005 film ''The Wedding Date'' alongside Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney. Subsequently he made a cameo appearance in the final episode of ''Green Wing'', playing a character that Sue White (played by Michelle Gomez) was dating. In 2005 he appeared in the British and Irish Renault Clio advert "France vs. Britain" directed by Ridley Scott’s daughter Jordan Scott who also the directed the 2007 follow up spot "More Va Va Voom" again starring Sheffield as Ben and French actress Annelise Hesme as Sophie. He regularly features on the BBC's ''Holiday'' programme in which he has visited Mexico, Egypt, Sichuan, South Africa and Bermuda. In 2006 travelled to South Africa where eight celebrities competed to become rangers in a South African reserve, for the 2007 series of BBC2's ''Safari School''. In the final, Sheffield came second to singing coach Carrie Grant. In 2007, Sheffield made an appearance in ''New Tricks''. 2008 was a busier year for him with a role in ''Hotel Babylon'' and movies ''Miss Conception'', ''The Children'' and ''Last Chance Harvey''. In January 2010, he took part in ITV show ''Dancing on Ice'' alongside professional skater Susie Lipanova. He was the third person to be voted off (therefore finishing the contest in 12th place) after losing in the skate-off. In October 2011, it was announced that Sheffield would be joining ''Coronation Street'' and would portray Danny Stratton. Sheffield's ''Coronation Street'' stay was only short as he was part of a storyline that saw Becky McDonald (Katherine Kelly) depart.〔http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s3/coronation-street/news/a361967/coronation-street-jeremy-sheffield-proud-to-be-part-of-becky-exit.html〕 In October 2012, it was announced that he would be joining the cast of ''Hollyoaks'' to portray Patrick Blake, the biological father of twins Sienna Blake (Anna Passey) and Dodger Savage (Danny Mac).〔http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/news/a410829/hollyoaks-jeremy-sheffield-cast-as-dodgers-real-father.html〕 In 2015, it was reported that Sheffield was written out of the show and was announced that he would be killed off. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jeremy Sheffield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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