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Nigel Pivaro (born 11 December 1959) is an English actor and journalist. He best known for playing Terry Duckworth, the son of Vera and Jack Duckworth in ''Coronation Street''. == Career == Pivaro was born in Manchester, England. After attending RADA, Pivaro made his acting debut in "Short of Mutiny" at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, Stratford, London in February 1983. In August 1983, he won the part of Terry Duckworth in the long-running British soap opera ''Coronation Street''. Pivaro left the soap in 1987 but returned to the show on and off, making many re-appearances throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. His most recent appearances were in January 2008 when his character attended the funeral of his mother Vera and in April and May 2012. Apart from ''Coronation Street'' Pivaro made leading appearances in the television series ''Hetty Wainthropp Investigates''as PC Pearce and ''Expert Witness'' as killer Colin Wardle. He also appeared in ''The Sunny Side of the Street for Channel Four'' and made a cameo appearance in the film ''24 Hour Party People'' Pivaro has acted in many theatre productions, including ''Wuthering Heights'', ''What the Butler Saw'', ''A Taste of Honey'', ''The Tempest'', ''Greek'', ''An Evening with Gary Lineker'' co-starring Paul Ritter, ''Funny Peculiar'', ''A View from the Bridge'' and ''Up and Under'', most recently alongside fellow soap actor John Altman in the John Godber play ''Bouncers'' in 2003. In 1987, he won the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 1st in the play ''No Further Cause for Concern''.He has appeared in over 15 pantomimes. In 2006, After completing NTCJ Post Graduate course, Pivaro became a journalist, working for the ''Manchester Evening News'' and then the ''Tameside Reporter'' in Stalybridge. He is now a freelance journalist, and has been published regularly in the ''Daily Star'', ''Daily Mirror'' and Sunday Mirror and Catholic Herald newspapers. Recently following time spent in the Don-bass region of Ukraine he has added Die Zeit Online and Janes Defence Review to the list of titles in which he is published. He has also written and presented documentary films for the BBC ''Inside Out'' series, including "Regeneration Game"(2007) which challenged the Government backed Housing Market Renewal programme and criticised its treatment of residents who were forced out of their neighbourhoods to make way for more affluent people. This was short listed for a Royal Television Society award in the best Current Affairs programme category. In 2009, Pivaro wrote and presented "The Battle for St. Michael's" for BBC's ''Inside Out''. In January 2010, Pivaro appeared alongside ''Salford Star'' editor Stephen Kingston on BBC ''Newsnight'' in a film about the effects of regeneration in Salford. Pivaro is a regular contributor to the Salford Star Magazine. In 2009 Along with Salford Star Editor Stephen Kingston he received an award from the Plain English Campaign for clear and accessible language in journalism. In 2010, Pivaro presented a lecture at the University of Wolverhampton on his experiences while reporting on regeneration and participated in a special Radio 4 Today programme with Evan Davis where he criticised the Media City development at Salford Quays, calling it a 'Cathedral of Corporatism' with few opportunities for locals and small business. 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「Nigel Pivaro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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