{"id":43687,"date":"2025-07-24T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T05:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/?p=43687"},"modified":"2025-09-29T14:37:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T13:37:00","slug":"chris-coghill-emmerdale-life-off-screen-career-killing-eastenders-role-famous-ex-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/cast\/chris-coghill-emmerdale-life-off-screen-career-killing-eastenders-role-famous-ex-wife\/","title":{"rendered":" As Chris Coghill joins Emmerdale, inside his life off-screen: ‘Career killing’ EastEnders role to famous ex-wife"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris Coghill is joining Emmerdale<\/a> as newcomer Kev. He\u2019s a myterious character about whom very little has been revealed. But we\u2019re promised he will certainly shake things up for Robert Sugden.<\/p>

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But who is\u00a0actor Chris Coghill? Perhaps best-known to soap fans as evil Tony King in EastEnders, Chris has a wealth of film and TV credits to his name. In fact, he\u2019s been in just about everything!<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what we know about him.<\/p>\n

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Chris Coghill plays mysterious Kev in Emmerdale (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Chris Coghill to play Kev in Emmerdale<\/h2>\n

Kev will first be seen arriving in the village looking for directions. And it turns out he\u2019s also looking for Robert Sugden. And Emmerdale fans who have watched the episode on ITVX have already been left shocked over the huge revelation.<\/p>\n

Emmerdale producer Laura said of the newcomer: \u201cWe are delighted that someone of Chris\u2019 calibre has joined our cast. I think the viewers will be intrigued to see how the character of Kev will cause shockwaves this autumn.<\/p>

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