Emmerdale actor Dominic Brunt, 51, has been a big part of the soap portraying the role of Paddy Kirk.
Dominic has been playing the role since 1997, and he's been nominated in the category of Best Actor at the 2011 British Soap Awards.
But in recent news, the iconic Emmerdale star announced a career move away from the role, after nurturing a secret passion for horror and zombie films.
He'll be directing a new horror film Wolf Manor. Sharing the news recently, he tweeted: "A bit of news. We wrapped on our new feature film ‘Wolf Manor’ over the weekend.
The soap star has been part of some huge and tense storylines from adult grief to weddings, but his life at home is a far cry away from the dramatic life Paddy leads.
Dominic has been married to his wife since 2003. Here's a look inside their marriage…
Who is Dominic Brunt married to?
Actor Dominic Brunt is married to Emmerdale actress Joanne Mitchell, and he has been since 2003.
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The sweet pair started their romance after meeting while studying at The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
If you're an Emmerdale fan then you may well recognise the actress from the soap, as she's played four different roles.
She joined the soap in 2003 playing the part of DS Karen Barnborough, and appeared in two episodes, and she later played Susan Davies and Sandra Flaherty.
The star also popped up in Waterloo Road, Doctors and Holby City.
Joanne and Dominic run Mitchell Brunt Films, which is a company that has seen the couple produce and write films.
Joanne wrote two short horror films – The Mighty Witch Killers of Pendle Hill and Shell Shocked – and she's also had roles as Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Lady McDuff in Macbeth and Rosaline in Love's Labours Lost.
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Dominic and Joanne have two children together – sons named Mickey-Joe and Danny-Lee.
The couple feared for son Danny's life after they discovered he had a potentially life threatening condition, which required major heart surgery at just eight months old.
Speaking previously on This Morning, Dominic said: "He had to go through major heart surgery at eight months old.
"He's absolutely fine now. At the time it's the most horrific thing to have to go through as a parent and obviously as a child, but he's football-mad now, he's completely fine,"
"He has check-ups once a year for the rest of his life, but thankfully Leeds Royal Infirmary were great and the Children's Heart Surgery Fund have been great."
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