Christopher William Harper (born 19 August 1977) is an English actor and director[failed verification] who played Nathan Curtis in ITV soap Coronation Street in a high profile teenage grooming and exploitation storyline.
[1] Harper has appeared in British dramas including The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, Upstairs Downstairs, Life on Mars[citation needed] and most notably as playing Clifford Last, son of Victoria Wood's character Nella Last in ITV television film Housewife, 49.
[2][3] He also starred as Trixie Franklin's brother Geoffrey in the series 12 finale of Call The Midwife.
[4] As a stage actor he has played Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing for Shakespeare's Globe Theatre,[5] a season of Sir Alan Aykbourn plays at The Royal & Derngate Theatre, Northampton (directed by Ayckbourn himself)[6] and many other plays at the Crucible Theatre,[7] Hampstead Theatre and The Old Vic, London.
Harper has helped raise awareness of child sex abuse through charity work[8] and as patron for the charity Voicing CSA,[9] which helps adult survivors of child sexual abuse to speak out.