Duncan Button is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Dean Aspen.

In July 2009, at the Hollyoaks Press Day series producer Lucy Allan revealed that a mysterious character called Duncan would arrive in the village.

[2] In the same month it was announced that Hollyoaks series producer Lucy Allan had cast television newcomer Dean Aspen in the role of Duncan.

[5] It was soon revealed that Marquess planned to give Hollyoaks a "shake up", changing the production team[6] and beginning a cast cull by axing three established characters – Neville, Suzanne and Josh Ashworth (Sonny Flood).

[7] As well as the axings, Emma Rigby who played Hannah had chosen to quit the previous year, bowing out in February 2010.

"[9] In September 2013, it was revealed through spoiler pictures that Aspen had reprised his role as Duncan for the sixth series of Hollyoaks Later, which would air during early October.

's storylines when they were youngsters and they spent about six months trying to get Chloe [Bruce] (Mikyla Dodd) into bed in a burger van!

And Ricky has a secret, so we'll meet elements of his family..."[11] Duncan first appears in the village looking for The Dog in the Pond pub.

Duncan moves in with the Ashworths and meets Anita Roy (Saira Choudhry) and flirts with her, but she rejects his advances.

To cheer Ricky up, Duncan persuades him to have a bogus raffle to help pay for their entry fee for a party.

Duncan dresses up as Father Christmas and the tickets for the raffle sell fast making them a lot of money.

Later, the scam is revealed by their teacher Des Townsend (Kris Deedigan) and Myra McQueen (Nicole Barber-Lane) demands the Harrods hamper they promised.

Duncan asks Theresa to help him so she agrees and Steve (Anthony Crank) the producer tells them that their double act will be great for television.

When Darren quizzed his age, Duncan announced that he was actually 17 – he just lied to the reality show earlier that year so he could have the "Sweet 16th" birthday party.

On Christmas Eve along with Jack, Duncan discovers India Longford's (Beth Kingston) body in a nearby woods whilst taking their dog for a walk.

Duncan joins a boy band, Guy Candy, with:Ricky, Bart McQueen (Jonny Clarke), Seth Costello (Miles Higson) and Taylor Sharpe (Shaun Blackstock) who is later replaced with Gaz Bennett (Joel Goonan).

"[12] In July 2010, Aspen received a nomination in the "Best Newcomer" category at the 2010 Inside Soap Awards for his portrayal of Duncan.