Jason Scott Merrells is an English actor, known for his roles in Casualty, Queer as Folk, Cutting It, Waterloo Road and Emmerdale.
This followed with appearances in television shows such as The Afternoon Play, Where the Heart Is and Murder City, and a starring role in the 2005 film The Jealous God.
From 2010 to 2014, Merrells achieved popularity through his role as shrewd businessman Declan Macey in the long-running ITV soap opera Emmerdale.
Declan left the following month, going into hiding after killing his half-nephew Robbie Lawson (Jamie Shelton) and attempting to murder his most recent wife, Charity Macey (Emma Atkins), whom he married earlier in the year.
From May to June 2015, he starred as Juror number 8 in Bill Kenwright's touring production of Twelve Angry Men, alongside Andrew Lancel, Gareth David-Lloyd, Denis Lill and Drop the Dead Donkey's Robert Duncan.
From January to July 2023, Merrells starred as Frank Galvin in Middleground Theatre Company’s theatrical adaptation of Barry Reed's 1980 novel The Verdict.