Charnock and Emmerdale co-star Dominic Brunt, who plays Paddy Kirk, produce a yearly Zombie Film Festival in the Leeds Cottage Road Cinema.

[1] Charnock was born on 28 August 1968,[2] and was educated at Canon Slade School, Hull University and Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.

With fellow Emmerdale co-star Dominic Brunt, he hosted Leeds' first ever zombie festival on 20 April 2008.

[3] In 1993, he appeared as a solicitor in the ITV comedy Watching, and later starred alongside Derek Jacobi in Cadfael (1994–1997).

In 1993 and 1995, Charnock appeared in two episodes of the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.