Neil Bell (born 4 February 1970)[citation needed] is an English actor, mainly on British television and occasionally in films.
Bell studied drama at Oldham College and has played character roles in such TV series as Buried, Shameless, Murphy's Law, Ideal, City Lights, The Bill and Casualty, and the films 24 Hour Party People (2002), Dead Man's Shoes (2004) and Wait For Me (2023).
In 2004, he wrote, directed and starred in a biographical play about the Salford-born poet John Cooper Clarke called 36 Hours.
[2] In 2020, Bell re-joined the cast of Coronation Street to play the role of gangster Mick Chaney.
He also played the "Time Grappler" in Star Wars: Andor - a prominent role with no speaking lines.