English actor and musician Richard Fleeshman is also a singer-songwriter. His four-year stint as Craig Harris on Coronation Street at the age of 12 launched his television career. He later went on to distinguish himself as a Broadway, West End, and TV performer. Fleeshman was born in Manchester on June 8, 1989.
Richard Fleeshman parents: Meet Sue Jenkins, David Fleeshman
He is the son of actor/director David Fleeshman and Sue Jenkins, a former Brookside and Coronation Street actress. He went to Wilmslow High School for his sixth-form education and Cheadle Hulme School in Cheshire. He has two actress sisters named Emily Fleeshman and Rosie Fleeshman.
Fleeshman made the announcement that he is now a vegetarian in 2019 via his Instagram account. He had already abstained from meat for more than two years at that point and had “never felt better ethically or physically.”
Fleeshman made his acting debut in the movie An Angel for May. He was 12 years old when he took on the part of Craig Harris in Coronation Street from 2002 to 2006.
He was the lone member of his fictional family to leave the show in 2005, when he was only 16 years old. On October 16, 2006, his farewell episode aired on television.
