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Alex Carter is an English actor and radio presenter.
Carter got his TV break in 1999 when he was cast as Craig Harrison in 9 episodes of the Sunday evening drama Where the Heart Is. He then had a small walk on role in Coronation Street. Two years later he joined the cast of Hollyoaks as Lee Hunter, staying for four years before being written out when Lee left to embark on a round the world tour. Continuing the transpennine nature of his career, Carter returned to Yorkshire on 16 February 2006 as Jamie Hope in the ITV soap Emmerdale. On 8 February 2010, whilst appearing on Shaun Keaveny's breakfast show on BBC 6 Music, a show he regularly contributes to, he announced that he was leaving the soap after four years. On 15 March 2010 it was confirmed that after a five-year hiatus, Carter was returning to Hollyoaks.
Until the station's change of ownership and format in August 2008, Carter, a lifelong fan of Oldham Athletic football club, presented the Saturday afternoon sports programme Latics Live on The Revolution.
Carter attended the Blue Coat School, Oldham. His parents own the Post Office in Delph, Saddleworth, his brother Bruce is in a band called The Whip and he has a girlfriend Chloe.
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