Born in Salford, Lancashire. He often returns there to fight for local issues and is a patron of the arts for the area. By: Christopher Eccleston trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and first came to public attention as Derek Bentley in Let Him Have It (1991). However, it was a regular role in the TV series "Cracker" (1993), culminating in his character's dramatic death in the second season, that made him a recognizable figure in the UK. He appeared in the low-b ...[Read Story]