Gregory Finnegan


Gregory Finnegan is a British actor. He plays the role of James Nightingale in Hollyoaks. His other acting credits include Spooks, The Last Detective, Is Harry on the Boat? and Blitz.

Career

Finnegan studied at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. His first television acting role was as Gabriel Brennan on the Sky One drama Is Harry on the Boat?. He later appeared in the film Winter Solstice and on the Channel 4 drama The Courtroom.
Finnegan also made appearances on Mile High, , the Crime drama The Last Detective as well as the BBC One show Spooks. Finnegan joined the cast of Family Affairs in 2005 as Nigel Dudley. Afterwards, he played the role of Terry in the short drama Fuse and on Blitz as a computer Geek. He played the role of Dr Alex Arnott for one episode of EastEnders, making an appearance on Doctors as Duncan Montague in 2011 and David Hewitt in 2012. Finnegan appeared on Valentine's Kiss as Henry Kendrick and as Owen Stanway in Casualty.
In January 2016, Finnegan joined the cast of Hollyoaks as James Nightingale. He was introduced as the lawyer of Cindy Cunningham, before it was revealed that he was the son of Mac Nightingale. Since his arrival, Finnegan's character James has been in a relationship with John Paul McQueen, involved in a love-triangle with characters Ste Hay and Harry Thompson, as well as being involved in a historical abuse storyline with his father Mac. Finnegan was shortlisted for Best Actor at the 2017 British Soap Awards and was also long-listed for Best Actor and Bad Boy at the Inside Soap Awards the same year but did not make the shortlist
In 2019, Finnegan won the British Soap Award for Best Actor for his role in Hollyoaks.