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Ray Fearon dancing with Camilla Dallerup
Ray Fearon (born 1967 in London, England) is a British stage actor. He was a talented junior tennis player in his early teens.
He has played TV and film roles in Coronation Street (Nathan Harding) and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Firenze the centaur). Ray is at present dating Australian supermodel Elle McPherson.
Ray Fearon in Series Four
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Ray Fearon (BBC Profile)
Actor Ray Fearon was persuaded to take part in the show by his eight-year-old daughter who is a huge dance fan.
"I wasn't going to do it but she persuaded me – she'd have never forgiven me if I hadn't agreed to do it!"
Whilst he was hesitant to take part at first, Ray says that his daughter will be so thrilled to see him on the show that it makes it all worthwhile.
He is also delighted to be performing 'on stage' again and learning a new skill: "Where else would I get a chance to learn all this?"
Ray likes to exercise and keep fit but his dance experience is very limited, "other than back in the Eighties when dancing was such a large part of everyone's social life."
He hopes that his experience of meticulously choreographed fight scenes in some of his acting jobs will be similar to learning the dance steps and will help him out.
Ray's not embarrassed about any of the costumes the men have to wear.
"There's not much I haven't had to do for my acting – wearing a thong on stage, being sprayed gold, I've had my head shaved, grown beards... you name it!"
Ray Fearon is probably best-known as playing heartthrob mechanic Nathan Harding in Coronation Street.
His career has spanned stage and screen including ten years with the Royal Shakespeare Company, with whom he played most male leads including Othello, Hamlet and Romeo.
He also stared as Firenze in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
He lives in London and has a daughter.
Ray Fearon dancing with Camilla Dallerup in Series Four
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Camilla Dallerup
Camilla is a Danish beauty with huge charisma who specialises in Latin American dancing. She is Asian Pacific Latin American Champion and New Zealand Latin American Champion. Her professional dance partner is Ian Waite, who also appears in Strictly Come Dancing.
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