Ellis Hollins

Hollins was born in Hollinwood, Oldham, on 14 November 1999.^[1] Aged 3, he was cast as Tom Cunningham in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks.^[2] Hollins was nominated for a British Soap Award in the Best Dramatic Performance from a Young Actor or Actress category in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011. He won the award in 2006.^[3] Hollins won Best Young Actor at the Inside Soap Awards in 2006^[4] and 2008^[5] and was nominated for the award in 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011.^[6][7][8][9] In 2008, he won Best Child Actor at the inaugural Digital Spy Soap Awards.^[10] In 2009 in a poll for Inside Soap magazine, Hollins' Hollyoaks character, Tom, was voted 'Soap's Greatest Ever Youngster'.^[11] Hollins was also nominated for Best Young Actor at the 2012 Inside Soap Magazine awards.^[12]

In 2006, Hollins played the part of Nathan Lamis in the Dan Wilde production of Alpha Male.^[13] In 2012, he played the role of a young Hans Christian Andersen in the BBC Radio 4 drama The Beautiful Ugly.^[13] In 2024, it was announced that after 21 years, Hollins had been axed from Hollyoaks and would be departing from his role as Tom.^[14] He made his final appearance in 2025.^[15]