George Christopher (actor)

George Christopher (born George Wilson, 5 March 1970) is a British actor and author.

Christopher is best known for his teenage role as Liverpudlian scamp Ziggy Greaves in Grange Hill, a role he played from 1986 to 1989. The character was a hit with viewers, and Wilson himself has compared his alter-ego with the series' original hero, Tucker Jenkins.^[1]

After Grange Hill, Christopher took on another high-profile role in the Channel 4 soap Brookside, as Little Jimmy Corkhill.^[2] He played the drug addict son of Jimmy Corkhill senior.

Christopher has since taken on a variety of stage and film roles, including a play about the Hillsborough disaster.

In 1999, Christopher was diagnosed with bipolar disorder,^[3] as referenced in his autobiography, From Grange Hill to Bipolar and Back, originally published on 2 December 2019.