Kevin Mathurin

Mathurin was born in 1973 in London.^[1] Aged seven, he began attending the Sylvia Young Theatre School.^[2] When founder Sylvia Young died in 2025, he paid his tributes, writing: "Thank you for the opportunities and belief".^[3] Since 2011, Mathurin has been in a relationship with DJ Nikki Beatnik. They have a son together.^[4][5] Mathurin also has a daughter.^[6] They live in south London, with Mathurin regularly travelling to Leeds for filming on Emmerdale.^[7]

Mathurin left college in 1991 and initially embarked on a dance-focused career; this included being a backing dancer for Diana Ross at Madison Square Garden.^[8] After acting in various projects as a child, Mathurin embarked on a stage career in the mid-2000s. He studied at City Lit, an adult education college in Holburn, where he appeared in numerous stage productions.^[9] After graduating from there, he continued making theatre appearances throughout the 2010s, as well as making various television and film appearances.^[9] In 2019, he appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as James Bailey.^[10] That same year, he made his National Theatre Live debut in Nine Night.^[11] He returned a year later for The Visit.^[12]

In 2020, Mathurin was cast as vicar Charles Anderson on the ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale.^[13][14] An onscreen family was introduced for his character,^[15] including children Ethan Anderson (Emile John) and Naomi Walters (Karene Peter) and mother Claudette Anderson (Flo Wilson).^[16][17] Wilson, who portrays his onscreen mother, had previously worked alongside Mathurin in The Visit.^[12] Upon his casting, he joked that his mother finally believed he had "made it", since she had watched Emmerdale since its first episode.^[1] For his role as Charles, Mathurin was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2021 Inside Soap Awards.^[18] At the 2023 ceremony, he was nominated for Best Actor, as well as Best Partnership alongside Rebecca Sarker. The Andersons were also nominated for Best Family.^[19]