Chris Overton

Chris Overton is an English actor and filmmaker. He is known for his role as Liam McAllister in the soap opera Hollyoaks, and for directing and co-producing the short film The Silent Child, which garnered him an Academy Award. Early life and education Chris Overton was born and grew up in Cannock, Staffordshire. Career In 2010 Overton played Liam McAllister, a former footballer who became a cage...

Chris Overton is an English actor and filmmaker. He is known for his role as Liam McAllister in the soap opera Hollyoaks, and for directing and co-producing the short film The Silent Child, which garnered him an Academy Award. Early life and education Chris Overton was born and grew up in Cannock, Staffordshire. Career In 2010 Overton played Liam McAllister, a former footballer who became a cage fighter, in Hollyoaks. In 2017 he directed a short film called The Silent Child, about a profoundly deaf four-year-old girl who is taught British sign language by a social worker, played by Rachel Shenton (who was also in Hollyoaks). The film won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. His second short film as a director, Leader, was about climate change, and made using a smartphone. It had its world premiere at the SmartFone Flick Fest in Sydney, Australia. Personal life Overton married Rachel Shenton, who had co-produced and starred in The Silent Child, in a private wedding in 2018, after being in a relationship since around 2010. Filmography Actor Director References External links Chris Overton at IMDb Chris Overton at Directors Now (includes interview)