Background
Cotton was born Antony Dunn in Bury, Greater Manchester, the son of actress Enid Dunn.
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He attended Woodhey High School at Holcombe Brook, Ramsbottom, and the Oldham Theatre Workshop.
Career
He has an elder brother, Andrew. Cotton supports the Terrence Higgins Trust and is a patron of the LGF The Albert Kennedy Trust and the Queer Up North festival. In August 2009, it was reported in Digital Spy that Cotton is "openly gay".
In January 2012, football player Michael Ball was fined by the Football Association for a homophobic rant on Twitter about Cotton.
Television Cotton has appeared in several shows at the Oldham Coliseum, including The Fifteen Streets and The Hobbit at Manchester"s Palace and Opera House. He appeared in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in the Middlesbrough.
Awards and recognition.
Achievements
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In 2005, Cotton won the Most Popular Newcomer category at the National Television Awards for his role in Coronation Street. Cotton won the 2005 Inside Soap Awards for Best Newcomer and Funniest Performance. 2006 he won (again) the award for Funniest Performance. At the 2007 British Soap Awards, Cotton was awarded the Best Actor award, which was voted for by the public. Also in 2007 he won Best Actor at the Inside Soap Awards.
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