Background
Moraghan was born in Toxteth, Liverpool on 27 January 1963.
Moraghan was born in Toxteth, Liverpool on 27 January 1963.
He has appeared in many British drama series including Peak Practice and Heartbeat. He is most famous for his roles as Greg Shadwick in Brookside, Ray Wyatt in Dream Team, Owen Davies in Holby City, and Adrian Atkins in Coronation Street. He started acting in 1978, when the British Broadcasting Corporation held auditions in his high school for the television play Lies, and he was selected.
On 14 May 1988, Moraghan started his professional acting career playing a ferryman in the comedy Help!, and he subsequently went on to play in many television series and several films.
His longest running role was Owen Davies, a Consultant Obstetrician, in Holby City which he played from 2001 until 2005. He also appeared in a television commercial for the fabric softener "Bounce" in 1996 with fellow Liverpudlian Katy Carmichael.
Moraghan is best known for his acting, but he also sings and in 2006 he starred in a musical production of Willy Russell"s "Our Day Out" at Liverpool"s Royal Court Theatre. He performed as a backing singer and percussionist in the Liverpool band Personal Column in the late 1970s.
In 2006, Moraghan came second in the British Broadcasting Corporation singing competition Just the Two of United States
He will star and co-direct the forthcoming feature film The Stepdad. On 9 April 2009 it was announced that Moraghan is touring the United Kingdom in a theatre production of Brian Clemens" play Strictly Murder, alongside Nick Barclay, Katie Funk, David Rumelle and Miriam Miller. Moraghan"s swing album, Moonlight"s Back In Style (words by Nicky Campbell) was released on Linn Records on 14 September 2009.
He sang the title song from the album on GMTV on 2 September 2009.
He was recently a member of the cast of the British independent film Allies (2014).
