Career
Born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, Houghton trained at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds. His first West End production was Children of Eden. He has toured the United Kingdom in Grease, Mission Saigon and Annie Get Your Gun.
Houghton"s television credits include regular roles in London"s Burning, BUGS, Holby City and Bernard"s Watch, a guest role in Doctors and an appearance on French National Television singing the title role in The Phantom of the Opera.
Houghton spent time in Ireland playing several roles in a film workshop for new and established directors, including Stephen Frears and Jude Kelly. He is also patron of Footloose Stage School.
In January 2011, it was revealed he would join the cast of Coronation Street as a love interest for Sally Webster. His first appearance on screen was in February 2011 and his last on 4 November 2011.
Music career In 1997, Houghton released his eponymous debut album for BMG/Radio Corporation of America, which sold 200,000 copies and earned him a gold disc.
The first single from the album, a cover version of the song "Wind Beneath My Wings", reached Number. 3 on the United Kingdom Chart, while his rendition of Lionel Richie"s 1982 song "Truly", reached #23 in 1998.
