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Joseph William Gilgun (born 9 March 1984) is an English actor known for several roles, including that of Vinnie O'Neill in the Sky One series Brassic, Eli Dingle in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, Jamie Armstrong in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street, Woody in the film This Is England (2006) and its subsequent spin-off series, and Rudy Wade in E4's Misfits. From 2016 to 2019, he starred in the AMC television adaptation of the Vertigo comic Preacher as the Irish vampire Cassidy. Gilgun was born in Chorley, Lancashire, to Judith and Andrew Gilgun. He grew up in Rivington, Lancashire, as part of a working-class family with his two younger sisters, Jennie Seddon and Rosie Thomson. Gilgun attended Rivington VA Primary School and Southlands High School. He has dyslexia and ADHD, which he describes as the "biggest pain of [his] life" and in interviews has openly discussed depression and anxiety. He started drama workshops at the age of eight, following advice from an educational psychologist, and was described as having "exceptional talent". He also trained at the Laine Johnson Theatre School and the Oldham Theatre Workshop. When he was 10, he got his first TV acting role in Coronation Street. He stayed with the show until he was thirteen years old. Gilgun studied A-Levels at Runshaw College. Outside of odd jobs and a few roles in small theatre productions, Gilgun worked as a plasterer until returning to acting full-time with Emmerdale in 2006.
Patrick O’Brian is a petty criminal willing to take almost any job alongside his best friend, Woozy Winks. While working as an enforcer for a small gang, Patrick is kidnapped and exposed to mysterious chemicals that melt his body, leaving him presumed dead. Found by FBI agent Nancy Morgan, Patrick awakens with immense shapeshifting powers. Brought before FBI Chief Branner, Patrick learns the gang who betrayed him is part of a vast criminal network kidnapping and mutating people for unknown purposes. He is offered a clean slate in exchange for helping bring them down. Patrick, now calling himself Plastic Man, alongside Woozy and Nancy, investigate similar past incidents like his own, battling a series of bizarre mutated villains while he struggles to leave his criminal past behind and prove he can change. Their investigation finally leads them to Gotham City, where Plastic Man teams up with the no-nonsense Batman to stop the true mastermind, Professor Radium, a scientist who mutated others in a desperate attempt to create someone who could cure his own radioactive condition. After a chaotic final battle, Plastic Man defeats the villain, earns a place as an FBI ally, and begins a new life.
