Jamie Sweeney

Jamie Sweeney (born in London on 11 September 1985) is a British actor best known for playing Danny Spooner on the CBBC show Kerching!.

Actor filmography

Sweeney first appeared on screen as a 'lost boy' during [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRIT_Award#Jarvis_Cocker.27s_stage_invasion_.281996.29|Michael Jackson's infamous 1996 BRIT Award performance] . He then had various small roles, mostly in BBC Children's programmes until 2001 when appeared for one season in the series "Manchild", where he played the character Wayne. The next year he played the role of Jamie walker in The Bill and had a minor part in the film "Shooters". In 2002 Sweeney was cast in the CBBC sitcom series "Kerching!", as the main character's sidekick Danny. Sweeney went on the star in all four seasons of the show. During his time on "Kerching!" he returned to The Bill playing a different character called Darren Martin.

Most recently Sweeney has appeared on the BBC Three 2007 sketch show "Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor" playing school boy Kevin, the target of his teacher's flirtatious advances.

Interviews

Jamie Sweeney has appeared in several mini interviews on CBBC and the CBBC Channel to promote the broadcasts of "Kerching!" which he appears in.

In one of these CBBC interviews, Jamie revealed that he once dated one of the female cast-members of the show "Kerching!", but so far he has refused to reveal the person. Rumours on the internet speculate that it was likely Elspeth Rae who played Alex Moss on the show.

See also

*CBBC
*Kerching!
*CBBC Channel

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1146870/ IMDB's Profile]
* [http://experts.about.com/e/j/ja/Jamie_Sweeney.htm Jamie info]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/k/kerching_1299003530.shtml "Kerching!" information]
* [http://www.tv.com/jamie-sweeney/person/108075/summary.html 'The Bill' information]