In 2010 Overton played Liam McAllister, a former footballer who became a
cage fighter, in
Hollyoaks. In 2017 he directed a short film called
The Silent Child, about a
profoundly deaf four-year-old girl who is taught
British sign language by a social worker, played by Rachel Shenton (who was also in
Hollyoaks). His second short film as a director,
Leader, was about
climate change, and made using a
smartphone. It had its world premiere at the
SmartFone Flick Fest in
Sydney, Australia. ==Personal life==