Wilson joined the cast of
Coronation Street in 1985 as
Martin Platt. The character was 16, had left school and taken a job at the cafe managed by
Gail Tilsley. Five years later, Gail was a widow and he became involved with her romantically. They married, divorced, and in between he became father to
David Platt. Wilson has said the main reason for leaving the serial in 2005 was because producers informed him of a storyline where he would date an underage girl and he did not agree with it. He subsequently appeared in several other UK television dramas, including an appearance in
Waterloo Road as Darren Briggs, Sr, a student's father whose crush on teacher
Davina Shackleton gets out of hand. Wilson also became a chef after leaving
Coronation Street. He has cooked in several
Michelin-starred restaurants, and is also a cheesemaker and purveyor of cheesy comestibles with his own business, Saddleworth Cheese Company. His book
The Great Northern Cookbook was published in 2012. The accompanying TV series was shown on
Channel 5, starting in January 2013. In 2018, Wilson reprised his role as Martin Platt in
Coronation Street for a few episodes. Wilson is a patron of a UK charity, Development of Children and Women Centre Nepal. ==Filmography==