Linus Roache began his acting career with a two-week appearance as a young Barlow on Coronation Street at the age of 11. He also played a boy with the Bubonic plague in The Onedin Line. he spent much of the next two decades on stage. In 1986 he had brief appearances in a few films, including Link. He was brought to attention in 1994 after appearing in the BBC TV series Seaforth.


Son of actors William Roache and the late Anna Cropper (who divorced in 1974); stepson of the late Sarah Roache. After Priest (1994) and the BBC wartime drama "Seaforth" (1994), Roache gave up acting and spent 18 months in India, where he discovered spiritual meditation.