Bruce Jones (actor)

Bruce Jones is an English actor, best known for his role as cab driver Les Battersby in Coronation Street. He left the role in 2007. Joness real name is Ian Roy Jones, but he took the name of his father for professional purposes.

Jones was born to Bruce and Irene Jones in Collyhurst, Manchester, Lancashire. He was brought up in a typical working class household before he went to live with his grandmother in Wales where he joined his school drama group at the age of eleven and dreamt of becoming an actor.

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