Zak Dingle
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| Emmerdale character | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Steve Halliwell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1994– | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 20 October 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Mervyn Watson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spin-off appearances |
Emmerdale: The Dingles Down Under (1997)
The Dingles in Venice (1999) The Dingles For Richer for Poorer (2010) |
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| Classification | Present; regular | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Handyman Pig farmer |
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| Home | Dale Head | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Father | Jedediah Dingle |
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| Mother | Peg Dingle |
| Brothers |
Shadrach Dingle Albert Dingle Caleb Dingle Ezra Dingle Zebediah Dingle |
| Wife |
Nellie Lynch (until 1997) Lisa Clegg (1998–2016) Joanie Wright (2016–2017) |
| Sons | Nathan Dingle Ben Dingle Butch Dingle Cain Dingle Sam Dingle |
| Daughters |
Tina Dingle Belle Dingle |
| Adoptive sons | Kyle Wyatt (legal guardian) |
| Grandsons |
Samson Dingle Kyle Wyatt |
| Granddaughters | Debbie Dingle |
| Grandfathers | Jonah Dingle |
| Uncles | Bert Dingle |
| Aunts | Maud Dingle |
| Nephews |
Marlon Dingle Eli Dingle |
| Nieces |
Mandy Dingle Chas Dingle Lilith Dingle Del Dingle Genesis Walker |
| First cousins | Obadiah Dingle Solomon Dingle Elvis Dingle Marilyn Dingle |
| Other relatives |
Charity Tate Noah Dingle Sarah Sugden Jack Sugden Aaron Livesy Moses Dingle Leo Goskirk April Windsor Molly Sharma |
Zachariah Bartholomew "Zak" Dingle is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, Emmerdale, played by Steve Halliwell. He first appeared on 20 October 1994.
Halliwell initially joined the show as part of the Dingle family and was only initially supposed to stay for a few episodes, but has become a key part of the show for over 20 years. He has been nominated for several awards for his portrayal of Zak. Some of Zak's storylines have included his wife Nellie divorcing him in 1994, marrying Lisa Clegg (Jane Cox) in 1996, having a daughter, Belle (Emily Mather; Eden Taylor-Draper) in 1998, the death of his son, Butch (Paul Loughran) in 1999, Lisa being raped in 2011, assaulting his son Cain (Jeff Hordley) and leaving him temporarily paralysed in 2011, suffering a mental breakdown also in 2012, trying to control his rebellious daughter falling in love with eventually marrying his lodger Joanie Wright (Denise Black)
Zak arrives in the village in October 1994 and immediately challenges old bare-knuckle boxing adversary Ned Glover (Johnny Leeze) to a bare-knuckle fight, which he goes on to lose. Zak's family start a feud with the McAllister family over the death of his son, Ben (Steve Fury), following a fight with Luke McAllister (Noah Huntley) two months earlier. Despite discovering that Ben had a heart defect, the Dingles still blame Luke and force the family, except Luke, to leave the village. He is enraged to discover his daughter, Tina (Jacqueline Pirie) is in a relationship with Luke and attacks him until Tina tells him she is expecting Luke's baby. The truth is revealed when Tina humiliates Luke at the altar and tells him that there is no baby, in revenge for Ben's death. After Luke is killed in a car crash in August 1995, the Dingles and McAllisters put the feud aside. Zak's wife, Nellie (Sandra Gough) attends to her sick father, Jimmy in Ireland but does not return.
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