Ryan Mulvey joined Coronation Street last year as bad boy Brody Michaelis and the actor comes from a very talented family
Joe Crutchley Screen Time Reporter
10:08, 02 Feb 2026Updated 10:08, 02 Feb 2026
Coronation Street’s Brody Michaelis actor has famous dad and fans will be stunned(Image: ITV)
Coronation Street actor Ryan Mulvey has become a firm favourite on the soap and it turns out he has a rather famous father.
Ryan made his debut last year as Brody Michaelis, one of the fellow teens in the Secure Training Centre (STC) with Dylan Wilson (Liam McCheyne).
After getting released, it was revealed that Brody was the son of troublemakers Mick (Joe Layton) and Lou Michaelis (Farrel Hegarty) who had moved to Weatherfield.
A ton of drama has since followed including Mick’s arrest for killing Craig Tinker (Colson Smith) in a drunken rage. Lou has also been put behind bars for attacking Gary Windass (Mikey North) after he refused to participate in her desperate scheme to extort money from him.
Ryan joined the soap last year(Image: ITV)
As for Brody, he has remained on the cobbles after Sally (Sally Dynevor) and Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine) took him in alongside his little sisters, Joanie and Shanice. And while Brody’s life on-screen has been full of drama, off-screen actor Ryan’s family life is the complete opposite as his real father is not just a role model, but a star-maker.
His father is Eamon Mulvey, who helped train Marcus Rashford, as senior academy coach and player development mentor for Manchester United. He and his mother Heidi, who is employed by the National Grid, couldn’t be more proud or supportive of their son.
His dad is a famous face(Image: BT SPORT)
“I am really close to both my parents and my sister, Freya. They are super proud of me,” Ryan previously told The Mirror. He added: “Dad coaches at the academy at Manchester United and he has an amazing job.
“My grandad used to play for Blackburn and my grandma, Carol (his wife) enjoys football more than all of us! There’s a running joke in the family that I have never played football but I always get cast in a game!”
Ryan didn’t want to follow in his father’s footsteps
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Instead of eagerly following his family into the beautiful game, he rebelled against a career in football. Speaking about his father and grandfather, he says: “They were both very good players, but I was stubborn as a kid.
“Every person – because of dad and grandad – was like ‘you are going to be a footballer’. But, as a kid, I pushed it away and said I wanted to do the opposite.
“It’s a shame, as I could have the best mentor ever, but everything happens for a reason and I love the job I do now. Playing Brody in Coronation Street is a dream come true.”
Coronation Street airs Monday to Friday at 8:30pm on ITV1 and ITVX