Main pic: Frank Laverty as DS Jordan in Emmerdale. Credit: ITV.

A Donegal actor was portrayed to an audience of millions last night in the latest episode of the hit UK soap, Emmerdale.

Frank Laverty, from Stranorlar, plays ‘DS Jordan’ who is investigating a dramatic cliff plunge. The long-running ITV soap opera has a regular viewership of more than four million per episode.

Laverty, who cut his teeth with the local Butt Drama Circle in Ballybofey, is now based in London and is also currently starring in a theatre show.

Last night, DS Jordan was seen arresting Robert Sugden for attempted murder after Aaron and John ‘tumbled down a cliff’. The character played by Laverty, who has appeared on Emmerdale before, is tasked with getting to the bottom of the crime.

Laverty, who regularly visits his hometown, has also recently been seen play­ing the role of Cia­ran in Mer­man series Bad Sis­ters (Apple TV+); Gabe in Sis­terS (IFC Films/​RTÉ); and the role of Michael in Shane Meadow’s The Virtues (Chan­nel 4/​Warp Films). He recently fin­ished film­ing on Hid­den Assets series 3.

Laverty started his professional career as an Abbey player after grad­u­at­ing from drama col­lege in Dublin. He has worked at the Abbey The­atre reg­u­larly over the past 20 years where he has appeared in var­i­ous pro­duc­tions includ­ing The House, Done­gal, Iphi­ge­nia at Aulis, Por­tia Cough­lan, Away Alone, Sour Grapes, The Ham­let Project, The Count­less Cath­leen, Sil­ver­lands, The Win­ter Thief, On The Outside/​On The Inside, The Com­edy of Errors, Famine, Trans­la­tions and Aris­to­crats among others.

 

Popular Donegal actor stars before millions on Emmerdale! was last modified: September 12th, 2025 by Staff Writer

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