Mark Sheals
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| Full name | Mark Sheals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 November 1966 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mark Sheals is an actor, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at club level for Swinton, Leigh, Oldham and Wakefield Trinity.[1][3]
Acting career
[edit]Mark Sheals played "Dessie the Gangster" in episode 15 of series 5 of the Channel 4 television drama series Shameless.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Player Summary: Mark Sheals". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
- ^ "Former Leigh star acting the part". Total Rugby League. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2025.