| Nick Tilsley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Coronation Street character | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
.png) Ben Price as Nick Tilsley (2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Warren Jackson (1981–1996) Adam Rickitt (1997–2004) Ben Price (2009–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1981–1999, 2002–2004, 2009–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 2062 5 January 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification | Present; regular | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Book appearances | Coronation Street: The Complete Saga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Crossover appearances | The Jeremy Kyle Show (2010) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Adam Rickitt as Nick Tilsley (2002) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nick Tilsley (also Platt) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street. He was born off screen during an episode broadcast on 31 December 1980, but made his first appearance on 5 January 1981. He was played by Warren Jackson from 1981 until 6 September 1996. Adam Rickitt took over the role on 15 October 1997 until 21 April 1999 but returned for three separate stints between 2002 and 2004 and made his final appearance as Nick on 11 July 2004. Ben Price took over the role on 21 December 2009. Price announced his intentions to leave the serial on 26 January 2017, before making his on-screen departure on 2 June 2017. However, on 23 April 2018, it was announced that Price would reprise his role as Nick, and he returned on 12 October 2018.
Nick is the first-born child of Brian (Christopher Quinten) and Gail Tilsley (Helen Worth). He is the older brother of Sarah (Tina O'Brien) and older half-brother of David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd) as well as the uncle of Bethany (Lucy Fallon) and Lily Platt (Brooke Malonie) and the grandson of Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls) and Ivy Tilsley (Lynne Perrie).
Nick's storylines have included his adolescent problems and his role in the fraught relationship between his parents, his teenage marriage to Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson) and their divorce, and his engagement to Maria Connor (Samia Smith). Since his return in 2009 his storylines have featured him remarrying and once again divorcing Leanne, his one-night stand with David's wife Kylie Platt (Paula Lane), suffering brain damage after being involved in a lorry crash which was caused by David, and his business partnership with and later one-day marriage to Carla Connor (Alison King). In late-May 2017, after a trip to the seaside with his enemies Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne) and Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson), he became trapped in quicksand. Since his return in 2018 his storylines have included: stealing £80,000 from grandmother Audrey, reuniting with ex-wife Leanne, going into business with Carla, opening a barber shop called Trim Up North with brother David, using stolen money and discovering that he has a son with his ex-girlfriend Natasha Blakeman (Rachel Leskovac).