Calum Lill

Calum Lill (born 1995 or 1996) is a British actor. After graduating, Lill had guest roles in Doctors and Holby City in 2019, and he played the recurring role of Carlton Smith in the soap opera Hollyoaks in 2021. Lill almost quit the acting profession due to his struggle in getting acting roles and worked various jobs in between acting, including as a car salesman, which he did not like. Lill was later cast as Joel Deering in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, which he was very happy about. Lill enjoyed his experience on the soap and received praise for his portrayal of the villain and was nominated for Inside Soap Awards and a British Soap Award. Lill left the role at the end of the storyline in 2024 and he then portrayed Fleshcreep in the pantomime of Jack and the Beanstalk. In 2025, Lill announced that he would be acting in The Sociable Plover at the Old Red Lion, Islington, and that same year it was also announced that he would be briefly returning to Coronation Street.