{"id":442016,"date":"2025-09-21T23:50:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T23:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/442016\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T23:50:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T23:50:16","slug":"hollyoaks-max-cunningham-star-has-completely-different-career-17-years-after-soap-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/442016\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollyoaks’ Max Cunningham star has completely different career 17 years after soap exit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matt Littler played Max Cunningham in Hollyoaks for 11 years before his character was killed off on his wedding day in 2008<\/p>\n

Angie Quinn<\/strong> Screen Time Reporter <\/p>\n

18:15, 21 Sep 2025<\/p>\n

\"Hollyoaks\"Hollyoaks’ Max and Tom Cunningham during the 2000s (Image: Channel 4)<\/p>\n

Hollyoaks legend Matt Littler is virtually unrecognisable from his beloved soap character Max Cunningham, 17 years after departing the Channel 4<\/a> drama.<\/p>\n

Matt, now 43, seems to have forged a thriving career behind the scenes following his character’s dramatic exit from the programme back in 2008.<\/a><\/p>\n

The ex-soap favourite joined Hollyoaks<\/a> as Max in 1997, stepping into the role previously held by Ben Sheriff. His character became renowned for his tight-knit and comedic bond with best mate Sam ‘OB’ O’Brien, portrayed by Darren Jeffries.<\/a><\/p>\n

Though their bromance faced numerous challenges over the years, particularly when Clare Devine, played by Gemma Bissix, entered the picture, reports the Manchester Evening News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Hollyoaks\"Hollyoaks’ Max died on his wedding day to Steph (Image: Channel 4)<\/p>\n

Eventually, Max discovered romance with Steph Dean (Carley Stenson) and the pair made plans for their future together.<\/p>\n

Tragically, disaster struck during Max and Steph’s wedding ceremony when the bridegroom was struck by a vehicle driven by his intoxicated rival Niall Rafferty (Barry Sloane).<\/p>\n

Max perished at the scene whilst Steph, OB and his younger sibling Tom Cunningham (Ellis Hollins) desperately attempted to rescue him.<\/p>\n

After departing the soap in 2008, Matt has transitioned from performing in front of the lens to working behind it, now creating documentaries and short films.<\/p>\n

\"MattMatt Littler is famed for playing Max Cunningham on Hollyoaks(Image: Tim Roney\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Earlier this year Matt shared news of his latest venture after securing work with an “award winning director” and jetted off to Texas for production.<\/p>\n

Posting on Instagram<\/a>, Matt looked directly at the camera and said: “It’s not every day you get booked by an Emmy award winning director and your old gaffer from T4 to fay out to Texas to shot in VR.<\/p>\n

“Erm that’s what’s just happened, and here I am in Texas filming in VR, feels like the thing you should make social media about.”<\/p>\n

\"Hollyoaks\"Matt Littler is now working behind the camera after leaving Hollyoaks in 2008(Image: Matt Littler \/ Instagram )<\/p>\n

Announcing his thrilling new gig across the pond, Matt penned: “Spent last week at #SXSW shooting immersive and generally causing trouble with @richcook01 Met some awesome people – @victoriapchamlee @samwrench and the whole SXSW team, thanks so much for an awesome shoot!”.<\/p>\n

In another Instagram snap, Matt was spotted braving the London rain as he made his way to the House of Lords to discuss immersive technology<\/a> and its potential to enhance learning for youngsters. His other ventures include utilising his skills to combat knife crime.<\/p>\n

When he’s not in front of the camera, Matt also works as a vocal coach and his voice has been featured in several Game Of Thrones video games.<\/p>\n

Hollyoaks airs Monday to Wednesday on E4 at 7pm and first look episodes can be streamed Channel 4 from 7am<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matt Littler played Max Cunningham in Hollyoaks for 11 years before his character was killed off on his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[411,77,149425,1983,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-442016","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-channel-4","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-gemma-bissix","11":"tag-hollyoaks","12":"tag-tv","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115244972553727801","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}