Pete Dunwell appeared in Emmerdale as Jim Poulton, the DI in charge of investigating Tom King's kidnapping in September 2006.
His other television roles include EastEnders, Baddiel's Syndrome, Casualty, Coronation Street, No Angels, The Street, Dalziel and Pascoe, My Parents Are Aliens, Holby City, Heartbeat, Boy Meets Girl, Blackout, Doctors, All at Sea and Bad Move. He has also in the 1997 sci-fi blockbuster The Fifth Element.