Jacob Roberts: Hollyoaks to Coronation Street

Anyone who follows British soaps has felt that small jolt of recognition when a familiar face turns up in a different street. That was the case when Jacob Roberts, six years in as Hollyoaks’ Damon Kinsella, arrived on Coronation Street in 2024 as Kit Green, Bernie Winter’s secret son.

Age: 34 (born 29 June 1990) ·
Height: 5 ft 10 in (approx) ·
Notable roles: Damon Kinsella (Hollyoaks), Kit Green (Coronation Street) ·
Nationality: English ·
Birthplace: Salford, Greater Manchester, England

Six rows of biography, one pattern: the career facts are documented; the personal details are not.

Is Jacob Roberts in a relationship?

Unlike his Coronation Street character, Roberts keeps his private life off the public record. His social feeds are a mix of set photos, filming updates, and the occasional promotional post — not relationship content.

Is Jacob Roberts married in real life?

• No marriage, engagement, or public partner has been announced.
• His X feed shows no partner or family posts — just career updates.

As of 2025, there is no public record of Roberts being married or in a relationship. He hasn’t addressed the topic in interviews, and biographical listings don’t mention a spouse.

Where does Jacob Roberts live?

• UK-based, with work centred on Manchester, where Coronation Street is filmed.

Coronation Street is produced in Manchester, and Roberts’ own training base was in Salford and Manchester, so the Manchester area is his natural professional home. He hasn’t shared a precise address, and no source has published one.

Is Jacob Roberts on Facebook?

• There’s no verified Facebook account under his name.

Roberts’ public presence is on Instagram and X, not Facebook. That matches his posting style: visual platforms for set updates, not a personal Facebook page.

The pattern: every public post is professional. Until Roberts chooses to share something personal, the honest answer to the relationship question is “not publicly known.”

The implication: Roberts’ public silence on personal matters is a deliberate choice, not an oversight.

How tall is Jacob Roberts on Coronation Street?

Height is one of those details viewers want because it affects how a character reads on screen. In Kit Green’s police uniform, Roberts looks like a solid presence beside the street’s longer-serving cast members.

What is Jacob Roberts’ height in cm?

Listed around: 5 ft 10 in · In centimetres: 178 cm · Official confirmation: none

• Around 178 cm, based on the commonly repeated 5 ft 10 in figure.
• No official casting profile or agency listing publishes his height.

The number that circulates most often is 5 ft 10 in, which converts to roughly 178 cm. It fits his on-screen framing next to other characters, but without an official listing, it remains an estimate rather than a verified measurement.

Why this matters: the figure fans want is the figure no official source has confirmed — so the estimates keep circulating.

The catch: without an official figure, fan estimates will continue to vary.

Who is Jacob Roberts’ father?

This question mixes two different things: the actor’s real family and his on-screen family. The two are easy to confuse because Kit Green’s parentage is a major storyline.

Does Jacob Roberts have children?

• No children appear in any public record or biographical listing.

Roberts hasn’t mentioned being a father in interviews, and no credible report suggests otherwise. On this, the public record is simply empty.

Is Kit related to Bernie?

• Yes — on Coronation Street, Kit is Bernie Winter’s secret son.

This is the twist that brought Roberts into the show. Kit arrived as a police officer carrying a hidden connection to Bernie, and the reveal drove his early storylines. The fiction, in other words, gives fans more family detail than the actor’s real life ever has.

The trade-off: Kit’s family tree is public because it’s a storyline; Roberts’ own family is private because he keeps it that way. The two are worth keeping separate.

How old is the actor that plays Kit in Coronation Street?

Age is a simple question with a simple answer, but it keeps coming up because the show has never given Kit a birth year or an age range.

When was Jacob Roberts born?

• Born 29 June 1990, making him 34 as of 2025.

Roberts was 33 when Kit Green’s first episodes aired, and he turned 34 in June 2025. The show doesn’t reference Kit’s age, so viewers use Roberts’ real age as the closest reference point for the character.

The implication: Roberts joined Hollyoaks in 2017 and Coronation Street in 2024 — a steady climb through two of Britain’s biggest soaps, with his best-known work still ahead of him.

What else has Jacob Roberts been in?

Before Coronation Street, Roberts had a six-year run on Hollyoaks that made him a familiar face to Channel 4 viewers. His path into television was less direct than the credits suggest.

What is Jacob Roberts’ role in Hollyoaks?

• Damon Kinsella, a regular role he played from 2017 until 2023.

Roberts trained at the First Take School of Acting in Salford and appeared in early television advertisements for HSBC and Alton Towers, according to the Manchester Evening News (regional news outlet). That mix of commercial work and local stage training gave him the base for a soap career that now spans two of the UK’s biggest shows.

Who is Kit Green in Coronation Street?

• Kit is a police officer and the secret son of Bernie Winter.

Roberts has described Kit as “dodgy” and morally compromised, according to interview coverage in Inside Soap via Yahoo News (soap magazine). It’s a different register from Damon Kinsella, and Roberts has said he enjoys the darker side of the character.

Has Jacob Roberts been in Vikings?

• No — his credited television work is in modern-drama soaps, not historical epics.

Vikings comes up because viewers sometimes confuse Roberts with another actor. His documented credits show no work on that show, and no credible source has linked him to it.

Has Jacob Roberts been in Emmerdale?

• No — Emmerdale is not in his credited television history.

Emmerdale and Coronation Street are both ITV soaps, which may explain the confusion. Roberts’ only major ITV role so far is Kit Green.

The pattern: every credit so far is serial drama, which makes Roberts’ range inside the genre — not outside it — the thing to watch.

What this means: Roberts’ career arc is defined by serial drama mastery, not range across genres.

Timeline signal

Four dates, one pattern: a decade of British soap work with a short break between contracts.

The takeaway: Roberts’ move to Coronation Street wasn’t a cameo — it was a full transition, and the speed of it tells fans how much the show rates him.

Confirmed facts and what’s still unclear

What this means: fans can trust the career record and should treat the personal details as open questions until Roberts addresses them himself.

What Roberts has said

Roberts has told Inside Soap that he enjoys Kit’s darker side — the moral compromises, the decisions that make the character hard to read. He’s also hinted that the stunt work is part of the appeal.

— Jacob Roberts, in Inside Soap via Yahoo News (soap magazine)

The casting announcement set up Kit as Bernie Winter’s secret son — a policeman with a secret that would reshape one of Coronation Street’s most tangled family stories.

— Coronation Street casting announcement, reported by Daily Express (UK national press)

On Instagram, Roberts has built anticipation for Kit’s biggest storyline yet — a tease that suggests the secret-son reveal is only the beginning.

— Jacob Roberts, Instagram post (actor’s official profile)

The pattern: Roberts talks about the work, not the fame — which is exactly why the work keeps getting bigger.

Jacob Roberts is a straightforward read as an actor and a deliberately opaque read as a person. The career record says two major soaps, a solid stage background, and a Coronation Street role that is still unfolding; the personal record says almost nothing, and that silence is the point. For Coronation Street fans, the choice is clear: enjoy Kit Green’s arc on screen, and treat details like Roberts’ height, father, or relationship status as what they are — unconfirmed — until he chooses to share them.

Related reading

• Matthew Wolfenden: Emmerdale, Split, Illness & Hollyoaks — another British soap actor profile with a Hollyoaks connection.
• Nathan Braniff: Who Plays Tommy Foster in Blue Lights — another “who plays” actor profile built around a single breakout role.

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