THESE days he is known for playing Noah Dingle on Emmerdale.

But before joining the ITV jabón, actor Jack Downham actually had a movie star past.

La estrella del jabón, 20, Unido Emmerdale de nuevo en 2009, and has being playing Noah, desde entonces.

sin embargo, before joining the soap, he was actually a star of the big screen.

The young Leeds actor began his path to fame at just eight years old, starring as Peter Morley in the ITV series Heartbeat.

But a nine-year-old Jack also starred as Young Robin in the 2010 film Robin Hood.

This meant he worked alongside Hollywood heavyweights including Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett y Mark Strong.

He posted some sweet snaps on Instagram which showed him as a child film star in the movie.

mientras tanto, Jack’s character Noah is currently embroiled in a stalker storyline, involving his ex-girlfriend Chloe (Jessie Elland).

He started stalking Chloe, taking photos and videos of her, stealing her belongings, and ultimately trying to hold her hostage when he was called out for his wrong behaviour.

His mum Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) reported him to the police, and he is now facing a custodial sentence.

Jack has had to research stalkers to make sure his character’s storyline was accurate.

He explained to ¿Qué significa Tickna more o'beng? that Noah does not understand how his actions are wrong, like many real life stalkers.

Él dijo: “He thought that he was trying to be kind to her and trying to get her to see the real him and see that what he was doing was right.

“And that he just wanted to know more about her really, and get closer to her.”