Dooley was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. He studied at the Arden School of Theatre in Manchester between 1992 and 1995.Dooley's first acting role was as Shaun in Groove On a Stanley Knife in 1997. He later played Ritchie Fitzgerald in Coronation Street from 1997 until 1998. He also appeared occasionally in EastEnders as Tom Stuart between 2001 and 2004 until he was replaced during his filming of The Street. He also had a role in P.O.W (TV Series) alongside Joe Absolom.Dooley played Peter Harper in BBC's drama series The Street.[1] He also featured in the 2007 television docudrama Diana: Last Days of a Princess. Dooley portrayed Kieran in the British horror film Salvage.[2] He portrayed police inspector Dick Alderman in all three parts of the Red Riding trilogy.In 2009, Dooley played the lead in HighTide's acclaimed production of Stovepipe at the West 12 Shopping Centre in Shepherd's Bush. In 2010, he appeared in BBC One's Five Days and in ITV's Married Single Other.In September 2010, he appeared as Derek Bennett in the BBC Four drama The Road to Coronation Street, as well as in "Gently Evil", an episode of the BBC One detective serial Inspector George Gently. On the 9th March 2012 Dooley appeared as Pere Garvey in an episode of hit ITV comedey Benidorm, as the brother of long term character Mick Garvey, Pete is in Benidorm with his father for his stag doIn 2011 he appeared in the BBC dramas Exile, alongside John Simm, and Great Expectations.Dooley has also starred in films such as Eden Lake (Celador Films) and The Woman in Black (Hammer Films).
