Biographie
Hugill is from Barnard Castle, County Durham. His father, Deric was a bank manager at Spennymoor, Bishop Auckland and Barnard Castle. Hs mother, Gill, from Lincolnshire, was a teacher. He has an older brother and sister, Nigel and Debbie. He acted with the Middleton and District Musical Society, making his debut as the Artful Dodger in 'Oliver'. He attended Christchurch College in Oxford, where his brother had been. Whilst visiting his brother in London, he attended an audition and was offered a place at RADA. He made his theatrical debut in 1992 at The Royal Court theatre, playing Doug in 'Six Degrees of Separation which transferred to the Comedy Theatre in the West End. He joined the RSC (1994-1996), appearing in 'Twelfth Night' and 'Pentecost,' both in the West End. He made his television debut in 'Just a Gigolo' in 1993, followed by parts in 'The Upper Hand',and 'Dalziel and Pasco'. In 1996, he was appearing in 'A Going Concern' at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough when he was seen by the casting director of 'Coronation Street'. After doing a reading test, he was given the role of Detective Alan McKenna. His films include An English Lord in 'Henry V' and Kenny St John in 'Up On the Roof'. In 2000, he was in a touring production of 'Death Trap'. He then made the switch to producing. He produced and presented The Mole in the year 2000, before then becoming the flying producer of that show, taking it to over 30 countries. He then went on to produce other big reality hits like Beauty and the Geek and playing it straight before eventually becoming a senior producer at the production company Endemol. There, he created a number of the biggest shows, most notably being the banker on Deal or no Deal. He sold his company to ITV in 2022 and went on to become chief Creative Officer of Wheelhouse, the media company founded by Jimmy Kimmel. Therem he created and produced major reality shows for Disney, Hulu and Netflix, most notably the Netflix hit Million Dollar Secret.
