Dexter Ansell has appeared in the ITV soap as Carl King Jr. since 2014

Emmerdale’s Carl King Jr. character has a famous father that many fans may not know about.

Carl, the son of Jimmy and Juliette Holliday, is better known as Carl King Jr. , named after his uncle.

Recently, Carl was at the heart of an Emmerdale plotline where he caught his cousin Tom King destroying evidence of his abuse towards his wife Belle on a tablet.

Since his first appearance in the soap in 2014, several actors have portrayed Carl. In 2016, Dexter Ansell played the role before current actor Charlie Joyce took over.

Dexter then went on to play Dawn’s son Lucas Taylor from 2019 until 2021, reports Leeds Live.

However, Dexter’s father is none other than G4 star Jonathan Ansell. Jonathan, along with bandmates Mike Christie, Duncan Sandilands and Jai McDowall, formed the pop-opera group G4.

The band finished second on The X Factor in 2004 and sold more than 1.5 million albums in the UK, accompanied by five sell-out tours. However, they split in 2007.

By 2014, they had reunited for a series of tours and are still together today. Jonathan has also enjoyed a successful solo career, releasing four albums.

Jonathan and his wife Debbie King, former host of ITV game show Quizmania, have two children together.

However, Dexter’s parents aren’t the only big names in his family. Since his departure from Emmerdale in 2016, the young actor has ascended to the heights of Hollywood, securing a role in the Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, alongside renowned stars such as Peter Dinklage and Viola Davis.

In the film, Dexter portrayed the youthful version of Coriolanus Snow the antagonist of the book series in a demanding segment that saw him traversing a desolate wasteland in a frantic quest for food while others around him resorted to cannibalism.

Since his time in the Dales, Dexter has also featured in Sky series The Midwich Cuckoos, Hullraisers and The Moor.