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Emmerdale Kyle Winchester actor Huey Quinn’s life off air and real age

Emmerdale child star Huey Quinn, who plays the role of Kyle Winchester on the ITV soap, has been hailed " the best child actor” by viewers given his performance of late.

As viewers of the Yorkshire based soap all know, the 10-year-old was recently revealed as Al's real killer, however, Cain Dingle is currently spending time behind bars in a bid to protect his son.

In recent scenes Cain told Amy to run away with Kyle but after speaking to Moira she decided to ignore Cain’s wishes and made a pact with Moira to keep this horrific secret buried.

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More recently viewers have made chilling predictions that the youngster will strike again after seeing his behaviour deterriate in the aftermath of the crime. Kyle was forced to get picked up early from school when he got into a fight with one of his school friends.

When Amy brought Kyle home, she was concerned by his violent behaviour as she told him off and urged him not to do it again

However, Kyle seemed numb to the situation as he aggressively replied: “I’ve done worse!”. Things got worse, while he was playing a video game a gunshot triggered him and he reacted badly.

Cain asked Amy to run away with Kyle (ITV)

And while the future for 10-year-old Kyle is uncertain it seems like there's only good things to come for child star Huey as fans have been left in awe of his acting skills.

Huey Quinn is the third child actor to play Kyle Winchester in Emmerdale. He took over the role from Molly and Isaac Ainsworth in 2013 after Kyle was reintroduced to the show and has remained in the role ever since.

Actor, Huey, is 10 years and 11 months old, he is set to turn 11 in December, making him the exact same age as his on-screen persona Kyle.

Huey first burst on to our screens in an advertisements for retail giant John Lewis in 2017. Prior to this his mum also ran a YouTube account where she would post home videos, in which Huey can be seen unwrapping presents.

Emmerdale fans praise actor during 'amazing' episode in Kyle shooting twist (ITV)

And while this may be the youngsters first major acting role, given the feedback from viewers we highly doubt it will be his last! Viewers have been taking to social media to praise Huey for his “outstanding" performance.

One fan @memesEmmerdale Tweeted: “The Actor who plays Kyle was brilliant in tonight’s episode #Emmerdale.” While @ajbarrett69 commented: “Outstanding storyline and acting from everyone involved in this episode tonight. The Young Lad who plays Kyle. Take a bow young man.”

@waylo12 said: “Fantastic episode @emmerdale @HordleyJeff @nataliejcrobb @nataliejamieson, especially the little lad who plays Kyle #emmerdale.” While @PaulPoeUK added: “Amazing episode tonight I have to say. #Emmerdale, well done to that little actor”

And it seems it isn't just the viewers at home who have been impressed by Huey's performance, Emmerdale's Natalie Ann Jamieson, who plays, Amy Wyatt (Kyle's mum) has credited her young co-star for making filming "tough scenes" easier.

Natalie even admitted Huey had to help her out with some of her lines, she said: “It’s so funny… every time I forgot a line, he’d tell me it, I’d go ‘Why do you know my lines? You’ve got enough of your own to learn!’”

Expressing her pride for Huey during the filming of emotionally draining scenes, Natalie added: “They’re very emotional scenes. We filmed it one day, just the two of us on set. There was lots of crying… it was draining. There’s a lot for Huey to do in that episode so I was just so proud of him.”

You can visit our Emmerdale homepage to find the latest gossip about the soap and its stars.

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