RADA-trained actor Howard Lee appeared sporadically on Coronation Street between June 2009 and November 2020 as Howard Lee - the counsellor of an alcoholics' support group that Peter Barlow attended.
His stage credits have included roles in productions of Where the Wild Things Are, The Mayor of Casterbridge and Kathmandu, whilst on screen he has been credited for roles in Shackleton, The New Statesman, Agatha Christie's Poirot, The Bill, Silent Witness, Where the Heart Is, Holby Blue, Doctor Who and Rosamunde Pilcher.
- This is a rare example of an actor who portrayed a character with the same name.