Rob Donovan

Robert Darren Donovan is a character in the British Soap opera Coronation Street and has been played by Marc Baylis since July 2012. He serves as a central character in 2012 and 2013, and the hidden but true main antagonist in 2014. He will return briefly near the end of 2015 for a short storyline.

Biography
Rob Donovan was born as the youngest brother to Carla Connor. When Carla had left home to marry Paul Connor, Rob was left alone to look after his drug taking mother. His mother had gotten into debts with nasty people and Rob took part in a bank robbery in order to help pay her debts, but was arrested and sentenced to seven-years in prison.

Years later Rob was released in July 2012, and came to visit his sister Carla at her factory in Coronation Street whilst she was in the middle of a domestic with partner Peter Barlow. After intervening and jumping to her defense, Rob and Carla had caught up but it was clear he was still pretty raw about her abandoning him. When Carla had chosen to leave Weatherfield with Peter, Rob had agreed to run the factory until she returned, along with old flame Michelle.

Rob ran the factory for most of 2012, and had dated Eva Price however they split up when he had an affair. In 2013 he had began to date Tracy Barlow much to the disapproval of her family. Later that year they had set up a shop Barlow's Buys when Tracy's brother Peter had owed money to Rob and allowed them to use the property for his failed bookies business. In early 2014, they had gotten engaged. They briefly split up when Tracy had learned Rob shared a kiss with her enemy Tina McIntyre, but they resumed the relationship as they worked well together.

In May 2014 Rob had bludgeoned Tina when she had threatened to expose her affair with Peter. Fearing his sister Carla being upset, Rob accidentally knocked Tina off the Builder's Yard roof and later beat her to unconsciousness. She had died a week later. Rob was relieved when Peter was suspected of being the killer and charged.

Trivia

 * Since Carla's debut in December 2006, she had always referenced to a brother named "Darren". However upon his debut in July 2012, he was given the first name Rob, with Darren as his middle name.