Al Chapman

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Al Chapman is a fictional character and supporting antagonist of the British soap opera Emmerdale, debuting on 13th August 2019 and then serving as the show's secondary antagonist up until November 2022 as well as an overarching antagonist of the following years.

In his characterisation, Al was an ambitious businessman who had been formerly married to Jessie Grant and is also the father of their son Ellis. The character soon became involved in several major storylines that included a business partnership with the show's central villain Kim Tate; becoming a suspect in the murder of Kim's ex-husband Graham Foster; a relationship with Pyria Sharma that ended when he cheated on her with fellow protagonist Debbie Dingle; sleeping with Debbie's mother Charity Dingle to get back at her daughter; sparking conflicts with both Pyria's brother Jai Sharma and also Charity's cousin Marlon Dingle; clashing with the Dingle Family over his plans to buy The Woolpack public house; blackmailing Marlon's best-friend Paddy Kirk into collaborating with his illicit activates; embarking on a passionate affair with Paddy's wife Chas Dingle whilst dating her friend Kerry Wyatt at the same time; and a long-running feud with local hardman Cain Dingle that ultimately ended with Al's death at the hands of Cain's young son Kyle Winchester.

He was portrayed by Michael Wildman.

Biography[]

Al Chapman first came to Emmerdale in August 2019; he is the ex-wife of Jessie Grant and the father of their son Ellis, with whom he has a estranged father-son bond with due to their past.

Upon settling himself in the village, Al begins a romance with local resident Pyria Sharma. He also began working for Pyria's boss Kim Tate, whose romantic partnership and secret marriage with her right-hand man Graham Foster has collapsed. Soon enough, Kim seduces Al and requests him to dismiss Graham when the latter leaves Home Farm to start anew. In 2020, she orders Al to kill Graham but later changes her mind; however, Al doesn't see Kim's text of her change of heart and attempts to kill Graham - only to find out that he had already been murdered. Al then claims to have killed Graham and wants the money Kim promised to give him for doing the job; it also becomes apparent that Al may implicate either Kim or her son, Jamie, for the crime. But she later discovers his lies when Graham's killer, Pierce Harris, is exposed and arrested by Rhona Goskirk - the woman whom Graham had fallen in love with and tried to protect from Pierce, her ex-husband rapist, before his death.

By the end of 2020, Al had proposed to Pyria and the pair decide to get married. This goes against the advice of Pyria's brother Jai, who distrusts Al and is also sceptical of Pyria's relationships ever since her marriage to his business rival Rakesh Kotchea had completely fallen off the grid. Nevertheless, Jai and Pyria's father Rishi decides to give Al his blessing for Pyria's sake against Jai's objections. In Christmas that year, however, Al is revealed to be two-timing on Pyria with fellow entrepreneur Debbie Dingle. In 2021, Debbie and Pyria learn that Al has been playing them for fools and decide to get their revenge by stealing Kim's money and framing Al as the culprit. This works successfully until Al seduces Debbie's mother, Charity, and tricks her into admitting Debbie's involvement in the theft of Kim's stolen money; Al later exposes this to Kim, who in turn forces Debbie and Pyria to repay their debt to her before offering Al his job back.

Since then, Al's actions have sabotaged Debbie's relationship with Charity whereas Pyria comes to resent him for his deception. She attempts to get one over Al by seducing Ellis, but instead decides to tell Ellis the truth about his father's betrayal; Ellis in turn disowns Al at the point where their relationship seems to have improved. At the same time, Al has becomes sworn enemies with Debbie's father Cain and the two embark on a lengthy feud from then onwards. Al soon clashes with the rest of the Dingle family by provoking Cain's nephew Aaron Livesy and his husband Robert Sugden over their business conflict. He also antagonizes Cain and Charity's cousin, Marlon, over his marriage with Jessie; later on Marlon retaliates by smashing Al's car.

Towards the end of 2021, Al has been seducing Cain's sister Chas and forges a business partnership with her. It soon becomes clear that Al plans to extract control of Chas' public house, The Woolpack, on behalf of his investor Gavin. This later involved blackmailing Chas' husband, Paddy Kirk, after Al had found out about Paddy's involvement in Kim's illicit activities. When Cain learns about Al's scheme, he kidnaps him and threatens to kill him until Chas intervenes at the last minute. Cain then confronts Chas for supposedly working with Al, only for Chas to reveal that she is merely partnering with Al to uncover his ulterior motives - thus disclosing that Chas never trusted Al to begin with in the first place.

By Christmas 2021, Al learns about Chas' plan with the Dingles and they have a falling out. Al then attempts to persuade business manager Nicola King to rally the villagers on his side for the project, but she too turns against him. Al then allows Gavin to plan on burning down the pub in order to finalize his scheme, but this instead fails and in doing so allows serial killer Meena Jutla to take her sister Manpreet captive - as Manpreet had just discovered the truth about Meena's homicidal crimes.

In 2022, Al confronts the Dingles after learning that Cain has forced Gavin to leave the square - thus ruining Al's chances of proposing that he help Chas acquire the funds needed to buy back The Woolpack on sale. Cain refuses to let Al get the pub and the pair enter a bidding war along with Kim, but none of them win after Charity reveals that she and her son Ryan had brought the pub; Al nonetheless remains co-manager of the pub along with Chas.

Later on, Al antagonizes Cain by spending time with the latter's young son Kyle Wyatt and his mother Amy. Soon enough Al finds himself catching the attention of Amy's mother Kerry, and the pair begin dating against Cain's objections. Al also begins clashing with Cain's wife Moira Barton and her brother Mackenzie Boyd. As time goes on, Al and Kerry continue dating. She even allows Al to move with her after he defends her stepdaughter, Amelia Spencer, from Charity's wayward son Noah after catching the latter badmouthing her. Al also continues to antagonize Jai until his girlfriend, Laurel Thomas, comes to his defence and reprimands Al for his behaviour.

In Summer 2022, Al learned that Cain and Chas are distraught because their mother Faith is dying of cancer. He later comforted Chas over the ordeal and the pair kissed in a moment of silence between them. Soon enough Al and Chas embarked on a passionate affair behind Paddy's back. She continued the affair despite a number of people finding out about it - one of which is Cain's younger half-sister Belle Dingle, with whom Al had crossed paths with upon defrauding her business idea for Kim in order to get back on her good books. As such, Al has begun dating Amy's mother Kerry and is under suspicion by her other daughter Chloe Harris about their relationship until he manages to brush off her meddling.

In September 2022, Chas is reunited with her son Aaron. But the pair fall out when he discovers Chas' affair with Al and later punches him over it. Aaron reminds Chas about how her tryst with Al would destroy her relationship with Paddy, going as far as to recall Chas' dalliance with his father Gordon Livesy before mentioning how her other love affairs with ex-fiancé Carl King and his love rival Cameron Murray had practically caused her disruption to the point of virtually beyond repair.

In October 2022, Faith passes away from her cancer just as Chas is sleeping with Al in a hotel again. Hours later, a storm breaks up and in the end both Aaron's sister Liv Flahtery along with Cain's ex-girlfriend Harriet Flinch are both killed in the process. On the day of the funerals, Cain discovers Chas' affair with Al and sets out to confront him in a final showdown. He lures Al in a trap and prepares to shoot him dead, but Al instead challenges Cain to a hand-to-hand fight. The two engage in a brutal fight that ends with Kyle walking in on the situation. In a moment of panic, Kyle grabs the gun and points it at Al as he and Cain try to calm him down. Al then attempts to get the gun of Kyle, who ends up shooting Al in response; Al is killed from the impact.

Shortly after Al's death, Cain covers up for Kyle's involvement and gets himself arrested by the police in order to protect his son. Cain later tells Moira the truth about everything and the villagers, including Paddy, later discover Al's affair with Chas just weeks after his funeral. By Christmas 2022, Cain and Chas continue to fall out over Al before the pair are reacquainted with their half-brother Caleb Miligan - the son of both Faith as well as Kim's late husband Frank Tate.

In 2023, Kyle confesses to Al's murder in order to get Cain exonerated. This works successfully and Kyle is arrested until he is released from the youth offenders. From then onwards, the village has moved forward from the impact of Al's misdeeds.

Trivia[]

He was born in 23rd November 1973.
Michael Wildman (the actor who played Al Chapman) was nominated for the "Villain of the Year" category at the 2023 British Soap Awards.
The character made a total of 348 appearances throughout his time on the show.
It was confirmed that Al was adopted but doesn't have a relationship with his birth parents or his adoptive parents.

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