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Villain Overview

We can either do this the easy way, or I beat the truth out of Lady Penelope upstairs.
~ Cain Dingle demaning that Graham Foster tell him the events where Ross Barton had accidentally shot Cain's daughter, Debbie Dingle, during a scuffle with her ex-lover Joe Tate.


Cain Dingle is a fictional character and recurring anti-hero-turned-central protagonist of the British soap opera Emmerdale.

In his first stint, he served as one of the show's central antagonists from March 2000 to September 2006. He then returned in April 2009 for his second stint and served as a protagonist villain throughout 2009-2012 up until the climax of his own titular storyline "Who Attacked Cain Dingle?". Since then his villainy has toned down and the character has become one of the show's central protagonists.

He is portrayed by Jeff Hordley.

Personality[]

Cain Dingle is a master criminal and the bad boy of the village. He's been involved in many scams (mostly involving money) and been to jail on more than one occasion, however, he's not evil to the core and has developed a conscience in recent years but still portrays evil in Emmerdale. Despite his difficult relationship with his daughter Debbie, he would do anything for her.

Background information[]

  • Jeff Hordley decided to leave the show in April 2006, with the door left open for a potential return. He was asked to return to the show but initially turned the offer down until he felt the "time was right". Cain's exit storyline was the kidnapping Tom and Sadie King and Cain fleeing the country (which also resulted in Sadie's exit). Cain returned in Episode 5282 on 28th April 2009.
  • In 2011, it was announced that Cain would be attacked by a mystery assailant. Six suspects to the attack were named: John and Moira Barton as Cain had destroyed their marriage by having an affair with Moira. Jai Sharma and Charity Tate as Cain had terrorised them and caused them to end their relationship; Amy Wyatt as Cain had got her pregnant through a one-night stand and had then proceeded to taunt her about being a single teenage mother; and Cain's father Zak as he felt Cain needed to be taught a lesson for the things he had done and for disgracing the Dingle family name.
  • James Prentice portrayed a teenage Cain in Episode 7992 (17th November 2017). 

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Trivia[]

  • Jeff Hordley (the actor who played Cain Dingle) has been nominated and even won some awards for his character's acclaimed performance on multiple occasions.
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