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Inside Emmerdale's Joe Absolom's off-screen life as he makes debut as drug dealer Ray


ITV Emmerdale viewers were left stunned when they realised where they had seen newcomer Ray before and it turns out the actor has had a very successful career

Emmerdale fans are all buzzing with the same reaction after Joe Absolom's debut as the mysterious new character Ray, who turns out to be one of Mackenzie Boyd's old mates. Ray pitches himself as a farm machinery salesman, but it's not long before his shady side emerges, revealing a penchant for drug dealing that could spell disaster for Mackenzie, who's recently turned Moira Dingle's (played by Natalie J Robb) barn into a cannabis operation. The telly favourite often speaks about the importance of balancing his hectic career with precious family time, once remarking: "My children's lives are in Cornwall now.

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