About

Bradley Stephen Riches is an English actor and writer. After appearing in various stage productions, he was cast as James McEwan on the Netflix series Heartstopper in 2022. Riches then appeared as a housemate on the twenty-third series of Celebrity Big Brother in 2024 and has since joined the cast of the ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale as Lewis Barton. Riches is also a Sunday times bestselling author with his book Autistically Me and has also released another book about his experience growing up with autism.