Kristopher Ian Mochrie (born 24 October 1984) is an English actor. He is known for portraying the roles of Lee Posner in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, Jez in the BBC drama series Ordinary Lies, and Ali Gordon in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside. Kristopher studied Business at St Edward's College in Liverpool and trained at Manchester School of Acting. Mochrie has been acting since the age of seven.