Jack William Osborne is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Jimmy McKenna. He first appeared on 18 November 1996 and is the second longest serving character in the serial. He was introduced as part of the Osborne family along with son Darren (Adam Booth) and wife Celia (Carol Noakes) who joined daughter Ruth (Terri Dwyer) to live at Hollyoaks. His storylines have included the affair with Dawn Cunningham, the three marriages and an insurance scam which saw him fake his own death. In his later years, Jack was more commonly known as the landlord of the show's pub, The Dog in the Pond.