Kevin Mathurin (born 1973) is an English actor. After an initially dance-focused career, he trained in acting as an adult and appeared in numerous stage productions throughout the 2000s and 2010s. In 2020, he was cast as Charles Anderson on the ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale, a role he has portrayed since.
Mathurin was born in 1973 in London. Aged seven, he began attending the Sylvia Young Theatre School. When founder Sylvia Young died in 2025, he paid his tributes, writing: "Thank you for the opportunities and belief". Since 2011, Mathurin has been in a relationship with DJ Nikki Beatnik. They have a son together. Mathurin also has a daughter. They live in south London, with Mathurin regularly travelling to Leeds for filming on Emmerdale.
Mathurin left college in 1991 and initially embarked on a dance-focused career; this included being a backing dancer for Diana Ross at Madison Square Garden. After acting in various projects as a child, Mathurin embarked on a stage career in the mid-2000s. He studied at City Lit, an adult education college in Holburn, where he appeared in numerous stage productions. After graduating from there, he continued making theatre appearances throughout the 2010s, as well as making various television and film appearances. In 2019, he appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as James Bailey. That same year, he made his National Theatre Live debut in Nine Night. He returned a year later for The Visit.
In 2020, Mathurin was cast as vicar Charles Anderson on the ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale. An onscreen family was introduced for his character, including children Ethan Anderson (Emile John) and Naomi Walters (Karene Peter) and mother Claudette Anderson (Flo Wilson). Wilson, who portrays his onscreen mother, had previously worked alongside Mathurin in The Visit. Upon his casting, he joked that his mother finally believed he had "made it", since she had watched Emmerdale since its first episode. For his role as Charles, Mathurin was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2021 Inside Soap Awards. At the 2023 ceremony, he was nominated for Best Actor, as well as Best Partnership alongside Rebecca Sarker. The Andersons were also nominated for Best Family.