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Gary Beadle

Actor, Additional CreditsBorn July 8, 1965 (60 years)
Gary Beadle (born 8 July 1965) is a British actor. Beadle was raised as one of five children in Bermondsey, South London, where he was baptised a Roman Catholic. As children, he and his elder brother Rikki produced a version of the 1976 youth musical-gangster film Bugsy Malone for Southwark London Borough Council. Directed by Rikki who starred as Talula, Gary played janitor Fizzy. Rikki tried to invite the original film's director Alan Parker to the performance, but his assistant did come, and used her connections to get Rikki, Gary and their younger sister into the community-based Anna Scher Theatre School. After developing a love of hip hop, and especially Run-D.M.C. and the Sugarhill Gang, Beadle moved to New York City in his early twenties. On his return to London, using the moniker 'Pretty Boy Gee', he formed a rap group called The City Limits Crew alongside 'Little Stevie Bee'. In 1985, the duo released two 12" singles, "Keep It On" (w/ "The Mutant Rockers") and "Fresher Than Ever" on the independent record label Survival Records. Also that year, the crew recorded a session on BBC Radio 1 for John Peel and performed at Electro Rock, an international hip hop event at the Hippodrome.

He also worked as a comedian but started to work as an actor, and appeared in The Young Ones (BBC 1984); the 1986 film Absolute Beginners; Jerusalem, the 1987 short film starring the Style Council pop group; Making Out in 1989–91 as Simon; the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous, where he played the gay lover of Eddie's (Jennifer Saunders) ex-husband Justin; the TV series Born to Run in 1997; the ITV police drama The Bill and BBC medical drama Casualty (2001). In 2001, he started in the role of Paul Trueman in EastEnders. A loveable rogue, Beadle left the role when his contract was due to terminate - as he had not appreciated the director and script writers wanting his character to become a drug dealer. He therefore departed from the show and his exit featured the character being killed off by his gangland boss Andy Hunter (Michael Higgs). In 2007, he appeared in BBC Three comedy Thieves Like Us. In 2008, he appeared in The Sarah Jane Adventures series 2 as Clyde Langer's father, Paul. In 2009, he appeared in Malice in Wonderland as DJ Felix Chester, a Cheshire Cat allusion. In 2010, he appeared in the Royal Court Theatre's Sucker Punch by Roy Williams. In 2012, he appeared in Hustle as a police officer. In 2015, he played Docker in BBC One drama The Interceptor and also featured in the Ron Howard-directed film In the Heart of the Sea which was released in December 2015. In 2016, he performed as Abioseh, an ex-tribesman in the Royal National Theatre's production of Les Blancs. He also starred as a Detective Chief Inspector in an episode of Silent Witness.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Midsomer Murders
  • Cockneys vs Zombies
  • We Die Young
  • Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose
  • Tollbooth
  • Bashment

Known For

  • A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
  • Until Death
  • Tollbooth
  • Small Axe
  • Malice in Wonderland
  • Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose
  • Summer of Rockets
  • Best Interests
  • Bashment

Filmography

2025
The Bluff · as Cast
2024
The Cut · as Donny
2024
A Glass House · as Marcus
2024
Hard Truths · as Irate Motorist
2024
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (TV Series) · as Victor Amobi
2024
The Gentlemen (TV Series) · as Thick Rick
2024
A Glass House · as Marcus
2023
2023
Best Interests (TV Series) · as Frank
2023
Rye Lane · as Peter
2023
Never Let Me Go (TV Series) · as Arthur Clement
2022
2022
Andor (TV Series) · as Clem Andor
2022
Persuasion · as Mr. Musgrove
2022
Skint (2022) (TV Series) · as Gary
2021
Around the World in 80 Days (2021) (TV Series) · as Bass Reeves
2021
The Wheel of Time (TV Series) · as Elyas Machera
2021
Blank Shores · as Lenny
2021
Tollbooth · as Elton
2020
Small Axe (TV Series) · as Dolston Isaacs
2020
2019
Dark Mon£y (TV Series) · as Malcolm Danvers
2019
Summer of Rockets (TV Series) · as Courtney Johnson
2019
Hatton Garden (TV Series) · as Shorty
2019
We Die Young · as Winslow
2019
Jerk (TV Series) · as Murry Yearwood
2018
The Best of EastEnders · as Paul Trueman
2018
The Best of EastEnders · as Paul Trueman (archive Footage)
2018
Patrick Melrose (TV Series) · as Chilly Willy
2015
In the Heart of the Sea · as William Bond
2015
The Interceptor (TV Series) · as Docker
2014
Grantchester (TV Series) · as Archdeacon Gabriel Atubo
2013
Common Ground (TV Series) · as John Kettle
2012
2012
2011
Death in Paradise (TV Series) · as Samuel Palmer
2011
2010
Fit · as Karmel's Dad
2009
Malice in Wonderland · as Felix Chester
2007
Until Death · as Mac
2007
Thieves Like Us (TV Series) · as Ds Haynes
2007
The Sarah Jane Adventures (TV Series) · as Paul Langer
2005
The First Black Britons · as Presenter
2004
Hustle (TV Series) · as Nick
2003
2001
Wit · as Code Team Blue 6
2000
Doctors (TV Series) · as Pc Wilson
1999
Big Impression (TV Series) · as Paul Trueman
1999
Holby City (TV Series) · as Lennox 'lennie' Jefferies
1998
Lost Souls · as Stuart Markle
1998
Written in Blood · as Phill Hatton
1997
1997
Born To Run (TV Series) · as Muff Muffin
1997
Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Damian Bennet
1996
1996
The Imitators · as Rock
1996
Silent Witness (TV Series) · as Dci Tony Underhill
1995
1995
Thief Takers (TV Series) · as John Boyd
1993
The Detectives (TV Series) · as Uniformed Constable
1992
Absolutely Fabulous (TV Series) · as Oliver
1989
Making Out (TV Series)
1987
White Mischief · as Servant
1987
Playing Away · as Errol
1986
Casualty (TV Series) · as Dom
1986
Screenplay (1986) (TV Series) · as Darren
1986
Absolute Beginners · as Johnny Wonder
1985
Just Like Mohicans · as Barrington
1985
EastEnders (TV Series) · as Paul Trueman
1984
1984
The Bill (TV Series)
1984
The Lenny Henry Show (TV Series) · as Various Characters
1982
The Young Ones (TV Series) · as Smythe The Bosun
1982
The Comic Strip Presents... (TV Series) · as Gary
1982
Murphy's Mob (TV Series) · as Gonk
1978
Grange Hill (TV Series) · as Elroy
1970
Play for Today (TV Series) · as Victor

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