Gary Beadle
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Hard Truths as Irate Motorist
- 2024 · A Glass House as Marcus
- 2024 · Opening Up as
- 2024 · A Good Girl's Guide to Murder as Victor Amobi
- 2024 · The Gentlemen as Thick Rick
- 2023 · Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose as Erroll
- 2023 · My Jerome as Ruddy
- 2023 · Best Interests as Frank
- 2023 · Rye Lane as Peter
- 2022 · Plebs: Soldiers of Rome as Actaeon
- 2022 · Squall as Ben
- 2022 · Andor as Clem Andor
- 2022 · Persuasion as Mr. Musgrove
- 2022 · Skint as Gary
- 2021 · Around the World in 80 Days as Bass Reeves
- 2021 · The Wheel of Time as Elyas Machera
- 2021 · Blank Shores as Lenny
- 2021 · The Toll as Elton
- 2021 · Demon as David
- 2020 · Small Axe as Dolston Isaacs
- 2019 · National Theatre Live: Les Blancs as Abioseh Matoseh
- 2019 · Extinction as
- 2019 · Dark Money as Malcolm Danvers
- 2019 · Summer of Rockets as Courtney Johnson
- 2019 · Hatton Garden as Shorty
- 2019 · We Die Young as Winslow
- 2019 · Jerk as Murry Yearwood
- 2018 · The Best of EastEnders as Paul Trueman (archive footage)
- 2018 · Patrick Melrose as Chilly Willy
- 2015 · In the Heart of the Sea as William Bond
- 2012 · 30 Years of Comic Strip as
- 2012 · Cockneys vs Zombies as Greg
- 2011 · Death in Paradise as Samuel Palmer
- 2011 · The Hunt for Tony Blair as Butler/Pianist
- 2011 · Bashment as
- 2010 · Malice in Wonderland as Felix Chester
- 2007 · The Sarah Jane Adventures as Paul Langer
- 2007 · Until Death as Mac
- 2005 · The Comic Strip - A Retrospective as Self
- 2004 · Hustle as Nick
- 2002 · Johnny Vaughan Tonight as Self
- 2001 · Wit as Code Team Blue 6
- 1999 · It's Only TV But I Like It as Self
- 1999 · Nightworld: Lost Souls as Stuart Markle
- 1998 · Written in Blood as Phill Hatton
- 1997 · Operation Good Guys as
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Damian Bennet
- 1996 · Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self
- 1996 · Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout as Oliver
- 1996 · The Imitators as Rock
- 1995 · The Glam Metal Detectives as
- 1993 · Jealousy as Handsome Man
- 1993 · Queen of the Wild Frontier as Gary
- 1993 · Space Virgins from Planet Sex as Gary
- 1993 · Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown as Ronnie
- 1993 · The Detectives as Uniformed Constable
- 1992 · Wild Turkey as Bill
- 1992 · Absolutely Fabulous as Oliver
- 1992 · The Crying Game as Wazza
- 1990 · Les Dogs as Waiter
- 1990 · Night Voice as Darren
- 1990 · GLC: The Carnage Continues as Sly
- 1989 · Making Out as
- 1987 · White Mischief as Servant
- 1987 · Playing Away as Errol
- 1986 · Casualty as Denny
- 1986 · Casualty as Steven Harris
- 1986 · Casualty as Dom
- 1986 · JerUSAlem as Judge
- 1986 · Absolute Beginners as Johnny Wonder
- 1985 · EastEnders as Paul Trueman
- 1984 · Stars of the Roller State Disco as Derek
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1983 · Shall I Be Mother? as Victor
- 1982 · The Young Ones as Smythe the Bosun
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Sly
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Wazza
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Waiter
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Bill
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Gary
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Ronnie
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Handsome Man
- 1970 · Play for Today as Victor