Gary Beadle

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.

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2024

Opening Up
Opening Up
Movie - Released: 8/2/2024
A Glass House
A Glass House
as Marcus
Movie - Released: 10/4/2024
Hard Truths
Hard Truths
as Irate Motorist
Movie - Released: 12/6/2024
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
as Victor Amobi
TV - Released: 7/10/2024
The Gentlemen
The Gentlemen
as Thick Rick
TV - Released: 3/7/2024

2023

Rye Lane
Rye Lane
as Peter
Movie - Released: 3/17/2023
Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose
Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose
as Erroll
Movie - Released: 9/1/2023
My Jerome
My Jerome
as Ruddy
Movie - Released: 8/3/2023
Best Interests
Best Interests
as Frank
TV - Released: 6/12/2023

2022

Persuasion
Persuasion
as Mr. Musgrove
Movie - Released: 7/1/2022
Squall
Squall
as Ben
Movie - Released: 12/3/2022
Plebs: Soldiers of Rome
Plebs: Soldiers of Rome
as Actaeon
Movie - Released: 12/8/2022
Skint
Skint
as Gary
TV - Released: 3/20/2022
Andor
Andor
as Clem Andor
TV - Released: 9/21/2022

2021

Blank Shores
Blank Shores
as Lenny
Movie - Released: 10/29/2021
The Toll
The Toll
as Elton
Movie - Released: 8/5/2021
Demon
Demon
as David
Movie - Released: 3/20/2021
Around the World in 80 Days
Around the World in 80 Days
as Bass Reeves
TV - Released: 12/5/2021
The Wheel of Time
The Wheel of Time
as Elyas Machera
TV - Released: 11/18/2021

2020

Small Axe
Small Axe
as Dolston Isaacs
TV - Released: 11/15/2020

2019

Extinction
Extinction
Movie - Released: 9/1/2019
We Die Young
We Die Young
as Winslow
Movie - Released: 5/9/2019
National Theatre Live: Les Blancs
National Theatre Live: Les Blancs
as Abioseh Matoseh
Movie - Released: 9/1/2019
Hatton Garden
Hatton Garden
as Shorty
TV - Released: 5/20/2019
Dark Money
Dark Money
as Malcolm Danvers
TV - Released: 7/8/2019
Jerk
Jerk
as Murry Yearwood
TV - Released: 2/24/2019
Summer of Rockets
Summer of Rockets
as Courtney Johnson
TV - Released: 5/22/2019

2018

The Best of EastEnders
The Best of EastEnders
as Paul Trueman (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 11/26/2018
Patrick Melrose
Patrick Melrose
as Chilly Willy
TV - Released: 5/12/2018

2015

In the Heart of the Sea
In the Heart of the Sea
as William Bond
Movie - Released: 12/3/2015

2012

30 Years of Comic Strip
30 Years of Comic Strip
Movie - Released: 11/3/2012
Cockneys vs Zombies
Cockneys vs Zombies
as Greg
Movie - Released: 8/31/2012

2011

The Hunt for Tony Blair
The Hunt for Tony Blair
as Butler/Pianist
Movie - Released: 10/15/2011
Bashment
Bashment
Movie - Released: 6/17/2011
Death in Paradise
Death in Paradise
as Samuel Palmer
TV - Released: 10/25/2011

2010

Malice in Wonderland
Malice in Wonderland
as Felix Chester
Movie - Released: 2/5/2010

2007

Until Death
Until Death
as Mac
Movie - Released: 1/19/2007
The Sarah Jane Adventures
The Sarah Jane Adventures
as Paul Langer
TV - Released: 9/24/2007

2005

The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/4/2005

2004

Hustle
Hustle
as Nick
TV - Released: 2/24/2004

2002

TV
Johnny Vaughan Tonight
as Self
TV - Released: 1/7/2002

2001

Wit
Wit
as Code Team Blue 6
Movie - Released: 2/9/2001

1999

Nightworld: Lost Souls
Nightworld: Lost Souls
as Stuart Markle
Movie - Released: 3/1/1999
TV
It's Only TV But I Like It
as Self
TV - Released: 6/3/1999

1998

Written in Blood
Written in Blood
as Phill Hatton
Movie - Released: 6/2/1998

1997

Operation Good Guys
Operation Good Guys
TV - Released: 12/29/1997
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders
as Damian Bennet
TV - Released: 3/23/1997

1996

Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
as Oliver
Movie - Released: 11/6/1996
The Imitators
The Imitators
as Rock
Movie - Released: 11/1/1996
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self
TV - Released: 11/12/1996

1995

The Glam Metal Detectives
The Glam Metal Detectives
TV - Released: 2/23/1995

1993

Jealousy
Jealousy
as Handsome Man
Movie - Released: 5/27/1993
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
as Ronnie
Movie - Released: 4/22/1993
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
as Gary
Movie - Released: 4/29/1993
Queen of the Wild Frontier
Queen of the Wild Frontier
as Gary
Movie - Released: 5/6/1993
The Detectives
The Detectives
as Uniformed Constable
TV - Released: 1/27/1993

1992

The Crying Game
The Crying Game
as Wazza
Movie - Released: 5/5/1992
Wild Turkey
Wild Turkey
as Bill
Movie - Released: 12/24/1992
Absolutely Fabulous
Absolutely Fabulous
as Oliver
TV - Released: 11/12/1992

1990

Movie
Les Dogs
as Waiter
Movie - Released: 8/3/1990
Movie
Night Voice
as Darren
Movie - Released: 7/25/1990
Movie
GLC: The Carnage Continues
as Sly
Movie - Released: 2/5/1990

1989

Making Out
Making Out
TV - Released: 1/6/1989

1987

White Mischief
White Mischief
as Servant
Movie - Released: 11/10/1987
Playing Away
Playing Away
as Errol
Movie - Released: 1/2/1987

1986

Absolute Beginners
Absolute Beginners
as Johnny Wonder
Movie - Released: 4/4/1986
JerUSAlem
JerUSAlem
as Judge
Movie - Released: 7/10/1986
Casualty
Casualty
as Denny
TV - Released: 9/6/1986
Casualty
Casualty
as Steven Harris
TV - Released: 9/6/1986
Casualty
Casualty
as Dom
TV - Released: 9/6/1986

1985

EastEnders
EastEnders
as Paul Trueman
TV - Released: 2/19/1985

1984

Stars of the Roller State Disco
Stars of the Roller State Disco
as Derek
Movie - Released: 12/4/1984
The Bill
The Bill
TV - Released: 10/16/1984

1983

Shall I Be Mother?
Shall I Be Mother?
as Victor
Movie - Released: 4/19/1983

1982

The Young Ones
The Young Ones
as Smythe the Bosun
TV - Released: 11/9/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Sly
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Wazza
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Waiter
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Bill
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Gary
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Ronnie
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Handsome Man
TV - Released: 11/2/1982

1970

Play for Today
Play for Today
as Victor
TV - Released: 10/15/1970