Gary Beadle
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 8, 1965 (age 61)
- Birthplace
- Bermondsey, London, England, UK
Biography
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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Filmography
47 Meters Down: The Wreck
Movie · as Sam
National Theatre Live: Mr Loverman
Movie · as Morris
The Bluff
Movie · as Custode Drayton
Babies
TV · as Kevin · 2 eps
It Gets Worse
TV · as Sandie · 6 eps
The Cut
Movie · as Donny
Opening Up
Movie
A Glass House
Movie · as Marcus
Hard Truths
Movie · as Irate Motorist
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
TV · as Victor Amobi · 10 eps
The Gentlemen
TV · as Thick Rick · 3 eps
Rye Lane
Movie · as Peter
Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose
Movie · as Erroll
My Jerome
Movie · as Ruddy
Best Interests
TV · as Frank · 4 eps
Persuasion
Movie · as Mr. Musgrove
Squall
Movie · as Ben
Plebs: Soldiers of Rome
Movie · as Actaeon
Skint
TV · as Gary · 7 eps
Andor
TV · as Clem Andor · 3 eps
Blank Shores
Movie · as Lenny
The Toll
Movie · as Elton
Demon
Movie · as David
Around the World in 80 Days
TV · as Bass Reeves · 1 ep
The Wheel of Time
TV · as Elyas Machera · 5 eps
Small Axe
TV · as Dolston Isaacs · 1 ep
Extinction
Movie
We Die Young
Movie · as Winslow
National Theatre Live: Les Blancs
Movie · as Abioseh Matoseh
Hatton Garden
TV · as Shorty · 1 ep
Dark Money
TV · as Malcolm Danvers · 1 ep
Jerk
TV · as Murry Yearwood · 1 ep
Summer of Rockets
TV · as Courtney Johnson · 6 eps
The Best of EastEnders
Movie · as Paul Trueman (archive footage)
Patrick Melrose
TV · as Chilly Willy · 2 eps
In the Heart of the Sea
Movie · as William Bond
The Interceptor
TV · as Docker · 7 eps
30 Years of Comic Strip
Movie
Cockneys vs Zombies
Movie · as Greg
The Hunt for Tony Blair
Movie · as Butler/Pianist
Bashment
Movie · as The MC
Death in Paradise
TV · as Samuel Palmer · 1 ep
Malice in Wonderland
Movie · as Felix Chester
FIT
Movie · as Karmel's Dad
Until Death
Movie · as Mac
The Sarah Jane Adventures
TV · as Paul Langer · 2 eps
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
Movie · as Self
Hustle
TV · as Nick · 1 ep
Johnny Vaughan Tonight
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Wit
Movie · as Code Team Blue 6
Nightworld: Lost Souls
Movie · as Stuart Markle
It's Only TV But I Like It
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Written in Blood
Movie · as Phill Hatton
Operation Good Guys
TV · 8 eps
Midsomer Murders
TV · as Damian Bennet · 1 ep
Born to Run
TV · as Muff Muffin · 4 eps
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
Movie · as Oliver
The Imitators
Movie · as Rock
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Glam Metal Detectives
TV · 7 eps
Jealousy
Movie · as Handsome Man
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
Movie · as Ronnie
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
Movie · as Gary
Queen of the Wild Frontier
Movie · as Gary
The Detectives
TV · as Uniformed Constable · 1 ep
The Crying Game
Movie · as Wazza
Wild Turkey
Movie · as Bill
Absolutely Fabulous
TV · as Oliver · 2 eps
Les Dogs
Movie · as Waiter
Night Voice
Movie · as Darren
GLC: The Carnage Continues
Movie · as Sly
Making Out
TV · 24 eps
White Mischief
Movie · as Servant
Playing Away
Movie · as Errol
Absolute Beginners
Movie · as Johnny Wonder
JerUSAlem
Movie · as Judge
Casualty
TV · as Denny, Steven Harris, Dom · 1 ep
ScreenPlay
TV · as Darren · 1 ep
EastEnders
TV · as Paul Trueman · 809 eps
Stars of the Roller State Disco
Movie · as Derek
The Bill
TV · 1 ep
Shall I Be Mother?
Movie · as Victor
The Young Ones
TV · as Smythe the Bosun · 1 ep
The Comic Strip Presents...
TV · as Sly, Waiter · 1 ep
Death Angel
Movie · as Fergus
The Squad
TV · as Gary · 1 ep
Play for Today
TV · as Victor · 1 ep