# Jamie Foreman

Jamie Foreman (born 25 May 1958) is an English actor best known for his roles as Duke in Layer Cake (2004) and Bill Sikes in Roman Polanski's Oliver Twist (2005), EastEnders (2011-2012), Rise of the Footsoldier 3 (2017), and Once Upon a Time in London (2019).

## Career

Foreman studied acting at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts.
Foreman played opposite Ray Winstone and Kathy Burke in Gary Oldman's Nil by Mouth (1997), and also featured in Elizabeth (1998), Gangster No. 1 (2000), and Sleepy Hollow (1999). He appeared in the 2006 Doctor Who, episode "The Idiot's Lantern" and featured as a racist taxi driver in The Football Factory (2004). Foreman played Basta in the 2008 film Inkheart, and appeared in one episode of Law and Order: UK in 2009.
His recent work for BBC Radio includes the title role in Wes Bell, directed by Matthew Broughton, and the six-part series Hazelbeach by David Stafford and Caroline Stafford. He also played a small role in I'll Sleep When I'm Dead.
In 2011, Foreman joined the cast of EastEnders as Derek Branning, taking over the role from Terence Beesley.
He appeared as Lenny in numerous episodes of Birds of a Feather.
In 2015, he narrated the six-part series Double Decker Driving School for ITV.
Foreman played Albert Wilson in Home Front radio series on BBC Radio 4, starting from Season Six in December 2015.
He continued his success in the British crime film genre, starring as Sam in Rise of the Footsoldier 3 (2017), and as Alf White in Once Upon a Time in London (2019).

## Personal life

Jamie Foreman is the son of Maureen Foreman and Freddie Foreman, a former south London gangster. He was married to actress Carol Harrison and they have one son, Alfie.
Foreman is a fan of Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1980 | McVicar | Driver | |
| 1980 | Sky Pirates | Sidney | |
| 1987 | Empire State | Danny | |
| 1989 | Tank Malling | Danny | |
| 1995 | I.D. | Previous Team #2 | |
| 1997 | Nil by Mouth | Mark | |
| 1998 | Elizabeth | Earl of Sussex | |
| 1999 | This Year's Love | Billy | |
| 1999 | Sleepy Hollow | Thuggish Constable | |
| 2000 | Saving Grace | China MacFarlane | |
| 2000 | Gangster No. 1 | Lennie Taylor | |
| 2000 | Remember a Day | Record Producer | |
| 2000 | Breathtaking | Brian Maitland | |
| 2001 | Goodbye Charlie Bright | Tony | |
| 2003 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | Mickser | |
| 2004 | The Football Factory | Cabbie | |
| 2004 | Layer Cake | Duke | |
| 2005 | Oliver Twist | Bill Sykes | |
| 2007 | Botched | Peter | |
| 2008 | Out There | Graham | Short film |
| 2008 | Inkheart | Basta | |
| 2009 | The Devil's Wedding | The Narrator | Short film |
| 2010 | Just for the Record | Graham | |
| 2010 | Baseline | Terry | |
| 2011 | Ironclad | Jedediah Coteral | |
| 2011 | Screwed | Rumpole | |
| 2012 | The Grind | Dave | |
| 2012 | St George's Day | Nixon | |
| 2012 | Dead End | Dog | |
| 2014 | The Hooligan Factory | | Uncredited |
| 2017 | Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story | Sam | |
| 2018 | The Bromley Boys | Charlie McQueen | |
| 2018 | Degenerates | Victor Moseley | |
| 2018 | Kitty Lumley | Albert | Short film |
| 2019 | Once Upon a Time in London | Alf White | |
| 2020 | Break | Monty | |
| 2023 | Rise of the Footsoldier: Vengeance | Sam | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1977 | Holding On | Charlie as a Youth | 2 episodes |
| 1977 | King of the Castle | Ripper Warrior | 6 episodes |
| 1977 | The Dick Emery Show | | Episode: #16.3 |
| 1978 | Wings | Airman Bates | 2 episodes |
| 1977–1978 | A Bunch of Fives | Chris Taylor | 14 episodes |
| 1979 | ITV Playhouse | Andy | Episode: "The Quiz Kid" |
| 1979 | Testament of Youth | Cockney Patient | Episode: "1915" |
| 1980 | Armchair Thriller | First Operator | 3 episodes |
| 1981 | Kinvig | Clerk | Episode: "Creature of the Xux" |
| 1982 | Squadron | Dodger Dickens | Episode: "Mascot" |
| 1983 | Johnny Jarvis | Manning | 5 episodes |
| 1984 | Letty | Pete Sloan | 2 episodes |
| 1984 | Shine on Harvey Moon | Plumber's Mate | Episode: "Fools Rush In" |
| 1985 | Relative Strangers | Customer | Episode: #1.7 |
| 1985 | Dempsey and Makepeace | Ramsey | Episode: "No Surrender" |
| 1987 | The Moneymen | Dealer | Television film |
| 1988 | London's Burning | D.C. Pope | Episode: #1.1 |
| 1988 | Witness | Ron Daker | Episode: "Linda's Secret" |
| 1989 | First and Last | Dave | Television film |
| 1992 | Inspector Morse | Chas | Episode: "Happy Families" |
| 1992 | Between the Lines | P.C. Roper | Episode: "Out of the Game" |
| 1993 | Get Back | Mike | Episode: "Drive My Car" |
| 1994 | The House of Eliott | Gerry Althorpe | 6 episodes |
| 1994 | Screen One | Wells | Episode: "Dogging Around" |
| 1997 | The Detectives | Billy | Episode: "Cardiac Arrest" |
| 1985–1997 | The Bill | Various | 5 episodes |
| 1997 | Melissa | Second Hood | Episode: #1.4 |
| 1997 | The Hunger | Dean | Episode: "The Swords" |
| 1997 | Our Boy | Orme | Television film |
| 1997 | Bugs | Decker | Episode: "Identity Crisis" |
| 1999 | Murder Most Horrid | DS Brown | Episode: "Whoopi Stone" |
| 1999 | Love Story | Dave | Television short film |
| 2000 | Black Cab | Dave | Episode: "Talk Radio" |
| 2001 | High Stakes | Brian Wallis | 4 episodes |
| 2000—2001 | Without Motive | DC Jim Boulter | 12 episodes |
| 2001 | Micawber | Ismail Kane | Episode: "Micawber Learns the Truth" |
| 2002 | Rescue Me | Roy Carter | Episode: #1.3 |
| 2002 | Murder in Mind | Stuart Jackson | Episode: "Flashback" |
| 2002 | Out of Control | Jim | Television film |
| 2003 | Danielle Cable: Eyewitness | Keith Phelan | Television film |
| 2003 | Family | Dave Cutler | 6 episodes |
| 2004 | Family Business | Marky Booker | 6 episodes |
| 2005 | The Last Detective | Leonard Crowe | Episode: "Willesden Confidential" |
| 2006 | My Family | Terry | Episode: "An Embarrassment of Susans" |
| 2006 | Doctor Who | Eddie Connolly | Episode: "The Idiot's Lantern" |
| 2007 | Hustle | Dickie Brennan | Episode: "Signing Up to Wealth" |
| 2008 | Heroes and Villains | Slave Trader | Episode: "Spartacus" |
| 2008 | The City Speaks | Man | Episode: "Pushing" |
| 1995–2008 | Casualty | Gil Stephens Henry Phil Pearson | 4 episodes |
| 2009 | Minder | Danny Blake | Episode: "Thank Your Lucky Stars" |
| 2010 | Law & Order: UK | PC Ray Griffin | Episode: "Samaritan" |
| 2011–2012 | EastEnders | Derek Branning | 145 episodes |
| 2014–2016 | Birds of a Feather | Lenny | 3 episodes |
| 2017 | Porters | Alan | Episode: #1.2 |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Awards | Category | Work | Result |
| 2012 | TV Quick Awards | Best Soap Newcomer | EastEnders | Nominated |
| 2012 | The British Soap Awards | Best Newcomer | EastEnders | Nominated |
| 2013 | The British Soap Awards | Villain of the Year | EastEnders | Nominated |
| 2013 | The British Soap Awards | Best Exit | EastEnders | Nominated |