# Gary Beadle

Gary Beadle (born 8 July 1965) is a British actor.

## Life and career

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).
Immediately after completing filming of EastEnders, Beadle playing the Evil Queen's henchman in the Qdos Entertainment production of Snow White at the Cliffs Pavilion in Southend-on-Sea, opposite Linda Lusardi. Since leaving EastEnders, Beadle has had roles in Holby City (2005), Doctors (2006) and the Jean-Claude Van Damme film Until Death, released in 2007.
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.
In 2017, Beadle appeared as Archdeacon Gabriel Atubo, Rev. Sidney Chambers's boss in series 3 of Grantchester.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1986 | Absolute Beginners | Johnny Wonder | |
| 1986 | Playing Away | Errol | |
| 1987 | White Mischief | African Servant | |
| 1996 | The Imitators | Rock | |
| 1998 | Written in Blood | Phill Hatton | |
| 2007 | Until Death | Mac | |
| 2009 | Malice in Wonderland | Felix Chester | |
| 2010 | Fit | Karmel's Dad | |
| 2011 | Bashment | The MC | |
| 2012 | Cockneys vs Zombies | Greg | |
| 2015 | In the Heart of the Sea | William Bond | |
| 2017 | Hip Hop Cafe | Hov | Short film |
| 2019 | We Die Young | Winslow | |
| 2020 | Squall | Ben | Short film |
| 2021 | The Toll | Elton | |
| 2021 | Demon | David | |
| 2021 | Blank Shores | Lenny | Short film |
| 2021 | Iniquity | Rhys | Short film |
| 2022 | Persuasion | Mr. Musgrove | |
| 2022 | Suppression | John Burns | Short film |
| 2023 | Rye Lane | Peter | |
| 2023 | Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose | Errol | |
| 2023 | My Jerome | Ruddy | Short film |
| 2024 | Opening Up | Adam | Short film |
| 2024 | Hard Truths | Irate Motorist | |

### Television

| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1980 | The Squad | Gary | Episode: "Wheels" |
| 1981 | Theatre Box | Fergus | Episode: "Death Angel" |
| 1982 | Grange Hill | Elroy | Episode #5.13 |
| 1982 | Murphy's Mob | Gonk | 12 episodes |
| 1983 | Play for Today | Victor | Episode: "Shall I Be Mother?" |
| 1984 | The Young Ones | First Mate | Episode: "Time" |
| 1984 | The Lenny Henry Show | Various characters | Episode #1.3 |
| 1984 | Stars of the Roller State Disco | Derek | Television film |
| 1985 | Relative Strangers | Steve | Episode #1.9 |
| 1985 | Just Like Mohicans | Barrington | Television film |
| 1985 | Honeymoon | Denver | Television film |
| 1987, 2001, 2010 | Casualty | Denny / Steven Harris / Dom | 3 episodes |
| 1988 | Scene | Paul | Episode: "QPR Askey Is Dead" |
| 1988 | Blind Justice | Boy on Train | Episode: "White Man Listen" |
| 1989–1991 | Making Out | Simon | 19 episodes |
| 1990 | I Love Keith Allen | Various roles | |
| 1990 | ScreenPlay | Darren | Episode: "Night Voice" |
| 1990–2011 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Various characters | 9 episodes |
| 1992 | Wail of the Banshee | Gary Galahad | Episode: "The Stone Round the Sword" |
| 1992, 1995–1996 | Absolutely Fabulous | Oliver | 3 episodes |
| 1995 | The Detectives | Uniformed Constable | Episode: "Flash" |
| 1995 | The Glam Metal Detectives | Gary / Various roles / King | 5 episodes |
| 1995 | Numbertime | Terry / Bobby Cube / Sammy Shape | 5 episodes |
| 1996 | Thief Takers | John Boyd | Episode: "Going Under" |
| 1997 | Born to Run | Muff Muffin | 4 episodes |
| 1997–1999 | Operation Good Guys | Gary Barwick | 9 episodes |
| 1998 | Lost Souls | Stuart Markle | Television film |
| 1999 | The Bill | P.C. Banster | Episode: "A Day to Remember" |
| 2001 | Wit | Code Team Blue 6 | Television film |
| 2001 | The Big Impression | Paul Trueman | Episode: "Christmas Special 2001" |
| 2001–2004 | EastEnders | Paul Trueman | 375 episodes |
| 2005 | The First Black Britons | Presenter | Television film |
| 2005, 2018 | Holby City | Tim Webster / Lennox 'Lennie' Jefferies | 2 episodes |
| 2006, 2009, 2014 | Doctors | Sean Patterson / PC Wilson / Eugene Montgomery | 5 episodes |
| 2007 | Thieves Like Us | DS Haynes | 4 episodes |
| 2008 | The Sarah Jane Adventures | Paul Langer | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Hustle | Nick | Episode: "The Con Is Off" |
| 2012 | Crime Stories | David Green | Episode #1.19 |
| 2013 | Common Ground | John Kettle | Episode: "Patricia" |
| 2015 | The Interceptor | Docker | 7 episodes |
| 2017 | Death in Paradise | Samuel Palmer | Episode: "The Impossible Murder" |
| 2017 | Silent Witness | DCI Tony Underhill | 2 episodes |
| 2017–2021 | Grantchester | Archdeacon Gabriel Atubo | 9 episodes |
| 2018 | Patrick Melrose | Chilly Willy | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Hatton Garden | Shorty | Episode #1.4 |
| 2019 | Summer of Rockets | Courtney Johnson | 6 episodes |
| 2019 | Dark Money | Malcolm Danvers | Episode: "Shattered Dreams" |
| 2020 | Mangrove | Dol Isaacs | Part of the Small Axe anthology series |
| 2021 | Around the World in 80 Days | Bass Reeves | Episode #1.7 |
| 2022 | Skint | Gary | Episode: "Regeneration" |
| 2022 | Andor | Clem Andor | 3 episodes |
| 2022 | Plebs: Soldiers of Rome | Actaeon | Television film |
| 2022 | Midsomer Murders | Damian Bennett | Episode: "The Debt of Lies" |
| 2023 | Best Interests | Frank | 3 episodes |
| 2023 | The Wheel of Time | Elyas Machera | 5 episodes |
| 2024 | The Gentlemen | Thick Rick | 3 episodes |
| 2024 | A Good Girl's Guide to Murder | Victor Amobi | 6 episodes |