 todd carty (born 31 august 1963) is an actor and director, who has grown up on television screens in a variety of roles. his stage work has varied from pantomime to serious drama, as well as radio plays, voiceovers, commercials, narrations, and films. he is best known for his roles as tucker jenkins in grange hill, mark fowler in eastenders, and psychopathic policeman gabriel kent in the bill. ==early life== born in limerick in 1963, carty emigrated with his family to england when he was a child. he spent his early years in the kilburn area of london before moving to harrow area of the city when he was 8 years old."irish identity is so important to todd" ==education== carty was educated at the phildene stage school, a co-educational independent school in chiswick in west london. ==life and career== ===early career=== carty's first television appearance in the uk was in an advertisement for woolworths at the age of four. he also had other advertising and public information film roles, including one with doctor who actor jon pertwee for the "green cross code". carty made his first stage appearance at the new london theatre, drury lane, as the young lionel in lionel bart's autobiographical musical lionel!; however, his television career in his youth was mostly defined by his role as tucker jenkins in phil redmond's popular bbc drama grange hill (1978â1982), and the subsequent spin off series tucker's luck (1983â1985). during the 1970s and 1980s, carty also appeared in z-cars (1976), our mutual friend, drummer, and headmaster, all for the bbc. and for german tv, focus on britain and the idle bunch. his film work at the time included please sir! (1971) and professor popper's problem (1974). in 1983, he landed the role of oswyn in the fantasy film krull opposite ken marshall, lysette anthony, liam neeson, and alun armstrong, amongst others. ===eastenders and the bill=== carty took over the role of original character mark fowler in the bbc one soap opera eastenders in 1990, following the death of the original actor, david scarboro. carty played the role for 13 years, becoming one of
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