Mark Wingett

**Mark Wingett** (born 1 January 1961) is an English actor. He played Jim Carver in _The Bill_. He also played in _EastEnders,_ _Hollyoaks_, and _Heartbeat_.

## Life

Mark Wingett was born in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. His father worked in the Royal Navy, so the family moved often. They lived in Malta, Singapore, and Portsmouth. He went to Padnell Junior School in Cowplain and later to Horndean Technology College.

From a young age, Wingett wanted to be an actor. He joined the National Youth Theatre.

## Acting

In 1979, he got his first film role. He played Dave, a rebellious mod, in _Quadrophenia_.

In 1983, he had a small part in the TV show _Brookside_. That same year, he first played Jim Carver in _Woodentop_, which became the pilot for _The Bill_.

He stayed in _The Bill_ for 21 years and appeared in 780 episodes.  He briefly returned to the show in 2007.

In 2005, he appeared in _EastEnders_ as Mike Swann, the father of Mickey and Dawn Swann. He also played Terry Molloy, a gangster, in _Heartbeat_.

He narrated the UK version of _American Chopper_ on Discovery Channel. He also acted in the BBC show _Heroes and Villains_ as Lentulus Batiatus, a gladiator trainer.

In 2009 and 2010, he acted in the BBC show _Missing_ as Danny Hayworth.

In 2018, he wrote a short book called _Tattered Troubadour_ about the musician GG Allin. Wingett has also directed plays. In 2000, he directed _Lone Star_ by James McLure_,_ which toured Australia. In 2010, he directed _Good to Firm_.

### Films

|Year|Title|Role|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|1979|_Quadrophenia_|Dave||
|_The Music Machine_|2nd Heavy||||
|1980|_Breaking Glass_|Tony|||
|1983|_Fords on Water_|Eddie|||
|1996|_The Bill: Target_|DC Carver|Video||
|rowspan="3"|2008|_Jump_|Oscar Reeve|Short film|
|_Beyond the Rave_|Ed's Dad|Video|||
|_Franklyn_|Frank Grant||||
|2009|_Jenny & the Worm_|Mr. Tulse|Short film||
|2010|_Rough Cut_|Man with dog|Short film||
|rowspan="2"|2011|_Intruders_|Dave||
|_War of the Dead_|David Selzman||||
|rowspan="2"|2012|_Snow White and the Huntsman_|Thomas||
|_Run for Your Wife_|Man outside café||||
|rowspan="3"|2013|_Dom Hemingway_|Man outside pub 2||
|_Walking with the Enemy_|Sorenzi||||
|_Green Street 3: Never Back Down_|Pistol Pete|Video|||
|rowspan="2"|2014|_Mr. Turner_|Mariner||
|_The Lost Choices_|Dave||||
|rowspan="2"|2015|_Dragonfly_|Francis Grosvenor||
|_Far from the Madding Crowd_|Bailiff No. 1||||
|rowspan="3"|2016|_I Am Hooligan_|Ray - Justin's Father||
|_Eliminators_|Police Sergeant||||
|_A Reason to Believe_|Harry||||
|rowspan="2"|2017|_Gypsy's Kiss_|Ron|Short film|
|_Being_|Doley|Short film|||
|rowspan="4"|2018|_Dark Ditties Presents 'Finders Keepers_'|Frank Hardy||
|_God's Kingdom_|Simon|Short film|||
|_Been So Long_|Mark - Bailiff||||
|_King of Crime_|Marcus King||||
|rowspan="4"|2019|_Mash_|Tony|Short film|
|_Break Clause_|Giles Davis||||
|_Beautiful in the Morning_|Roland||||
|_Dark Ditties Presents 'The Witching Hour_'|George Sinclair||||
|rowspan="3"|2020|_Doll House_|James||
|_To Be Someone_|Tommy||||
|_The Invisible Collection_|Oscar Swindon|Short film|||
|rowspan="5"|2021|_The Interlopers_|Ulrich|Short film|
|_Dead Again_|Bob||||
|_Navigator_|Gary|Short film|||
|_Dark Ditties Presents 'Dad_'|Reverend Alistair O'Brian||||
|_Dark Ditties Presents 'Stained_'|Frank Hardy||||
|2023|_Mercy_|Slaughterman|||

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1979–1980|_The Ravelled Thread_|Billyboy|6 episodes||
|rowspan="4"|1980|_Fox_|Lee|Episode: "Stick or Twist"|
|_The Professionals_|Big Punk|Episode: "Mixed Doubles"|||
|_Caleb Williams_|Farmer|Mini-series, episode: "#1.2"|||
|_Play for Today_|3rd Youth|Episode: "The Flipside of Dominick Hide"|||
|rowspan="3"|1981|_Private Schulz_|Walter Schmidt|2 episodes: "#1.4" and "#1.5"|
|_Ladykillers_|Alfred|Episode: "Miss Elmore"|||
|_BBC2 Playhouse_|Johnny|Episode: "The Grudge Fight"|||
|rowspan="2"|1982|_The World Cup: A Captain's Tale_|Deane|Television film|
|_Take Three Women_|Kenneth|2 episodes: "Avril" and "Kate, Avril and Victoria"|||
|rowspan="2"|1983|_Storyboard_|Jimmy Carver|Episode: "Woodentop" (Pilot for _The Bill_)|
|_Brookside_|Reporter|2 episodes: "Fundraising" and "Jeans"|||
|1983–2007|_The Bill_|PC/DC/DS Jim Carver|Main role, 792 episodes||
|1986|_C.A.T.S. Eyes_|Rider|Episode: "Honeytrap"||
|1990|_Vic Reeves Big Night Out_||Episode: "New Year's Eve Big Night Out"||
|1999|_Operation Good Guys_|The Corpse|Episode: "Forensics"||
|rowspan="2"|2005|_The Bill Uncovered: Jim's Story_|DC Jim Carver|Television film|
|_Heartbeat_|Terry Molloy|Episode: "A Fresh Start"|||
|2005–2006|_EastEnders_|Mike Swann|27 episodes||
|rowspan="2"|2008|_Heroes and Villains_|Batiatus|Episode: "Spartacus"|
|_Walter's War_|Team Manager|Television film|||
|2009|_The All Star Impressions Show_|Marco Pierre White|TV Special||
|2009–2010|_Missing_|Danny Hayworth|13 episodes||
|2010|_Doctors_|Martin Proudfoot|Episode: "Finding the Words"||
|2011|_Banged Up Abroad_|Chris Chance|Episode: "Daredevil Drug Runner"||
|2013|_Hollyoaks_|Frank Symes|2 episodes||
|2014|_Salting the Battlefield_|Football Supporter|Television film||
|2016|_The Tunnel_|Marty|Episode: "#2.5"||
|2017|_Ransom's Law_|DI Buttler|13 episodes||
|rowspan="2"|2019|_Vera_|John Brace|Episode: "The Seagull"|
|_Call the Midwife_|Peter Jessop|Episode: "#8.6"|||
|2022|_Royal Autopsy_|Charles II|Mini-series, Episode: "Charles II"||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Mark Wingett
- **birth name**: Mark Christopher Wingett
- **birth place**: Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England, UK
- **occupation**: Actor
- **nationality**: British
- **years active**: 1979–present
- **partner**: Sharon Martin
- **children**: 2