birth_place article_title name birth_date
kilburn , london , england , uk chucky venn
 charles venn 24 june 1973
chucky venn

charles venn -lrb- born 24 june 1973 -rrb- , formerly known by the stage names chucky venice and chucky venn , is an english actor , known for his roles as curtis alexander in sky one 's `` dream team '' , tremaine gidigbi in `` footballers ' wives '' and ray dixon in `` eastenders '' .
born in kilburn , london , he grew up on the tough mozart estate , which was at the time a notorious inner-london sink estate .
as a boy his passion was for athletics .
he attended hammersmith and west london college studying performing arts .
he took a variety of roles as a jobbing actor , using the surname venice .
he got his big break in 2003 when he was cast as curtis alexander in the footballing drama `` dream team '' on the satellite channel sky one .
initially only contracted to appear in two episodes , he became part of the regular cast , appearing in 98 episodes in all until the character was killed off in 2005 .
venn moved to another football drama the following year , appearing as the cuckolded ` alpha male ' tremaine gidigbi in the final season of `` footballers wives '' .
in late 2006 venn landed a role in the horror film sequel `` return to house on haunted hill '' as warren .
he also had a small roles in `` bourne ultimatum '' , as agent hammond , and `` the dark knight '' , as bodyguards of one of the film 's main villains , gambol .
he can also be seen in the music video `` twisted '' by fredi kruga .
venn guest starred in an episode of the series `` little miss jocelyn '' , which aired in january 2008 .
venn was also seen on an episode in the third season of '' '' where kathy visits the uk and the pair go on a date .
his on-screen time lasted just over a minute , and he was subtitled throughout when the episode aired 17 july 2007 .
prior to the hull city-tottenham hotspur game on setanta sports on 23 february , venn performed a strange monologue .
venn is noted for having a muscular physique , and regularly works out , citing sex and running as his favourite cardio-vascular activities .
he also states he puts in extra time at the gym for roles which require a degree of nudity .
he appeared in the play `` the brothers '' by angie le mar at the hackney empire for several short runs from 2005 .
it was televised by mtv base in march 2009 with venn , mc harvey and jason barrett in the line-up .
venn joined the cast of bbc one soap `` eastenders '' in the role of ray dixon , the father of morgan jackson-king , in november 2011 , appearing in the series from 10 january 2012 .
he departed the show on 28 may 2013 .
on 18 july 2015 , venn made his debut on bbc one 's medical drama `` casualty '' as the new male nurse jacob masters .
he later became a series regular .
