
Gary Beadle
Acting • Born 1965-07-08
Biography
Gary Beadle (born 8 July 1965) is a British actor. 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). 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.
Filmography
86 credits
Until Death
Movie • 2007
Mac

Malice in Wonderland
Movie • 2010
Felix Chester

Blank Shores
Movie • 2021
Lenny

Rye Lane
Movie • 2023
Peter

Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose
Movie • 2023
Erroll

Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
Movie • 1996
Oliver

Les Dogs
Movie • 1990
Waiter

Persuasion
Movie • 2022
Mr. Musgrove

Jealousy
Movie • 1993
Handsome Man

The Crying Game
Movie • 1992
Wazza

Wild Turkey
Movie • 1992
Bill

Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
Movie • 1993
Ronnie

Space Virgins from Planet Sex
Movie • 1993
Gary

Queen of the Wild Frontier
Movie • 1993
Gary

The Hunt for Tony Blair
Movie • 2011
Butler/Pianist

30 Years of Comic Strip
Movie • 2012

The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
Movie • 2005
Self

Opening Up
Movie • 2024

Nightworld: Lost Souls
Movie • 1999
Stuart Markle

Bashment
Movie • 2011
The MC

Extinction
Movie • 2019

The Imitators
Movie • 1996
Rock

Squall
Movie • 2022
Ben

Plebs: Soldiers of Rome
Movie • 2022
Actaeon

Cockneys vs Zombies
Movie • 2012
Greg

Night Voice
Movie • 1990
Darren

White Mischief
Movie • 1987
Servant

Wit
Movie • 2001
Code Team Blue 6

Written in Blood
Movie • 1998
Phill Hatton

Stars of the Roller State Disco
Movie • 1984
Derek

In the Heart of the Sea
Movie • 2015
William Bond

Absolute Beginners
Movie • 1986
Johnny Wonder

The Best of EastEnders
Movie • 2018
Paul Trueman (archive footage)

Playing Away
Movie • 1987
Errol

We Die Young
Movie • 2019
Winslow

GLC: The Carnage Continues
Movie • 1990
Sly

National Theatre Live: Les Blancs
Movie • 2019
Abioseh Matoseh

Shall I Be Mother?
Movie • 1983
Victor

The Toll
Movie • 2021
Elton

Demon
Movie • 2021
David

JerUSAlem
Movie • 1986
Judge

A Glass House
Movie • 2024
Marcus

Hard Truths
Movie • 2024
Irate Motorist

My Jerome
Movie • 2023
Ruddy

Death Angel
Movie • 1981
Fergus

47 Meters Down: The Wreck
Movie
Sam

The Cut
Movie • 2025
Donny

The Bluff
Movie • 2026
Custode Drayton

FIT
Movie • 2010
Karmel's Dad

The Sarah Jane Adventures
TV • 2007
Paul Langer

EastEnders
TV • 1985
Paul Trueman

The Bill
TV • 1984

Operation Good Guys
TV • 1997

Absolutely Fabulous
TV • 1992
Oliver

The Young Ones
TV • 1982
Smythe the Bosun

The Glam Metal Detectives
TV • 1995

Johnny Vaughan Tonight
TV • 2002
Self

Patrick Melrose
TV • 2018
Chilly Willy

It's Only TV But I Like It
TV • 1999
Self

Hustle
TV • 2004
Nick

Making Out
TV • 1989

Casualty
TV • 1986
Denny

The Detectives
TV • 1993
Uniformed Constable

Around the World in 80 Days
TV • 2021
Bass Reeves

The Wheel of Time
TV • 2021
Elyas Machera

Death in Paradise
TV • 2011
Samuel Palmer

Casualty
TV • 1986
Steven Harris

Casualty
TV • 1986
Dom

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
TV • 2024
Victor Amobi

Skint
TV • 2022
Gary

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV • 1996
Self

Hatton Garden
TV • 2019
Shorty

The Gentlemen
TV • 2024
Thick Rick

Andor
TV • 2022
Clem Andor

Dark Money
TV • 2019
Malcolm Danvers

Best Interests
TV • 2023
Frank

Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Damian Bennet

Jerk
TV • 2019
Murry Yearwood

Summer of Rockets
TV • 2019
Courtney Johnson

Play for Today
TV • 1970
Victor

The Comic Strip Presents...
TV • 1982
Sly

The Comic Strip Presents...
TV • 1982
Waiter

Small Axe
TV • 2020
Dolston Isaacs

Born to Run
TV • 1997
Muff Muffin

The Interceptor
TV • 2015
Docker

The Squad
TV • 1980
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