Gary Beadle

Who is Gary Beadle?

Gary Beadle is an British actor, best known for playing Paul Trueman in EastEnders and Gary Barwick in Operation Good Guys.

Beadle has also appeared in The Young Ones; 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 ex-husband; the TV series Born To Run in 1997; the ITV police drama The Bill; BBC medical dramas Casualty, Holby City and Doctors. He also had a role in the Jean-Claude Van Damme film Til Death, released in 2007. In 2004 he presented the UMA Awards with singer and ex-EastEnder Michelle Gayle.

In 2007 he appeared in BBC Three comedy Thieves Like Us. His brother is actor, writer and performer Rikki Beadle-Blair. In 2008 he appeared in The Sarah Jane Adventures series 2 as Clyde Langer's father, Paul. 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 2014 he will play Docker in BBC One drama The Interceptor.