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Jamie Foreman (born 25 May 1958) is an English actor best known for his roles as Duke in Layer Cake (2004) and Bill Sikes in Roman Polanski's Oliver Twist (2005).

Jamie Foreman
Foreman in 2011
Born	(1958-05-25) 25 May 1958 (age 64) Bermondsey, London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1976–present
Notable work	A Bunch of Fives (1977) Johnny Jarvis (1983) Nil by Mouth (1997) Elizabeth (1997) Layer Cake (2004) Oliver Twist (2005) Law and Order: UK (2009) EastEnders (2011–2012) Birds of a Feather (2014, 2016)
Spouse	Carol Harrison (divorced)
Parent	Freddie Foreman

Career

Foreman played opposite Ray Winstone and Kathy Burke in Gary Oldman's Nil by Mouth (1997) and also featured in Elizabeth (1998), Gangster No. 1 (2000) and Sleepy Hollow (1999). He appeared in the 2006 Doctor Who episode "The Idiot's Lantern" and featured as a racist taxi driver in The Football Factory (2004). In the 2008 film Inkheart Foreman played Basta. He also appeared in one episode of Law and Order: UK in 2009.

His recent work for BBC Radio includes the title role in Wes Bell, directed by Matthew Broughton, and the six-part series Hazelbeach by David Stafford and Caroline Stafford. He also played a small role in I'll Sleep When I'm Dead.

In 2011, Foreman joined the cast of EastEnders as Derek Branning, taking over the role from Terence Beesley.[1] It was later confirmed in 2012 that Foreman was leaving and that the character of Derek would be killed off.

He has appeared as Lenny in numerous episodes of Birds of a Feather. In 2015, he narrated the six-part series Double Decker Driving School for ITV.

Foreman played Albert Wilson in Home Front radio series on BBC Radio 4, starting from Season Six in December 2015.[2]

Personal life

Jamie Foreman is the son of Maureen Foreman and Freddie Foreman, a former south London gangster. He was married to actress Carol Harrison and they have one son, Alfie.[3]

Foreman is a fan of Tottenham Hotspur F.C.[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1976	Sky Pirates	Sidney
1979	The Quiz Kid	Andy
1980	McVicar	Driver
1987	Empire State	Danny
1989	Tank Malling	Danny
1995	I.D.	Previous Team No.2
1997	Nil by Mouth	Mark
1998	Elizabeth	Earl of Sussex
1999	This Year's Love	Billy
	Sleepy Hollow	Thuggish Constable
2000	Saving Grace	China MacFarlane
	Gangster No. 1	Lennie Taylor
	Remember a Day	Record Producer
	Breathtaking	Brian Maitland
2001	Goodbye Charlie Bright	Tony
2006	I'll Sleep When I'm Dead	Mickser
2004	The Football Factory	Cabbie
	Layer Cake	Duke
2005	Oliver Twist	Bill Sykes
2007	Botched	Peter
2008	Inkheart	Basta
2010	Just for the Record	Graham
	Baseline	Terry
2011	Ironclad	Jedediah Coteral
	Screwed	Rumpole
2012	The Grind	Dave
	St George's Day	Nixon
	I, Anna	Albert
	Dead End	Dog
2017	Rise of the Footsoldier 3	Sam
2018	The Bromley Boys	Charlie McQueen
	Degenerates	Victor Moseley
2019	Once Upon a Time in London	Alf White
2020	Break	Monty
2022	Cold Sun[5]	Max Hunter

Television

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
1977	A Bunch of Fives	Chris Taylor	Series 1—2; 14 episodes
	Holding On	Youth Charlie	Episodes: "#1.2" and "#1.5"
	King of the Castle	Ripper / Warrior	6 episodes
1978	Wings	Airman Bates	Episodes: "Officers and a Gentleman" and "Guardian Angel"
1979	Testament of Youth	Cockney Patient	Episode: "1915"
1980	Armchair Thriller	First Operator	Episodes: "Dead Man's Kit", Parts 1 & 2
1981	Kinvig	Clerk	Episode: "Creature of the Xux"
1982	Squadron	Dodger Dickens	Episode: "Mascot"
1983	Johnny Jarvis	Manning	6 episodes
1984	Letty	Pete Sloan	Episodes: "#1.5" and "#1.6"
	Shine on Harvey Moon	Plumber's Mate	Episode: "Fools Rush In"
1985	Relative Strangers	Customer	Episode: "#1.7"
	Dempsey and Makepeace	Ramsey	Episode: "No Surrender"
1987	The Moneymen	Dealer	TV Movie
	London's Burning	D.C. Pope	Episode: "#1.1"
	Witness	Ron Daker	Episode: "Linda's Secret"
1989	First and Last	Dave	TV Movie
1992	Inspector Morse	Chas	Episode: "Happy Families"
	Between the Lines	P.C. Roper	Episode: "Out of the Game"
1993	Get Back	Mike	Episode: "Drive My Car"
1994	The House of Eliott	Gerry Althorpe	Series 3; 6 episodes
	Screen One	Wells	Episode: "Dogging Around"
1997	The Detectives	Billy	Episode: "Cardiac Arrest"
1985–1997	The Bill	Various	5 episodes
1997	Melissa	Second Hood	Episode: "#1.4"
	The Hunger	Dean	Episode: "The Swords"
	Bugs	Decker	Episode: "Identity Crisis"
1998	Screen One	Orme	Episode: "Our Boy"
1999	Murder Most Horrid	DS Brown	Episode: "Whoopi Stone"
	Love Story	Dave	Short
2000	Black Cab	Dave	Episode: "Talk Radio"
2000—2001	Without Motive	DC Jim Boulter	Series 1—2; 12 episodes
2001	High Stakes	Brian Wallis	4 episodes
	Micawber	Ismail Kane	Episode: "Micawber Learns the Truth"
2002	Rescue Me	Roy Carter	Episode: "#1.3"
	Murder in Mind	Stuart Jackson	Episode: "Flashback"
	Out of Control	Jim	TV Movie
2003	Danielle Cable: Eyewitness	Keith Phelan	TV Movie
	Family	Dave Cutler	6 episodes
2004	Family Business	Marky Booker	6 episodes
2005	The Last Detective	Leonard Crowe	Episode: "Willesden Confidential"
2006	My Family	Terry	Episode: "An Embarrassment of Susans"
	Doctor Who	Eddie Connolly	Episode: "The Idiot's Lantern"
2007	Hustle	Dickie Brennan	Episode: "Signing Up to Wealth"
2008	Heroes and Villains	Slave Trader	Episode: "Spartacus"
	Out There	Graham	Short
	The City Speaks	Man	Episode: "Pushing"
1995–2008	Casualty	Various	4 episodes
2009	The Devil's Wedding	Narrator	Short
	Minder	Danny Blake	Episode: "Thank Your Lucky Stars"
	Law & Order: UK	PC Ray Griffin	Episode: "Samaritan"
2011–2012	EastEnders	Derek Branning	144 episodes
2014–2016	Birds of a Feather	Lenny	3 episodes
2017	Porters	Alan	Episode: "#1.2"

References

External links

• Jamie Foreman at IMDb
• Interview from 2005
• Profile at BBC webpage

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Jamie L. Foreman es un actor inglés conocido por haber interpretado a Derek Branning en EastEnders.

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