Jamie Foreman
{{short description|English actor (born 1958)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Jamie Foreman
|image = Jamie Foreman.jpg
|caption = Foreman in 2011
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|5|25|df=y}}
|birth_place = Bermondsey, London, England
|occupation= Actor
|years_active= 1976–present
|notable_works=A Bunch of Fives (1977)
Johnny Jarvis (1983)
Nil by Mouth (1997)
Elizabeth (1998)
Layer Cake (2004)
Oliver Twist (2005)
Law & Order: UK (2009)
EastEnders (2011–2012)
Birds of a Feather (2014, 2016)
|spouse= Carol Harrison (divorced)
|children= 1
|father= Freddie Foreman
}}
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), EastEnders (2011-2012), Rise of the Footsoldier 3 (2017), and Once Upon a Time in London (2019).
Career
Foreman studied acting at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts.{{cite web|url= https://italiacontiplymouth.co.uk/about/alumni/ |title=Italia Conti Plymouth Alumni |work=italiacontiplymouth.co.uk |access-date= October 28, 2023}}
Foreman played opposite Ray Winstone and Kathy Burke in Gary Oldman's Nil by Mouth (1997),{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jamie-foreman/credits/3000430110/ |title=Jamie Foreman Credits |work=tvguide.com |access-date= October 28, 2023}} 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). Foreman played Basta in the 2008 film Inkheart, and 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a337182/eastenders-announces-derek-branning-casting.html |title='EastEnders' announces Derek Branning casting – EastEnders News – Soaps |publisher=Digital Spy |date=26 August 2011 |access-date=27 January 2012}}
He 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.{{cite web | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/45WxpWd98JXW4NsH8pQB3wR/albert-wilson | title = Character profile: Albert Wilson | publisher = BBC | access-date = 23 December 2015}}
He continued his success in the British crime film genre, starring as Sam in Rise of the Footsoldier 3 (2017), and as Alf White in Once Upon a Time in London (2019).
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/02_february/09/family_business_foreman.shtml|title=Family Business Jamie Foreman|publisher=BBC Online|access-date=5 January 2013}}
Foreman is a fan of Tottenham Hotspur F.C.{{Cite web|title = 'EastEnders' Foreman talks Derek, awards|url = http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/news/a481644/eastenders-jamie-foreman-i-dont-miss-queen-vic-scenes/|website = Digital Spy|date = 15 May 2013|access-date = 10 January 2016}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes |
| 1980
|Driver | |
| 1980
|Sky Pirates |Sidney | |
| 1987
|Danny | |
| 1989
|Danny | |
| 1995
|I.D. |Previous Team #2 | |
| 1997
|Mark | |
| 1998
|Earl of Sussex | |
| 1999
|Billy | |
| 1999
|Thuggish Constable | |
| 2000
|China MacFarlane | |
| 2000
|Lennie Taylor | |
| 2000
|Remember a Day |Record Producer | |
| 2000
|Breathtaking |Brian Maitland | |
| 2001
|Tony | |
| 2003
|Mickser | |
| 2004
|Cabbie | |
| 2004
|Duke | |
| 2005
|Bill Sykes | |
| 2007
|Peter | |
| 2008
|Out There |Graham |Short film |
| 2008
|Basta | |
| 2009
|The Devil's Wedding |The Narrator |Short film |
| 2010
|Just for the Record |Graham | |
| 2010
|Baseline |Terry | |
| 2011
|Jedediah Coteral | |
| 2011
|Rumpole | |
| 2012
|Dave | |
| 2012
|St George's Day |Nixon | |
| 2012
|Dead End |Dog | |
| 2014
| |Uncredited |
| 2017
|Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story |Sam | |
| 2018
|Charlie McQueen | |
| 2018
|Degenerates |Victor Moseley | |
| 2018
|Kitty Lumley |Albert |Short film |
| 2019
|Alf White | |
| 2020
|Monty | |
| 2023
|Rise of the Footsoldier: Vengeance |Sam | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes |
| 1977
|Holding On |Charlie as a Youth |2 episodes |
| 1977
|Ripper Warrior |6 episodes |
| 1977
| |Episode: #16.3 |
| 1978
|Airman Bates |2 episodes |
| 1977–1978
|Chris Taylor |14 episodes |
| 1979
|Andy |Episode: "The Quiz Kid" |
| 1979
|Testament of Youth |Cockney Patient |Episode: "1915" |
| 1980
|First Operator |3 episodes |
| 1981
|Clerk |Episode: "Creature of the Xux" |
| 1982
|Dodger Dickens |Episode: "Mascot" |
| 1983
|Manning |5 episodes |
| 1984
|Letty |Pete Sloan |2 episodes |
| 1984
|Plumber's Mate |Episode: "Fools Rush In" |
| 1985
|Relative Strangers |Customer |Episode: #1.7 |
| 1985
|Ramsey |Episode: "No Surrender" |
| 1987
|The Moneymen |Dealer |Television film |
| 1988
|D.C. Pope |Episode: #1.1 |
| 1988
|Witness |Ron Daker |Episode: "Linda's Secret" |
| 1989
|First and Last |Dave |Television film |
| 1992
|Chas |Episode: "Happy Families" |
| 1992
|P.C. Roper |Episode: "Out of the Game" |
| 1993
|Mike |Episode: "Drive My Car" |
| 1994
|Gerry Althorpe |6 episodes |
| 1994
|Wells |Episode: "Dogging Around" |
| 1997
|Billy |Episode: "Cardiac Arrest" |
| 1985–1997
|Various |5 episodes |
| 1997
|Second Hood |Episode: #1.4 |
| 1997
|Dean |Episode: "The Swords" |
| 1997
|Our Boy |Orme |Television film |
| 1997
|Bugs |Decker |Episode: "Identity Crisis" |
| 1999
|DS Brown |Episode: "Whoopi Stone" |
| 1999
|Love Story |Dave |Television short film |
| 2000
|Black Cab |Dave |Episode: "Talk Radio" |
| 2001
|Brian Wallis |4 episodes |
| 2000—2001
|DC Jim Boulter |12 episodes |
| 2001
|Ismail Kane |Episode: "Micawber Learns the Truth" |
| 2002
|Roy Carter |Episode: #1.3 |
| 2002
|Stuart Jackson |Episode: "Flashback" |
| 2002
|Jim |Television film |
| 2003
|Keith Phelan |Television film |
| 2003
|Dave Cutler |6 episodes |
| 2004
|Marky Booker |6 episodes |
| 2005
|Leonard Crowe |Episode: "Willesden Confidential" |
| 2006
|Terry |Episode: "An Embarrassment of Susans" |
| 2006
|Eddie Connolly |Episode: "The Idiot's Lantern" |
| 2007
|Dickie Brennan |Episode: "Signing Up to Wealth" |
| 2008
|Slave Trader |Episode: "Spartacus" |
| 2008
|Man |Episode: "Pushing" |
| 1995–2008
|Gil Stephens Henry Phil Pearson |4 episodes |
| 2009
|Danny Blake |Episode: "Thank Your Lucky Stars" |
| 2010
|PC Ray Griffin |Episode: "Samaritan" |
| 2011–2012
|145 episodes |
| 2014–2016
|Lenny |3 episodes |
| 2017
|Porters |Alan |Episode: #1.2 |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Awards ! Category | Work ! Result ! scope=col class=unsortable | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| rowspan="2"|2012
| rowspan="1"|TV Quick Awards | Best Soap Newcomer | rowspan="4"|EastEnders | {{nom}} | align="center" | {{Cite web|url= https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0286044/awards/?ref_=nm_ql_2|work=IMDB (Index source only) |title= Jamie Foreman Awards |access-date= 29 October 2023}} |
| rowspan="3"|The British Soap Awards
| {{nom}} | align="center" | {{cite news |last1=Usmar |first1=Jo |title=The British Soap Awards nominations are in |url= https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/the-british-soap-awards-2012-nominations-782150 |access-date=15 September 2023 |work=Daily Mirror |date=5 April 2012 |archive-date=25 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525054620/http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/the-british-soap-awards-2012-nominations-782150 |url-status=dead}} |
| rowspan="2"| 2013
| {{nom}} |
| Best Exit
| {{nom}} |
References
External links
- {{IMDb name|286044}}
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2005/10/04/jamie_foreman_oliver_twist_interview.shtml Interview from 2005]
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/02_february/09/family_business_foreman.shtml Profile at BBC webpage]
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