Scott Alexander Maslen (born 25 June 1971) is an English actor and model, best known for his portrayal as DS Phil Hunter in the ITV police drama series The Bill and Jack Branning in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders since 2007. He also took part in the 2010 series of Strictly Come Dancing and the 2015 series of Celebrity MasterChef. He portrayed Claude Speed in the live-action trailer for Grand Theft Auto 2 in 1999.
On 13 July 2007 it was announced that Maslen would be leaving The Bill and joining the cast of EastEnders as regular character Jack Branning. His love interest was Ronnie Mitchell, played by best friend Samantha Womack. Both actors commented that they were uncomfortable doing love scenes since they have known each other most of their lives and are like brother and sister. EastEnders' wife-swap? | Metro.co.uk Maslen left EastEnders on 15 October 2013.
Maslen performed in the pantomime Aladdin at the Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth over the Christmas/New Year period of 2013/2014. Ex-EastEnders star Scott Maslen a dream in Aladdin | Canterbury Times He performed the same pantomime at the Marlowe Theatre over the Christmas/New Year period of 2014/2015. Scott Maslen to Lead Marlowe Theatre's ALADDIN He performed it again at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley over Christmas/New Year 2015/2016.
Maslen made an unannounced return to the show on 24 December 2015, later confirming that this would be permanent. Maslen said "It was like I hadn't left. It felt a bit strange because there are new characters who I don't know – but that fits with the story".
1 | Waltz / "I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)" | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 29 | Safe |
2 | Salsa / "Let's Hear It for the Boy" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 32 | Safe |
3 | Quickstep / "I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)" | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 34 | Safe |
4 | Tango / "Allegretto" | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 35 | Safe |
5 | Viennese Waltz / "I Put a Spell on You" | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 39 | Safe |
6 | Rhumba / "Wishing on a Star" | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 28 | Safe |
7 | Jive / "Hit the Road Jack" | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 39 | Safe |
8 | Samba / "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 32 | Safe |
9 | American Smooth / "Fly Me to the Moon" | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 31 | Safe |
10 | Paso Doble / "James Bond Theme" | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 35 | Bottom Two |
11 | Argentine Tango / "Época" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 33 | Eliminated |
Swing / "In the Mood" | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4th/2 Points | ||
Charleston / "Anything Goes" | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 35 |
He is best friends with his former EastEnders co-star Samantha Womack, whom he has known since they were teenagers, and her former husband Mark Womack. He is also godfather to their two children, Lily-Rose and Benjamin Womack. Benjamin is also best friends with Maslen's son Zak. Soaps – News – Walford actress struggled with kissing scene – Digital Spy
Maslen is a keen carp fisherman, and has been involved in many charity events. Good catches reported from all lakes as temperatur
1999 | How to Breed Gibbons | Stan | Short film |
1999 | Grand Theft Auto 2 | Claude Speed | Short film |
2001 | The Bombmaker | SAS Captain Payne | Television film |
2002 | Capone's Boys | Sammy Cruz |
1999 | Tom Ross | 22 episodes | |
2000 | Lock, Stock... | Jamie | 7 episodes |
2001 | Peak Practice | Andy Reece | 9 episodes |
2002 | Heartbeat | Alex Burton | 12 episodes |
2002–2007 | The Bill | Phil Hunter | Series regular, 240 episodes |
2007–2013, 2015–present | EastEnders | Jack Branning | Series regular |
2011 | 1 episode | ||
2015 | The Royals | James Holloway | 2 episodes |
2020 | Himself | Episode: "Max and Jack" |
1999 | Grand Theft Auto 2 | Claude Speed | Intro sequence and trailer |
2002 | Reign of Fire | Quinn Abercromby (voice) | |
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