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Todd Carty, also known as Todd John Jennings (born Todd Robert Carty; 31 August 1963), is an English actor and director who has grown up on television screens in a variety of roles. His stage appearances have ranged from serious drama to pantomime, and he has worked on radio plays, voiceovers, commercials, narrations and films. He is best known for TV roles as Tucker Jenkins in Grange Hill (1978–1982) and Tucker's Luck (1983–1985), Mark Fowler in EastEnders (1990–2003), and PC Gabriel Kent in The Bill (2003–2005).
Carty made his first professional stage appearance at the New London Theatre, Drury Lane, London, as the young Lionel in Lionel Bart's autobiographical musical Lionel!. However, his career in his youth was mostly defined by his television role as Tucker Jenkins in the BBC children's drama Grange Hill (1978–1982) and the spin-off series Tucker's Luck (1983–1985).
During the 1970s and 1980s, Carty also appeared in Z-Cars (1976), Our Mutual Friend, Drummer, and Headmaster, all for the BBC; and, for German TV, Focus on Britain and The Idle Bunch. His film work included Please Sir! (1971) and Professor Popper's Problem (1974). In 1983, he landed the role of Oswyn in the fantasy film Krull opposite Kenneth Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Liam Neeson and Alun Armstrong, among others.
After leaving EastEnders in 2003, Carty went on to play the villainous PC Gabriel Kent, in ITV's The Bill from 2003 to 2005. Carty has since revealed he broke his EastEnders contract a year earlier than planned to take on this new role.
In 2019, Carty shared his memories of playing Gabriel in an interview for The Bill Podcast. The Bill Podcast
Carty was the subject of a This Is Your Life tribute in 2000. Guests included Wendy Richard, Norman Wisdom, Nick Berry, his girlfriend Dina Clarkin, sons James Carty and Thomas Carty, and his father-in-law, actor Tony Clarkin.
After leaving The Bill in 2005, Carty returned to the big screen as the aristocrat Harvey Van Bollingbroke in the film Treasure of Albion (2006). Carty acted in The School that Roared (2009) as the eccentric Mr Haig, and was also the second-unit director. He appeared as Mr Keller in the 2010 film Blame.
Carty has guest-starred as Ray Hallam in the Christmas special of the TV series Heartbeat, and in BBC's Holby City, as villain Cameron Cooke. In 2008, he guest-starred in BBC's Doctors, playing the part of Kev Blake.
In 2003, Carty reprised the role of Tucker Jenkins in Grange Hill, as the uncle of one of the pupils, Patrick "Togger" Johnson. He appeared in just this one episode, but he was brought back once again to film for Grange Hill's final series, broadcast in 2008 – a one-off special episode to celebrate the 30th birthday of the long-running BBC show. Carty appeared as Tucker in the final televised episode of Grange Hill, screened on Monday 15 September 2008 on BBC One.
Carty was a guest on the BBC One show I'd Do Anything, in May 2008, with Cameron Mackintosh, helping to choose one of the selected boys to play Oliver Twist for the new West End production of Oliver!.
Carty and his elder son, James, filmed together in a factual television series for Channel 5, Dangerous Adventures For Boys, based on the book written by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden, The Dangerous Book for Boys. James Carty, aged 11 at the time of broadcast, became the youngest person to drive a steam train across the North York Moors 18-mile line from Grosmont, North Yorkshire to Pickering, built in the 1830s.
In June 2014, Carty was a contestant on Celebrity MasterChef.
Carty appeared as Mike in the film Silver Birches in 2017.
He also competed with Alexandra Schauman in the ninth and final series of Dancing on Ice until it returned in 2018, which was an "All-Stars" series.
Carty also appeared in a BBC Radio 4 Play of the day "Bringing Eddie Home" by John Peacock, based on a true story of the fight by East End couple Edna and Jack Wallace to get their son's body brought home from Aden, and the ensuing fight for the rights of British Service service personnel. Carty played the role of the younger Jack Wallace and the play also included other ex-EastEnders actors Bill Treacher, Tilly Vosburgh, Edna Doré and Joe Absolom
Carty starred as Patsy, from May 2010, to 2015, in the Monty Python touring production of Spamalot.
He appeared as "King Rat" with Basil Brush in the pantomime Dick Whittington at the Wycombe Swan Theatre between 2005 and 2006. He reprised the role of King Rat in a new version of Dick Whittington, at the Capitol Theatre, Horsham, which ran from 13 December 2007 to 6 January 2008. In December 2008, Carty starred as the evil Ferdinand Fleshcreep (The Giant's Evil Assistant) in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Queen's Theatre in Barnstaple. The show ran from 12 December 2008 to 4 January 2009. Carty starred as Buttons in Cinderella at the Pavilion Theatre Worthing from 10 December 2009 to 3 January 2010. In December 2014, he appeared in the Chatham Theatre pantomime production of Aladdin, (with Twist and Pulse, produced by Jordan Productions).
Carty again played Flashcreep in Jack and the Beanstalk, in a production at the Newark Palace Theatre in Newark-on-Trent (7 – 31 December 2016).
Played Captain Hook in Peter Pan at Watersmeet theatre in Rickmansworth from December 2019 to January 2020.
Carty played the role of Maurice, Belle’s father in the pantomime production of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ at the Deco Theatre, The Old Savoy, Northampton in December 2025.
| 1971 | Please Sir! | Boy in assembly wishing to be excused | Uncredited | |||
| 1974 | Professor Popper's Problem | Angus | ||||
| 1976 | Z-Cars | Billy | 1 episode: Ringers | |||
| 1977 | Headmaster | 1 episode: The Public Image | ||||
| 1978–1982 | Grange Hill | Peter "Tucker" Jenkins | 50 episodes | |||
| 1983 | Krull | Oswyn | ||||
| 1983–1985 | Tucker's Luck | Peter "Tucker" Jenkins | 27 episodes | |||
| 1989 | The Candy Show | Randy Candy | ||||
| 1990–2003 | EastEnders | Mark Fowler | 1,235 episodes | |||
| 1993 | GamesMaster | Himself | Special Guest | |||
| 1997 | Black Velvet Band | Pentecost | ||||
| 2003 | Grange Hill | Peter "Tucker" Jenkins | 1 episode | |||
| 2003–2005 | The Bill | PC Gabriel Kent | 118 episodes | |||
| 2005 | Heartbeat | Ray Hallam | 1 episode: Auld Acquaintance | |||
| 2006 | Holby City | Cameron Cooke | 1 episode: Games of Chance | |||
| Treasure of Albion | Harvey Van Bolingbroke | |||||
| 2007–2009 | Doctors | Kev Blake | 1 episode: Stand Up and Be Counted | |||
| 2008 | Doctors | Director of 6 episodes | ||||
| Grange Hill | Peter "Tucker" Jenkins | 1 episode: Bang | ||||
| 2009 | The School that Roared | Mr Haig | ||||
| 2009, 2014 | Dancing on Ice | Himself, competitor | Series 4 & Series 9 | |||
| 2010 | Blame | My Keller | ||||
| The Perfect Burger | Director | |||||
| 2013 | A Touch of Cloth | Himself | ||||
| 2017 | Amoc | Tony | ||||
| 2018 | Celebrity 5 Go Caravanning | Himself | Left after 2 episodes | |||
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