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Jack Deam | |
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| Born | Ian Deam 29 June 1972 Oldham, Greater Manchester, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1989–present |
Jack Deam (born Ian Deam; 29 June 1972) is an English actor. He used his grandfather's name for his stage name. His most notable performances have been as Marty Fisher, who has Tourette syndrome, in Channel 4's comedy drama series, Shameless , and Heartbeat first as Alan Maskell then as Jake Clarke and Inspector Mallory in Father Brown .
In 1990, Deam appeared in the Granada TV soap opera Families , a show about two families, one from Cheshire, the other in Australia, notably alongside Jude Law.
In 1992, he appeared in a few episodes of Heartbeat as Alan Maskell and returned to the series in 2004 as Jake Clarke. He also appeared in the TV mini series The Life and Times of Henry Pratt. He played the lead role as older Henry Pratt, whilst little Henry Pratt was played by Andrew Nicholson and young Henry Pratt was played by Bryan Dick.
In 1993, he played Vinnie, a young soldier for the King's Fusiliers in the award-winning British drama Soldier Soldier . He later joined the cast of Clocking Off , written by Paul Abbott, playing Kev Leach from series 1-4.
In 1996, he briefly appeared as a policeman in Jimmy McGovern's one-off drama for ITV Hillsborough , based on the 1989 Hillsborough disaster.
In 1999, he appeared in an episode of Queer As Folk , as a Doctor Who -obsessed fan, and had a one-night stand with Vince, one of the protagonists, before taking the role of Toyah Battersby's (Georgia Taylor) rapist Phil Simmonds on the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street in 2000.
In 2004, Deam played Detective Sergeant Hanken in "In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner", an episode of The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
In January 2007, he took part in The Afternoon Play , a daytime BBC drama series consisting of short stories.
From 2010 to 2016, he played the part of a detective constable in the DCI Banks series.
He played Walter in the 2011 TV series 32 Brinkburn Street. 2014 saw Deam in a play called Blindsided, by Simon Stephens, at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, alongside ex-Coronation Street Julie Hesmondhalgh (Hayley Cropper).
He appeared in an episode of New Tricks as a suspect in a cold case enquiry.
Starting with its fourth series in 2016, Deam appeared as Inspector Mallory in BBC's Father Brown.
In December 2019, he appeared as Leonard Wooley in Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar , a fictionalized account of how Agatha Christie met Max Mallowan, who later became her second husband.
In September 2021, he appeared as Frank Johnson in Silent Witness on BBC One.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1989 | ScreenPlay | Robert | Episode: "A Small Mourning" |
| 1991 | Casualty | Lee | Episode: "Humpty Dumpty" |
| 1991 | Let Him Have It | Terry Stringer | |
| 1993 | Screen One | Richard | Episode: "The Bullion Boys" |
| 1995 | The Young Poisoner's Handbook | Mick | |
| 1995 | Pie in the Sky | Jez Leigh | Episode: "Dead Right" |
| 1997 | Peak Practice | Joey Cox | Episode: "Classics" |
| 1998 | Where the Heart Is | Sam Woodford | Episode: "She Goes On" |
| 1999 | Heart | Policeman | |
| 2000 | Holby City | Matt Trayling | Episode: "The Real Thing" [1] |
| 2004 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Charlie Walker | Episode: "Great Escapes" |
| 2004 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Detective Sergeant Hanken | Episode: "In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner" |
| 2004–2007, 2011–2013 | Shameless | Marty Fisher | |
| 2005 | Silent Witness | Carl Dawson | Episode: "Ghosts" |
| 2006 | London to Brighton | Paul | Uncredited |
| 2007 | The Royal | Sam | Episode: "Laura" |
| 2007 | The Afternoon Play | Chris | Episode: "Come Fly With Me" |
| 2007 | Casualty | Corporal Hobbs | Episode: "Core Values" |
| 2010 | Casualty | Danny Robertson | Episode: "Past Lives" |
| 2010–2016 | DCI Banks | DC Ken Blackstone | 32 episodes |
| 2014 | Inspector George Gently | Billy Shearer | Episode: "Gently Going Under" |
| 2015 | Casualty | Gary Bess | Episode: "Dark Horses" |
| 2015 | New Tricks | Terry | Episode: "Lottery Curse" |
| 2016–2022 | Father Brown | Inspector Mallory | 64 episodes |
| 2019 | Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar | Leonard Woolley | |
| 2021 | Silent Witness | Frank Johnson | Episode: "Bad Love" |
| 2022 | Ridley | Duncan Darwin | Episode: "Swansong" |
| 2023 | Vera | Robert Falstone | Episode: "The Darkest Evening" |
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