Jack Derges

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Jack Derges
OccupationActor
Years active2007–present
Television EastEnders
Doctors
Spouse
Yasmin Alamiri
(m. 2023)
Children2

Jack Derges is a British actor known for portraying the role of Andy Flynn in the BBC soap opera EastEnders . [1]

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Career

Derges made his acting debut in the 2007 Casualty episode "Core Values" as Private Haydon; he returned to the show in 2012 as Ben Shears in the episode "Desperate Remedies". Also, in 2012, Derges appeared in the TV-movie Dungeons & Dragons 3: The Book of Vile Darkness as Grayson[ citation needed ] and in the first episode of television series Switch , as Miles. [2] In 2013, he appeared in WPC 56 as Bill Pearson and Holby City , for one episode, as Mark Christiansen. He also appeared in the horror film Freak of Nurture, as Jed Warner.[ citation needed ] In 2015, he appeared in Cucumber as Louis Barman, during the first episode; as a character named only as Energy Drink Vendor, for one episode, in Episodes ; [2] as Roger, for one episode, in Crims ; [3] as Andy, for one episode, in The Royals [4] and as Simon, for six episodes, in Humans . [2]

Derges made his debut appearance in the BBC soap opera EastEnders as Andy Flynn on 17 March 2016, appearing in 35 episodes and leaving at the conclusion of the storyline. His character's last episode aired on 8 August 2016. [5] [6] In September 2018 he made a further guest appearance in Casualty, as Alan "Al" Marsh. In 2019, he appeared in the BBC medical soap opera Doctors , in the recurring role of Enzo D'Agostino. He appeared again in May 2023, this time in the role of Paul Lewis. [7]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRole
2012 Dungeons & Dragons 3: The Book of Vile Darkness Grayson
2015Freak of NurtureJed Warner
2017400 BoysDK
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Casualty [8] Private HaydonSeries 22, Episode 6: "Core Values"
2009 Skins MikeSeries 3, Episode 5
2012 Switch MilesSeries 1, Episode 1
2012Casualty [9] Ben ShearsSeries 26, Episode 32: "Desperate Remedies"
2013 WPC 56 Bill Pearson4 episodes
2014 Holby City [10] Mark ChristiansenSeries 16, Episode 43: "Affair of the Mind"
2015 Cucumber Louis BarmanSeries 1, Episode 1
2015 Episodes Energy Drink VendorSeries 1, Episode 3
2015 Crims RogerSeries 1, Episode 5: "Day Eighty-Nine"
2015 The Royals Andy SinclairSeries 1, Episode 2: "Infants of the Spring"
2015 Humans Simon7 episodes
2016 EastEnders [11] Andy Flynn Series regular; 35 episodes
2018CasualtyAlan MarshSeries 33, Episode 4
2019 Doctors Enzo D'Agostino Recurring role
2020 Get Even Coach CreedRecurring role
2020In Search of DraculaNarratorOne off documentary
2023Doctors Paul Lewis Episode: "The Value of Nothing"
Video games
YearTitleRole
2017 Need for Speed: Payback Tyler Morgan

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016 The Boys in the Band Cowboy Park Theatre, London
2021AdventurousJakeOnline only presentation through Jermyn Street Theatre

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResultRef.
2016 Inside Soap Awards Best Bad BoyNominated [12]

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