| Adam Woodyatt | |
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 Woodyatt in 2009 at Wendy Richard's funeral service |
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| Born | Adam Brinley Woodyatt 28 June 1968 Walthamstow, London, England |
| Occupation | Actor, media personality |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Spouse(s) | Beverley Sharp (m. 1998–present) |
Adam Brinley Woodyatt (born 28 June 1968 in Walthamstow) is an English actor and media personality, best known for his role as Ian Beale in the long-running BBC soap opera EastEnders. He is the only actor to have been in the show continuously since its inception in February 1985, and is currently the only actor from the original cast still in the series.
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A native of East London, Woodyatt was raised only a short distance from where Eastenders is set. He attended Forest School in Snaresbrook, where he shared classes with comedy writer Sharat Sardana and cricket captain Nasser Hussain.
Following the completion of his studies at the Sylvia Young Theatre School, Woodyatt took a small part in children's drama The Baker Street Boys. He then put his acting career on hiatus and worked as a butcher in Wales for a brief period, before joining the cast of the then fledgling soap opera EastEnders. Originally only supposed to be in EastEnders for a maximum of 1 year[1], he has performed in over 2,000 episodes of the show.[2]
Woodyatt has admitted that if he did not appear in EastEnders he would have liked to have appeared in Doctor Who and Star Trek. [3]
He has also appeared as a guest personality on several BBC game shows and charity fundraisers, including A Question of Sport and Children in Need.
On 8 April 1998, Woodyatt married dancer Beverley Sharp in a private ceremony at Disney World, Florida, and has two children by her. An avid fan of science fiction, he took part in a special BBC evening dedicated to Star Trek. Despite hailing from the south east of England, Woodyatt supports Liverpool FC, and has a keen appreciation for sport.[4]
Aside from acting, Woodyatt is also an accomplished photographer, a hobby he took up while performing On The Razzle at the National Theatre when he was 13 years old. [3] In 2008 he won the Architectural Photographer of the year award of the SWPP BPPA Society with a picture he took at St Pancras, where he was filming Eastenders.[5]
Inspired by his father's death from the disease, Woodyatt has helped raise money for various cancer research initiatives, and broke his collar bone in June 2003 whilst training for one such charity cycle ride.[6]
Woodyatt was instrumental in launching an Aid for Haiti event at Coventry's Ricoh Arena in February 2010, with many of his soap star colleagues posing for photographs, signing autographs, and also an auction - raising £30,000 in all, with a Paul Oz portrait of Dot Cotton going for £5,000.
   | Ian Beale, BBC character profile - BBC - EastEnders - Characters & Cast - Ian Beale |
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