Michael French
Michael French | |
|---|---|
| Born | Michael Clark 17 September 1962 (age 62)[1] Bow, London, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1983– |
Michael French (born Michael Clark, 17 September 1962) is an English actor, known for his roles as David Wicks in EastEnders; Nick Jordan, a consultant and Clinical Lead, Senior Consultant in emergency medicine in Casualty and former cardiothoracic registrar in its spin-off series Holby City; and Jeff Slade in the BBC sci-fi crime series Crime Traveller.
Biography
Michael French was born Michael Clark in Bow, London, on 17 September 1962.[1][2] He appeared in school productions and shows put on by a local drama club.[2] When he was 20, French worked as an entertainer at the Holiday Club International in Majorca.[2] When he returned to Britain, at the age of 22, French got his first acting break in the musical Godspell at the Kenneth More Theatre in Ilford, east London.[2] He spent the next three years touring in small productions before becoming disillusioned with his lack of success and taking a job as an air steward for British Airways.[2] Later, French quit his job with British Airways, began studying acting at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and graduated in 1992.[2] He chose to take his mother's maiden surname for professional purposes. After his family moved to central London and then Essex when he was a child, his first stage experience was as a teenager when the mother of television presenter Ben Shephard cast him in a production at the drama group that she ran in Theydon Bois.[citation needed] Other television work included Crime Traveller (1997),[3] and Born and Bred (2002-2004).[4] His other theatre work included Sacred Heart (1999),[5][6] Art (2000),[7] Chicago (2004),[8] and The Sound of Music (2014).[9] In July 2024, it was announced that French would be reprising his role of David Wicks in EastEnders for a short stint later in the year.[10]
Filmography
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993–1996, 2012–2014, 2024 | EastEnders | David Wicks | Series regular (463 episodes) |
| 1997 | Crime Traveller | Detective Jeff Slade | 8 part series |
| 1998, 2008–2013 | Casualty | Nick Jordan | Series regular |
| 1999–2000, 2006, 2010 | Holby City | ||
| 2001 | The Fabulous Bagel Boys | DS Alexander Murchison | |
| The Gentleman Thief | Ellis Bride | ||
| 2004 | The Afternoon Play | Hardy Rose | 1 episode: "Sons, Daughters and Lovers" |
| 2001–2004 | Born and Bred | Dr. Tom Gilder | Series regular |
| 2005 | Casualty@Holby City | Nick Jordan | 2 episodes: "Deny Thy Father" (Parts 1&2) |
| 2006 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Gary Lescott | 1 episode: "Wrong Time, Wrong Place" |
| 2018 | Bargain Hunt | Self | 1 episode |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Michael French". BBC Drama. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Sutton, Caroline (17 March 1996). "French connection". Sunday Mirror. Retrieved 26 July 2014 – via The Free Library.
- ↑ Stewart, Alastair (21 November 2016). "Crime Traveller: celebrating an underappreciated 90s sci-fi". Den of Geek. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ↑ "Born and Bred". BBC Drama. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedBenedict399 - ↑ "Michael French on... Sacred Heart". Evening Standard. London. 25 March 1999. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ↑ "United Kingdom: Fourteenth cast of theatre comedy "Art" speak about the hit play". Reuters. 25 January 2000. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ↑ ""Chicago" cast changes from 13 Dec 2004 Michael French & Josefina Gabrielle join cast". London Theatre. 3 December 2004. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ↑ Hickling, Alfred (8 December 2014). "The Sound of Music review – Paul Kerryson says so long with terrific show". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ↑ "David Wicks returns to Eastenders as Michael French reprises the role later this year". BBC. Retrieved 16 July 2024.