Jack Deam

Jack Deam
Born	Ian Deam 1972 (age 51–52) Oldham, Lancashire, England
Nationality	British
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1989–present

Jack Deam (born Ian Deam; 1972) is an English actor. He used his grandfather's name for his stage name. His most notable performance is of the pyromaniac Marty Fisher, who has Tourette syndrome, in Channel 4's comedy drama series, Shameless.

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 the then-not-so-well-known Jude Law.

In 1992, he appeared in a few episodes of Heartbeat as Alan Maskell. 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.

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.

From 2016 onwards, Deam appeared as Inspector Mallory in BBC's Father Brown, starting with its fourth series.

In December 2019 he appeared as Leonard Wooley in "Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar", a fictionalised account of how Agatha Christie met Max Mallowan, who later became her second husband.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Let Him Have It	Terry Stringer
1995	The Young Poisoner's Handbook	Mick
1999	Heart	Policeman
2005	Silent Witness	Carl Dawson	Episode: "Ghosts"
2006	London to Brighton	Paul	Uncredited
2010–2016	DCI Banks	DC Ken Blackstone	32 episodes
2016–2020	Father Brown	Inspector Mallory	55 episodes

External links

• Jack Deam at IMDb