Michael French (born Michael Clark, September 1962) is an English
actor, known for his roles as David Wicks in EastEnders, Nick Jordan,
a consultant 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.Michael French was born Michael Clark in Bow,
London, in September 1962. He appeared in school productions and shows
put on by a local drama club. When he was 20, French worked as an
entertainer at the Holiday Club International in Majorca. 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,
Essex. 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. Later, French quit his job
with British Airways, began studying acting at the Mountview Academy
of Theatre Arts and graduated in 1992.In 1993, an EastEnders casting
agent saw him performing in Les Misérables in London's West End and
he was cast as David Wicks in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. He
appeared in EastEnders between 1993 and 1996, and later reprised his
role in 2012 for the departure of Pam St Clement who played his
on-screen mother Pat Butcher, and again between 2013 and 2014. He also
starred as Nick Jordan in Casualty and its spin-off programme Holby
City, between 1998 and 2000, returning to the role in Casualty between
2006 and 2013.
actor, known for his roles as David Wicks in EastEnders, Nick Jordan,
a consultant 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.Michael French was born Michael Clark in Bow,
London, in September 1962. He appeared in school productions and shows
put on by a local drama club. When he was 20, French worked as an
entertainer at the Holiday Club International in Majorca. 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,
Essex. 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. Later, French quit his job
with British Airways, began studying acting at the Mountview Academy
of Theatre Arts and graduated in 1992.In 1993, an EastEnders casting
agent saw him performing in Les Misérables in London's West End and
he was cast as David Wicks in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. He
appeared in EastEnders between 1993 and 1996, and later reprised his
role in 2012 for the departure of Pam St Clement who played his
on-screen mother Pat Butcher, and again between 2013 and 2014. He also
starred as Nick Jordan in Casualty and its spin-off programme Holby
City, between 1998 and 2000, returning to the role in Casualty between
2006 and 2013.
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