Bruce Byron

Bruce Byron
Born	Bruce Michael Byron (1959-03-13) 13 March 1959 Fulham, London, England
Years active	1991–present
Spouse	Tanya Sichel ​ (m. 1997)​
Children	2

Bruce Michael Byron (born 13 March 1959) is an English actor best known for his role as DC Terry Perkins in The Bill. He originally followed a career in music, before started acting at 20.

Biography

He moved to Australia drilling for oil and gas in the Cooper Basin, then came back to England but could not get a place at drama school. Eventually, he was accepted for ARTTS International in Bubwith, East Riding of Yorkshire.

Films he has appeared in include The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, From Hell and, most notably, The Mummy Returns where he played Red Willits. He also appeared in Heartbeat in 1998 and as Robbie Jackson's father Gary Bolton in EastEnders in 2001.

He married Dr Tanya Byron (presenter of BBC's Little Angels and The House of Tiny Tearaways and daughter of director John Sichel) in Barnet, London, in 1997. He has two children with her: Lily (born 1995, Hendon, London) and Jack (born 1998, Barnet).

Byron made a series of guest appearances in The Bill, the last of which in 2003 as DC Terry Perkins from neighbouring station Barton Street, led to him joining the series full-time as the same character; he played Terry for seven years until the show ended in 2010.

He also played Phil Dans in Casualty on 10 March and 17 March 2012, series 26; episode 26 and episode 31.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Shadows in the City	Frankie
1994–2010	The Bill	Various
1997	Wycliffe	Blackie Tremain	Episode: "Close to Home"
1998	Still Crazy	Snotty Reporter
1999	Mansfield Park	Carriage Driver
	Gregory's Two Girls	Government Official (Telfor)
	The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc	Joan's Father
2000	Last Resort	Police Officer
2001	The Mummy Returns	Red Willits
	EastEnders	Gary Bolton	3 episodes
	From Hell	Ann Crook's Father
	Dalziel and Pascoe	Ron Harvey	Episode: "Truth and Consequences"
2002	Club Le Monde	Terry
	Tomorrow La Scala!	Thomas
	Shackleton	Harbour	Miniseries
2003	In Deep	Martin Needham	2 Episodes
2003	I'll Sleep When I'm Dead	Eddy
	Hitler: The Rise of Evil	Mueller	Miniseries
2012	Casualty	Phil Dans	2 episodes
2013	The Double	Skinhead
2014	Holby City	Ronnie Dale	Episode: "The Win"
2020	Doctors	Bruce Brodie	Episode: "Empathy"

External links

• Bruce Byron at IMDb