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 musicalGodspell 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]
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 BBCsoap operaEastEnders.[1][3] 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.[4][5][6] He also appeared 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.[7][8][9]
^ abBenedict, David (30 March 1999). "Arts: French without tears". The Independent. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2020.