Jamie Foreman

Jamie Foreman (born 25 May 1958) is an English actor best known for his roles as Duke in Layer Cake (2004) and Bill Sikes in Roman Polanski's Oliver Twist (2005), Rise of the Footsoldier 3 (2017), and Once Upon a Time in London (2019). Career Foreman studied acting at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. Foreman played opposite Ray Winstone and Kathy Burke in Gary Oldman's Nil by Mouth (1997), and also featured in Elizabeth (1998), Gangster No. 1 (2000), and Sleepy Hollow (1999). He appeared in the 2006 Doctor Who, episode "The Idiot's Lantern" and featured as a racist taxi driver in The Football Factory (2004). Foreman played Basta in the 2008 film Inkheart, and appeared in one episode of Law and Order: UK in 2009. His recent work for BBC Radio includes the title role in Wes Bell, directed by Matthew Broughton, and the six-part series Hazelbeach by David Stafford and Caroline Stafford. He also played a small role in I'll Sleep When I'm Dead. In 2011, Foreman joined the cast of EastEnders as Derek Branning, taking over the role from Terence Beesley.