Stephen Beckett
English actor (born 1967)
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Stephen Beckett (born 24 May 1967) is an English actor, known for portraying Dr Matt Ramsden in Coronation Street and Mike Jarvis in The Bill.
Background
Born in London,[1] Beckett was brought up in Brixton and Croydon,[2] and attended Wilson's School in Wallington.[3] He has three sisters.[2] Beckett left school at the age of sixteen to become an actor, and began his career in street theatre in Covent Garden.[2] He later trained at RADA, graduating at the age of twenty three.
Career
Beckett won his first professional roles a week after graduating from drama school, appearing in Richard II and Callas at the Oldham Coliseum.[1] He went on to work in regional theatre throughout the UK, and with the National Theatre.[1]
Beckett played the role of PC Mike Jarvis in The Bill for five years. He later played Dr Matt Ramsden in Coronation Street from 2000 to 2002, reprising the role in 2006.[4] Discussing the character and the possibility of a return, Beckett said: "People were really protective of Ashley, and very anti the child-stealing doctor. I don't know about returning to Corrie again, but as long as Ashley is in the show there is a potential kidnap plot."[4] But as the character of Ashley has now been written out, with the rest of his on-screen family to follow shortly, the return of Dr Ramsden seems unlikely.
His other television credits include Robin Hood, Doctors and Casualty.[4] In 2006, he guest starred as Richard III in the Doctor Who audio drama The Kingmaker.
Beckett's theatre work includes the original productions of the Alan Ayckbourn plays Drowning on Dry Land and Private Fears in Public Places, Around the World in Eighty Days,[1] The Ghost Train,[5] Murder with Love,[6] Walk Hard, The Business of Murder, The Late Edwina Black and Absurd Person Singular.[7] He has also appeared in pantomime.[5]
Beckett played Prospero in The Tempest for the 2017 open air Stafford Festival Shakespeare 22 June – 8 July 2017.
Television
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993–1998 | The Bill | Mike Jarvis | Police drama |
| 2000–2002, 2006 | Coronation Street | Dr Matt Ramsden | Soap opera |
| 2005 | Doctors | Mike Richmond - Freefall |
Soap opera |
| 2006 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Martin Bendelow - Glory Days: Part 1 - Glory Days: Part 2 |
Police drama |
| Casualty | Mark Steed - Walk Before You Can Run |
Medical drama | |
| 2007 | Doctors | Damon Ashwood - Innocence Lost |
Soap opera |
| Robin Hood | Legrand - Treasure of the Nation |
TV series | |
| 2009 | Holby City | Gary Daley - Breathe Deeply |
Medical drama |
| Heartbeat | Alan Page - Return Crossing |
TV series | |
| 2011 | House of Anubis | Rory Campbell | TV series |
Film
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Enchanted April | Jonathan | Feature film |
| 2002 | The Day That Shook the World | Narrator | Television film |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag | Additional voices | Voice role |
| 2014 | Assassin's Creed Unity | Charles Dorian | |
| Assassin's Creed Rogue | |||
| 2015 | The Order: 1886 | Walla Crowd | |
| 2016 | Battlefleet Gothic: Armada | Commodore Vandez | |
| Total War: Warhammer | |||
| 2017 | Star Wars Battlefront II |