---
name: "Jack Deam"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jack-deam"
fi1m_id: "jack-deam"
imdb_id: "nm0212675"
tmdb_id: 81029
wikidata_id: "Q6112055"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 June 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T16:09:21.732500+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jack Deam

## Identity

Jack Deam

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jack-deam
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jack-deam
- **IMDb ID:** nm0212675
- **TMDB ID:** 81029
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6112055
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Deam, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6112055, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0212675/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81029

Actor. Born 29 June 1972 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 June 1972, Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1999–2010
- **Also known as:** جک دیم, Джек Дим, Иэн Дим
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 79 (1), 2000s 78 (2), 2010s 76 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 1, Crime 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Deam, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6112055, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0212675/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81029

## Biography

Jack Deam is an English actor. Born Ian Deam on 29 June 1972 in Oldham, Lancashire, he adopted his grandfather's name for his professional career.

He began acting in the early 1990s, with early television roles including appearances in *Families* (1990), *Heartbeat* (1992 and 2004) and *Soldier Soldier* (1993). He played Kev Leach in the BBC series *Clocking Off* (2000–2003).

Deam is known for his role as Marty Fisher in the Channel 4 series *Shameless* (2004–2013), DC Ken Blackstone in *DCI Banks* (2010–2016) and Inspector Mallory in *Father Brown* (2016–2022). Other credits include *Life on Mars* (2006), *Vera* (2011 and 2023) and *The Long Shadow* (2023).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Accused* (2010), Fi1m 76, as Neil Richmond — [page](https://film.one/tv/accused.md)
- *Shameless* (2004), Fi1m 75, as Marty Fisher — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *Clocking Off* (2000), Fi1m 82, as Kev Leach — [page](https://film.one/tv/clocking-off.md)
- *Queer as Folk* (1999), Fi1m 79, as Gareth Critchly — [page](https://film.one/tv/queer-as-folk.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Long Shadow* (2023), series, as DI Les Hanley
- *Ridley* (2022), series, as Duncan Darwin
- *Wolfe* (2021), series, as Joseph
- *Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar* (2019), as Leonard Woolley
- *Father Brown* (2013), series, as Inspector Mallory
- *DCI Banks* (2011), series, as Ken Blackstone
- *Vera* (2011), series, as Robert Falstone — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *32 Brinkburn Street* (2011), series, as Walter
- *Accused* (2010), series, as Neil Richmond — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/accused.md)
- *Moving On* (2009), series, as Lee, Ray
- *Unforgiven* (2009), series, as Kieran Whelan
- *Waterloo Road* (2006), series, as Dermot
- *Eleventh Hour* (2006), series, Actor
- *Life on Mars* (2006), series, as Donald Sykes — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/life-on-mars.md)
- *Shameless* (2004), series, as Marty Fisher — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *The Afternoon Play* (2003), series, as Chris
- *The Royal* (2003), series, as Sam
- *Clocking Off* (2000), series, as Kev Leach — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/clocking-off.md)
- *Always and Everyone* (1999), series, as Jack
- *Queer as Folk* (1999), series, as Gareth Critchly — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/queer-as-folk.md)
- *Heart* (1999), as Policeman
- *Playing the Field* (1998), series, Actor
- *Hillsborough* (1996), as PC with Trevor
- *Ellington* (1996), series, as Paul Russell
- *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, as Charlie Walker
- *Silent Witness* (1996), series, as Frank Johnson
- *The Young Poisoner's Handbook* (1995), as Mick
- *Fair Game* (1994), as Brendan
- *Pie in the Sky* (1994), series, as Jez Leigh
- *The Bullion Boys* (1993), as Richard
- *Peak Practice* (1993), series, as Joey Cox
- *The Life and Times of Henry Pratt* (1992), series, as Henry Pratt
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Alan Maskell, Jake Clarke
- *Let Him Have It* (1991), as Terry Stringer
- *Soldier Soldier* (1991), series, as Fus Vinny Bowles
- *In Suspicious Circumstances* (1991), series, as Frank
- *A Small Mourning* (1989), as Robert (as Ian Deam)
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Lee, Danny Robertson — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *ScreenPlay* (1986), series, as Robert

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