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name: "Ross Boatman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ross-boatman"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 March 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T19:55:42.761713+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."
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# Ross Boatman

Actor. Born 3 March 1964 in Pancras, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 March 1964, Pancras, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1988–2016
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (1), 2010s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Boatman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7369198, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0090226/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/591993

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Mum*](https://film.one/tv/mum.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ross Boatman is an English actor. He trained at RADA and began his career in fringe theatre before making his television debut in 1988.

He is known for playing firefighter Kevin Medhurst in the ITV series *London's Burning* (1988–1995, 2000) and Derek in the BBC Two sitcom *Mum* (2016–2019). Boatman has also appeared as Harvey Monroe in the BBC One soap opera *EastEnders* since 2021, and in *Stay Close* (2021), *Paddington* (2014), *Cassandra's Dream* (2007) and *Penelope* (2006).

Boatman is a professional poker player and a member of the Hendon Mob.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Mum* (2016), Fi1m 84, as Derek — [page](https://film.one/tv/mum.md)
- *The Storyteller* (1988), Fi1m 82, as Page — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-storyteller.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *Cheaters* (2022), series, as Noah
- *Stay Close* (2021), series, as Del Flynn
- *Mum* (2016), series, as Derek — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/mum.md)
- *Essex Boys: Law of Survival* (2015), as Franks
- *Hooligans at War: North vs South* (2015), as Charlie
- *Paddington* (2014), as Trader
- *Penelope* (2007), as Cheery Dealer
- *Cassandra's Dream* (2007), as Detective
- *Ripley Under Ground* (2007), as Taxi Cab Driver
- *Good Girl, Bad Girl* (2006), as Joshua
- *X-Mass* (2005), as Dad
- *Planespotting* (2005), as Steve Rush
- *Wall of Silence* (2004), as DC Ian Ashby
- *Turner: The Man Who Painted Britain* (2002), as Turner
- *Murder in Mind* (2001), series, as Det. Supt. Pryce
- *Daylight Robbery* (1999), series, as Alan McArdale
- *Dream Team* (1997), series, Acting
- *Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis* (1997), as Rock Star
- *Hard Men* (1996), as Bear
- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), series, as Owen Kimble
- *Tank Malling* (1989), as Security Guard
- *Death of a Son* (1989), as Gary Austin
- *The Storyteller: The Luck Child* (1988), as Page
- *The Storyteller* (1988), series, as Page — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-storyteller.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, as Harvey Monroe
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Acting

## Gallery

- ![Ross Boatman](https://film.one/media/person/285635/gallery-bc9aae105d01.jpg) Ross Boatman — Photos by flipchip / LasVegasVegas.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Ross_Boatman_2007.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ross Boatman at the 2023 British Soap Awards](https://film.one/media/person/285635/gallery-f3285de85fa0.jpg) Ross Boatman at the 2023 British Soap Awards — Meena, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Ross_Boatman_2023.jpg/1280px-Ross_Boatman_2023.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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