Jesse Birdsall Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Jesse Birdsall (born 13 February 1963) is a British actor, known in the UK for his starring roles in several high-profile, popular television programmes, particularly in Bugs (1995–99) as Nick Beckett and later in The Bill as a character named Ron Gregory, a convicted paedophile. As a child, he attended the Anna Scher children's theatre school in Islington, and in his teens appeared in Nanette Newman's children's cooking programme, Fun Food Factory and in several television plays and series, usually with his trademark rockabilly look. He first came to wider public attention in the serial... MORE

Jesse Birdsall (born 13 February 1963) is a British actor, known in the UK for his starring roles in several high-profile, popular television programmes, particularly in Bugs (1995–99) as Nick Beckett and later in The Bill as a character named Ron Gregory, a convicted paedophile. As a child, he attended the Anna Scher children's theatre school in Islington, and in his teens appeared in Nanette Newman's children's cooking programme, Fun Food Factory and in several television plays and series, usually with his trademark rockabilly look. He first came to wider public attention in the serial Annika in 1984, his first notable television role. He then subsequently appeared in the movie Wish You Were Here (1987), directed by David Leland and co-starring Emily Lloyd. Another notable television role was his portrayal of slick playboy Marcus Tandy in the infamous BBC1 soap opera Eldorado, which ran for just one year from 1992–93 and gained a reputation as one of the biggest television flops of all time. Nonetheless, the amount of coverage the programme received for its perceived low quality and lack of success would gain Birdsall much exposure, and from 1995 to 1999 he played one of the lead LESS