Derek Thompson
Derek Thompson (born 4 April 1948) is a Northern Irish actor, most notable for playing Charlie Fairhead in the long-running BBC television medical drama series Casualty for 37 years, from its first episode in 1986 to his final episode in 2024. In 2017, it was revealed that this role has made Thompson the highest paid actor within the BBC with a salary of £350,000-£399,000 per annum. Following his exit from the show, Thompson joined the cast of hit Northern Irish police drama Blue Lights for its second season. Prior to the lead role in Casualty he starred in several films including The Long Good Friday, TV series such as Harry's Game and The Gentle Touch and several celebrated stints at The National Theatre. As a musician, he was also part of a folk duo with his twin sister Elaine in the 1960s. He married the actress Dee Sadler in 1989, having met her filming an episode of Casualty in 1987. Together they have one son, Charlie. He has another son from his previous marriage to his first wife Christine.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 2.891 |
Birthday | 1948-04-04 |
Place of Birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Also Known As | Elain and Derek, Elaine and Derek, |
1979
Yanks
6/51
During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits don...
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Yanks
1980
The Long Good Friday
7.139/349
In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia t...
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The Long Good Friday
1985
Wild Geese II
4.9/28
A group of mercenaries is hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin.
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Wild Geese II
1998
Resurrection Man
6.1/11
Belfast, in 1970s. Victor Kelly is a young protestant man who hates the Catholics so much that one night he begins to brutally murder them. A reporter...
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Resurrection Man
1965
Gonks Go Beat
2.8/5
Bizarre sixties fable resembling Romeo and Juliet, but instead of Montagues and Capulets, there are two musical communities, one who like rock and rol...
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Gonks Go Beat
1978
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
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A repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding, eccentric mother.
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Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1979
The Danedyke Mystery
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In the village of Danedyke St Mary the Reverend Septimus Treloar, a former Chief Inspector, investigates mysterious goings on linked to his church.
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The Danedyke Mystery
1985
The Price
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Geoffrey Carr is a wealthy, key player in Britain's emerging computer industry, and newly married to Frances , a much younger woman, with wilful daug...
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The Price
1980
Breaking Glass
6.9/31
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Breaking Glass
1986
Fighting Back
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A single mother returns to her home town after fifteen years of unhappy marriage and fights to make a better life for herself and her children.
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Fighting Back
2017
Penny From Heaven
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Penny is dead. She can't really remember how it happened. All she knows is she has to save the souls of 1000 people on the verge of suicide before she...
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Penny From Heaven
1977
A Photograph
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A man's life is turned upside down when he receives a mysterious photograph in the post.
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