Jack Deam
Jack Deam (born Ian Deam in 1972 in Oldham, Lancashire) is an English actor. His most notable performance is of the pyromaniac, Marty Fisher, who has fictional Tourette syndrome in Channel 4's Shameless . (Ian used his Grandfather's name for his stage name)
In 1992, he appeared in approxiamietly 5 episodes of Heartbeat as Alan Maskell.
In 1993, he played Vinnie, a young soldier for the Kings Fusiliers in award winning British drama, Soldier Soldier . He later joined the cast of Clocking Off (written by Paul Abbott).
In 1996, he briefly appeared as a policeman in Jimmy McGovern's one-off drama for ITV "Hillsborough", based on the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster.
In 1999, he appeared in an episode of Queer As Folk , as a Doctor Who obsessed one-night stand of one of the protagonists before taking the role of rapist Phil Simmonds on the top rated ITV1 soap opera Coronation Street in 2000.
In January 2007, he took part in The Afternoon Play , a daytime BBC drama series consisting of short stories.
