Ross Kemp

Ross Kemp

Born: July 21, 1964
in Barking, London, England, UK
Ross Kemp was born on July 21, 1964 in Barking, Essex, England. His mother, Jean, was a hairdresser and his father, John, was a policeman with the Metropolitan Police force. He has a brother named Darren who is a documentary producer for the BBC. Ross attended Shenfield High School, where he is remembered as an excellent athlete. He wanted to be an actor from a young age and went on to study drama at the Webber Douglas Academy. He has rarely been out of work since leaving the academy in 1985, appearing on stage, in films, on television and in various adverts. His first credited television appearance was in 1986, playing Graham Lodsworth in "Emmerdale Farm" (now "Emmerdale"). His most famous role to date was his award-winning portrayal of hardman Grant Mitchell in the popular BBC series "EastEnders".

Movies for Ross Kemp...

Title: Blindspot
Character: Tony Warden
Released: July 4, 2023
Type: TV
Hannah Quinn, who works monitoring the CCTV on a rough estate, sets off to solve a murder that she witnesses.
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Searching For Michael Jackson’s Zoo With Ross Kemp
Title: Searching For Michael Jackson’s Zoo With Ross Kemp
Character: Himself
Released: April 27, 2022
Type: Movie
Ross Kemp tracks down animals who once belonged to Michael Jackson at his Neverland ranch.
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Title: Ross Kemp: Shipwreck Treasure Hunter
Character: Himself
Released: April 18, 2022
Type: TV
Actor and author Ross Kemp dives into the deep ocean to uncover long lost stories and mysteries in this new Sky series, `Ross Kemp: Shipwreck Treasure'. Accompanying him for the dives of a lifetime is expert diver Emily Turton, and together they will go on many expeditions to some of the most famous shipwrecks around the UK. They hope to find answers to long-standing questions, hidden secrets, and any potential treasures that could be lost on the sea floor. Through these wrecks, Britain's complex history will become a little more clear.
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Title: Bridge of Lies
Character: Self - Host
Released: March 14, 2022
Type: TV
Ross Kemp hosts a nail-biting quiz. Using knowledge, strategy and a little luck, contestants must cross the bridge, spotting the lies. One wrong step and they lose everything.
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Title: Ross Kemp: On the NHS Frontline
Released: April 16, 2020
Type: TV
Ross Kemp follows frontline medical staff at they prepare for and face the coronavirus pandemic.
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Hatton Garden: The Inside Story
Title: Hatton Garden: The Inside Story
Released: May 24, 2019
Type: Movie
Ross Kemp examines the April 2015 heist when a group of criminals carried out what has been described as the biggest burglary in British history. With access to the secret surveillance footage that put the thieves behind bars.
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Title: Six Nations Sin Bin
Character: Self - Participant
Released: February 1, 2019
Type: TV
Getting everyone ready for a Six Nations weekend. Gabby Logan and Gareth Thomas are joined by stars and famous fans to look ahead with previews, predictions and a packed crowd.
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Title: Six Nations Sin Bin
Character: Self
Released: February 1, 2019
Type: TV
Getting everyone ready for a Six Nations weekend. Gabby Logan and Gareth Thomas are joined by stars and famous fans to look ahead with previews, predictions and a packed crowd.
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Title: All Round to Mrs. Brown's
Character: Self
Released: March 25, 2017
Type: TV
Mrs Brown opens the doors to her house for a Saturday night entertainment show in which she and the family are joined by celebrity guests.
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Snapshot Wedding
Title: Snapshot Wedding
Character: Trevor
Released: January 1, 2017
Type: Movie
A son of a retiring Priest, now on the rebound, decides on an unconventional route to find marriage.
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Ross Kemp: The Fight Against Isis
Title: Ross Kemp: The Fight Against Isis
Character: Self
Released: July 14, 2016
Type: Movie
Ross Kemp travels to Iraq and Syria to embed with Kurdish forces fighting against Islamic State.
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Title: Ross Kemp's Britain
Character: Documenter
Released: March 22, 2016
Type: TV
In this new three part series, Ross Kemp explores three of the most challenging problems facing contemporary Britain - immigration, child sexual exploitation and alcohol abuse.
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Title: Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Released: February 7, 2014
Type: TV
Lee Mack wrangles a team of scientists and celebrity guests to find the truth behind the trivia on this bizarrely educational panel show.
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Title: Ross Kemp: Back on the Frontline
Character: Himself
Released: November 14, 2011
Type: TV
Ross Kemp: Back on the Frontline is a documentary series shown on Sky1. The show is hosted by actor Ross Kemp, best known for his role of Grant Mitchell in the show EastEnders.
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Title: Ross Kemp: Extreme World
Character: Himself
Released: February 21, 2011
Type: TV
Ross Kemp travels around the world talking to people involved in illicit trades, locals who have been affected by violence and hardship, and the authorities who are attempting to combat the problems. In each episode he attempts to establish contacts within the groups in order to get close to the ringleaders.
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Title: Ross Kemp: Battle for the Amazon
Character: Himself
Released: April 20, 2010
Type: TV
Ross Kemp looks into the socio-economic and environmental pressures facing the Amazon regions of Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.
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Title: Children's Champion Awards
Released: March 10, 2010
Type: TV
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Title: Ross Kemp: Middle East
Character: Himself
Released: January 3, 2010
Type: TV
Ross Kemp journeys to the Middle East where the bitter conflict has cost tens of thousands of lives and forced millions to live in fear and misery. Ross visits Gaza one year on from Operation Cast Lead, a massive Israeli military assault on the Gaza Strip that saw as many as 1,400 Palestinians die, thousands of homes destroyed, and much of Gaza's infrastructure obliterated. He then travels to Israel and discovers a country divided, one that is surrounded by enemies and living under the constant fear of rocket attacks and suicide bombs from groups dedicated to its destruction.
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Title: 10 Minute Tales
Released: December 21, 2009
Type: TV
The biggest names in writing, acting and directing come together in a series of shorts on Sky1 HD this festive period. Experience a novel Noel with these original, uplifting and highly creative slices of silent cinema that prove actions do speak louder than words. Starring Mackenzie Crook, Bill Nighy, Peter Capaldi, Ross Kemp, and a host of major stars, each of the 10 Minute Tales promises to be a unique and engaging look at life, loss, and love.
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Title: Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Character: Self
Released: June 14, 2009
Type: TV
Alan Carr: Chatty Man is a BAFTA award-winning British comedy chat show presented by comedian Alan Carr. The show features interviews with celebrity guests, sketches, topical chat and music.
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Title: Ross Kemp in Search of Pirates
Character: Himself
Released: June 8, 2009
Type: TV
Ross Kemp documents the ever-increasing risk of piracy on the world’s oceans as he searches for pirates off the coasts of Somalia, Nigeria and the seas of South East Asia.
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Title: Gang Nation
Released: February 10, 2009
Type: TV
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Title: Ross Kemp Return to Afghanistan
Released: February 1, 2009
Type: TV
Ross Kemp travels back to Afghanistan following his original BAFTA award winning series Ross Kemp in Afghanistan. This time he follows 5 SCOTS in and around Taliban hot spots in the baking heat and finds out what has changed following his original series.
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Title: Ross Kemp in Afghanistan
Released: January 21, 2008
Type: TV
Ross Kemp in Afghanistan, also known as Ross Kemp: Return to Afghanistan for series 2, is a Sky One British documentary series fronted by actor Ross Kemp about the British soldiers fighting in the War in Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force mission against the Taliban. The two series involved Kemp and a small embedded film crew following troops fighting in Helmand Province, documenting their part in the ongoing Operation Herrick. Ross Kemp in Afghanistan, first broadcast in January 2008, followed the 2007 deployment of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Anglian Regiment. As a follow-up to the first series, Ross Kemp: Return to Afghanistan, first broadcast from 1 February 2009, followed the 2008 deployment of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, the 5th battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. In the first series Kemp and his crew participate in the Vikings' initial training in Britain for the deployment. They then visit the unit during their six-month tour, filming both life at rest and on fighting patrols in Helmand. The series finally covers their return to the UK. In the follow-up series Kemp returns to Afghanistan to assess how the conflict has changed since his first visit in 2007.
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Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
Title: Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
Character: Trooper #2 (voice)
Released: December 25, 2007
Type: Movie
Robbie and Donner's wedding is interrupted when Donner is kidnapped by aliens. Robbie saves the day again though with the help of his friends and an alien crystal.
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Title: The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Character: Self
Released: September 3, 2007
Type: TV
The Alan Titchmarsh Show is a British daytime chat show presented by Alan Titchmarsh. It was first broadcast on ITV on 3 September 2007 and currently airs on weekday afternoons. The show's main focus is the "Best of British" theme with many of the shows' segments focusing on fashion, health, nature, cookery and animals.
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Title: Comic Relief Does The Apprentice
Released: March 15, 2007
Type: TV
Ten celebrities face Alan Sugar in the boardroom as he sets them a tough task in this special edition of The Apprentice to raise money for Comic Relief.
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Title: The One Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: August 14, 2006
Type: TV
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One and BBC One HD. The programme is currently hosted by Alex Jones and Matt Baker from Monday-Thursday, with Chris Evans appearing instead of Baker on Fridays and relief presenters appearing when required.
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Title: The One Show
Character: Self
Released: August 14, 2006
Type: TV
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One and BBC One HD. The programme is currently hosted by Alex Jones and Matt Baker from Monday-Thursday, with Chris Evans appearing instead of Baker on Fridays and relief presenters appearing when required.
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Title: Ross Kemp on Gangs
Character: Himself
Released: June 8, 2006
Type: TV
Ross Kemp on Gangs is a BAFTA award-winning documentary series that was broadcast on Sky1 from 16 October 2006 to 22 September 2008. On 20 May 2007 the series won a BAFTA award for best factual series. The show is hosted by actor Ross Kemp, best known for his role of Grant Mitchell in the show EastEnders where Kemp's character was involved in several storylines involving gangs. On the show Kemp travels around the world talking to gang members, locals who have been affected by gang violence, and the authorities who are attempting to combat the problem. In each episode he attempts to establish contacts within the gangs who can arrange interviews with the gangs' leaders.
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Title: Extras
Character: Ross Kemp
Released: July 21, 2005
Type: TV
Andy Millman gave up his day job five years ago in the hope of achieving the big time, but he’s yet to land a speaking part, let alone saunter down the red carpet to pick up an Oscar. He remains optimistic however, as rubbing shoulders with the A-list on-set only serves to reinforce his belief that the big time is just a job or two away.
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Title: The Friday Night Project
Released: February 4, 2005
Type: TV
The Friday Night Project was a British comedy-variety show by Princess Productions that first aired on Channel 4 in February 2005 under the title The Friday Night Project. Originally broadcast on Friday nights, the show moved to Sunday nights for its seventh series in 2008. Each week the regular hosts Justin Lee Collins and Alan Carr are joined by a celebrity guest host. These guests provide an opening monologue, are interviewed by Alan and Justin and take questions from the studio audience. They also take part in comedy sketches, hidden camera stunts and a game show where someone from the audience is selected to win prizes. When the show was called The Friday Night Project, it was not live; it was recorded at The London Studios on the night before it was broadcast on Channel 4. When the show became The Sunday Night Project, the show retained its Thursday night taping schedule.
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A Line in the Sand
Title: A Line in the Sand
Character: Frank Perry
Released: December 2, 2004
Type: Movie
In a remote village on the Suffolk Coast, Frank Perry (Ross Kemp) waits for his past to catch up with him. Previously a spy for MI6 working on Iranian chemical and biological weapons production, his reports led to the deaths of many Iranian scientists while also undermining the progress of their production. Now the Iranians have found out he was responsible and have sent their best assassin to kill him. A team of "protectors" move in around Perry, disrupting the local community who, fearing for their lives, turn against him.
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Title: Spartacus
Character: Cinna
Released: April 18, 2004
Type: TV
Spartacus, who was enslaved by the Romans after they murdered his father, leads fellow slaves in an attempt to overthrow the repressive Roman Empire.
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Spartacus
Title: Spartacus
Character: Cinna
Released: March 17, 2004
Type: Movie
Sentenced to spend out the rest of his adult life laboring in the harsh deserts of Egypt, the Thracian slave Spartacus gets a new lease on life when he is purchased by the obese owner of a Roman gladiator school. Moved by the defiance of an Ethiopian warrior, Draba, Spartacus leads a slave uprising which threatens Rome's status quo. As Spartacus gains sympathy within the Roman Senate, he also makes a powerful enemy in form of Marcus Lucinius Crassus, who makes it a matter of personal honor to crush the rebellion.
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The Crooked Man
Title: The Crooked Man
Character: Harry Fielding
Released: December 17, 2003
Type: Movie
Harry Fielding is an investigative reporter with a brief to covertly document the compromising exploits of public figures. Incriminating evidence captured on his camera is used by his unscrupulous boss, Hamilton, to blackmail the very people they are supposed to be protecting. The tables are turned when Fielding and Hamilton themselves become the subject of scrutiny and are plunged into a world of Subterfuge, Intrigue, blackmail and murder.
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Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
Title: Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
Character: Verus (UK version) (voice)
Released: October 12, 2003
Type: Movie
Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death aka Colosseum: A Gladiator's Story is a 2003 BBC Television docudrama which tells the true story of Verus a gladiator who fought at the Colosseum in Rome.
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Title: Top Gear
Character: Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Released: October 20, 2002
Type: TV
This fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary, live up to their manufacturers' claims. The long-running show travels to locations around the world, performing extreme stunts and challenges to see what the featured cars are capable of doing. The current hosts are Paddy Mcguinness, Chris Harris and Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff.
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Title: Ultimate Force
Character: Henry Garvie
Released: September 16, 2002
Type: TV
This covert combat series focuses on the Red Troop, an elite group of soldiers from the British military's Special Air Service group.
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A Christmas Carol
Title: A Christmas Carol
Character: Eddie Scrooge
Released: November 20, 2000
Type: Movie
A modern version of the classic Dickens tale, in which Eddie Scrooge is a mean loan shark who sees the error of his ways.
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Title: Without Motive
Character: DC Jack Mowbray
Released: October 2, 2000
Type: TV
Detective Constable Jack Mowbray has seen a lot of disturbing things on the job. But somehow the family man has never taken it home with him—until now. The brutal murder of a young woman in Bristol sets off a chain of events that may change Mowbray forever and tear his family apart. When the Bristol murder is linked to a series of recent killings, the investigating team grows to more than a dozen detectives and just as many petty jealousies and full-blown rivalries. Mowbray’s boss, DCS Henderson keeps the pressure on as it becomes clear that the latest killing will not be the last. Mowbray and his colleagues race to find a predator who will strike again—without apparent motive.
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Title: In Defence
Character: Sam Lucas
Released: June 26, 2000
Type: TV
A sharp barrister teams up with a strong-minded solicitor to take on battles with the British legal system.
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Title: The British Soap Awards
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: TV
The British Soap Awards are an annual awards ceremony in the United Kingdom which honours the best moments in British soap operas. The ceremony is televised on ITV and has been presented by Phillip Schofield since 2006.
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Skinhead Farewell
Title: Skinhead Farewell
Character: Narrator of excerpts from the novels (voice)
Released: March 23, 1996
Type: Movie
The bizarre truth behind the enigma of Jim Moffatt, alias Richard Allen, author of the cult classic Skinhead series of novels for the New English Library pulp fiction publishers of the 1970s.
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Title: Room 101
Character: Self
Released: July 4, 1994
Type: TV
Fast-moving game show meets talk show, which sees Frank Skinner refereeing three celebrities each week as they compete to banish their top peeve or worst nightmare to the depths of Room 101.
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Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Title: Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Character: Grant Mitchell
Released: November 27, 1993
Type: Movie
All of the Doctor's incarnations are in crisis when The Rani creates a time-loop in the East-end of London in this 30th Anniversary Special.
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Title: The Chief
Released: April 24, 1990
Type: TV
The Chief is a British television crime drama series that aired on ITV from 20 April 1990 to 16 June 1995, starring Michael Cochrane, Tim Pigott-Smith and Martin Shaw. It was made by Anglia Television.
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Title: Birds of a Feather
Character: Detective Inspector Monk
Released: October 16, 1989
Type: TV
Birds of a Feather is a British sitcom that was broadcast on BBC One from 1989 until 1998 and on ITV from 2013. Starring Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph, it was created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, who also wrote some of the episodes along with many other writers. The first episode sees sisters Tracey Stubbs and Sharon Theodopolopodos brought together when their husbands are sent to prison for armed robbery. Sharon, who lived in an Edmonton council flat, moves into Tracey's expensive house in Chigwell, Essex. Their next-door neighbour, and later friend, Dorien Green is a middle-aged married woman who is constantly having affairs with younger men. In the later series the location is changed to Hainault. The series ended on Christmas Eve 1998 after a 9-year-run.
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Title: The Manageress
Released: June 11, 1989
Type: TV
The Manageress is a television series about a woman who becomes manager of a professional football team. It ran from 1989 to 1990 and had two seasons. The series starred Cherie Lunghi as Gabrielle Benson and Warren Clarke as the chairman of the second division club. It was independently produced for Channel 4 by Glenn Wilhide and Sophie Belhetchet at their production company, ZED Ltd. The series aired for two series of six episodes on Channel 4 in 1989 and 1990.
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The Picnic
Title: The Picnic
Character: Police Officer
Released: February 19, 1989
Type: Movie
A widowed teacher marries again, but her hopes of her daughter accepting a stepfather her own age, and her anticipation of a birthday picnic by the river are clouded by a series of murders in the district and by a fear rooted rather nearer home.
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Title: This Morning
Character: Self
Released: October 3, 1988
Type: TV
This Morning features a variety of news, as well as show business, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, home and garden, food, tech, live phone-ins, and competitions.
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Playing Away
Title: Playing Away
Character: Sonny
Released: January 2, 1987
Type: Movie
To mark the conclusion of their "Third World Week" celebration, a cricket team in a small English village invites a black cricket team from South London to a charity game with comical results.
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Title: London's Burning
Released: December 7, 1986
Type: TV
London's Burning is a British television drama programme produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network that focused on the lives of members of the London Fire Brigade, principally those of the Blue Watch at a fictional fire station called Blackwall. It was broadcast between 1988 and 2002 in the United Kingdom and was shown in Canada on digital television station CBC Country Canada. In the UK, Discovery's entertainment channel, DMAX have also shown repeats of the later series, mainly 11 through 14.
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Title: EastEnders
Character: Grant Mitchell
Released: February 19, 1985
Type: TV
The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough.