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He attended St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.

He comes from a family of traveling showmen, including Martini Bartlett, who was a lion tamer.

His EastEnders (1985) character Archie Mitchell's wedding to Peggy Mitchell (Barbara Windsor), on 2 April 2009, was ranked #1 in "The 50 Greatest EastEnders (1985) Weddings of All Time" (2010).

He is a patron of the "Spartan Dogs" Theatre Company.

He was educated at Edmonton County School, Edmonton, London.

From 1975-1976, he performed at Canada's Stratford Festival.

He lives in London with his partner Clare Burt and their daughters 'Vanessa Clare' (b. 1996) Eloise Laurence (b. 1999) and Eva-Mathilde (b. 2003).

He is a regular and popular guest on UK talk shows.

He played real life criminals in the films Buster (1988) (Bruce Reynolds) and The Hatton Garden Job (2017) (Brian Reader).

He was in attendance at the wedding of his EastEnders (1985) co-star Samantha Womack to Mark Womack (17 May 2009).

He is the father with his first wife of Vanessa (born 1969), and with second wife of disc jockey and television presenter George Lamb.

His mother was Olive White, his father was Ronald Douglas Lamb.

He was ranked #49 in the 100 Greatest EastEnders (1985) Characters of All Time for his performance as Archie Mitchell (2010) and #60 in The 100 Greatest EastEnders (1985) Characters of All Time (2015).

He has a younger sister, Penny and brother, Wesley.

He is one of 16 EastEnders (1985) actors to have competed in I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! (2002). The others, in chronological order, are Danniella Westbrook (Sam Mitchell), Sid Owen (Ricky Butcher), Elaine Lordan (Lynne Hobbs), Dean Gaffney (Robbie Jackson), Marc Bannerman (Gianni di Marco), Joe Swash (Mickey Miller), Lucy Benjamin (Lisa Fowler), Charlie Brooks (Janine Butcher), Laila Morse (Mo Harris), Jamie Lomas (Jake Stone), Rita Simons (Roxy Mitchell), Cliff Parisi (Minty Peterson), Jacqueline Jossa (Lauren Branning), Shane Richie (Alfie Moon) and Jessica Plummer (Chantelle Atkins).