Alex Newcombe Walkinshaw was born on 5 October 1974 and is a British actor from Barking, England.
12 Facts About Alex Walkinshaw
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Alex Walkinshaw has played the long-running roles of Dale "Smithy" Smith in the ITV police procedural series The Bill and Adrian "Fletch" Fletcher in BBC medical dramas Casualty and Holby City.
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Alex Walkinshaw played PE teacher Jez Diamond in BBC school-based drama series Waterloo Road.
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Alex Walkinshaw first appeared in The Bill in three episodes as a guest star in 1992,1993 and 1995, before joining as a regular cast member in 1999.
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Alex Walkinshaw joined The Bill as PC Dale Smith, better known as "Smithy" and then left in 2001.
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Alex Walkinshaw has previously admitted that he would be keen to appear in the soap, EastEnders.
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In 2011, Alex Walkinshaw was cast in Waterloo Road as PE teacher, Jeremy 'Jez' Diamond, replacing Paul Nicholls.
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Alex Walkinshaw is very close friends with his former co-star Rene Zagger.
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Alex Walkinshaw was close to his former co-star Roberta Taylor.
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Alex Walkinshaw's cousin is the glamour model and TV personality Jodie Marsh.
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Alex Walkinshaw is a West Ham United supporter and enjoys programmes such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Doctor Who.
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Alex Walkinshaw undertakes local charity work and is the patron for the St Thomas' Lupus Trust.