13 Facts About Mark Wingett

Mark Christopher Wingett was born on 1 January 1961 and is an English actor.

Mark Wingett's father was an officer in the Royal Navy, and the family moved to wherever he was stationed, including Malta and Singapore, but mostly in Portsmouth.

Mark Wingett attended Padnell Junior School in Cowplain, followed by Horndean Technology College.

Mark Wingett was one of four actors in "Woodentop" who returned in the series' first complete season.

Mark Wingett played Jim Carver in around 780 episodes, from 1984 until his departure in 2005 which ended 21 years on The Bill.

Mark Wingett made a brief return in March 2007 to coincide with the departure of Trudie Goodwin, then the only other remaining original cast member.

Mark Wingett returned to the soap in late 2005, leaving in March 2006.

Mark Wingett provides the voiceover for the British television version of the hit American TV series American Chopper aired on the Discovery Channel.

Mark Wingett appeared in the "Spartacus" episode of the BBC's Heroes and Villains as the gladiator trainer Lentulus Batiatus.

In 2000, Mark Wingett directed the play Lone Star by James McLure, in a production which toured Australia and starred his fellow Bill cast members Russell Boulter and Huw Higginson.

Mark Wingett is a keen scuba diver, fisherman, skier and wreck hunter.

Mark Wingett started diving in 1984 at a sub-aqua club for London black cab drivers.

Mark Wingett was the editor of New Idea magazine in Australia in the mid-1990s, then returned to Britain to edit the Personal magazine for the Sunday Mirror.