Scott Alexander Maslen was born on 25 June 1971 and is an English actor and model, best known for his portrayal as DS Phil Hunter in the ITV police drama series The Bill and Jack Branning in the BBC soap opera EastEnders since 2007.
17 Facts About Scott Maslen
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Scott Maslen took part in the 2010 series of Strictly Come Dancing and the 2015 series of Celebrity MasterChef.
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Scott Maslen portrayed Claude Speed in the live-action trailer for Grand Theft Auto 2 in 1999.
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Scott Maslen was brought up in Woolwich and signed up to join the Royal Marines with his school friends, Marcus Marnham and Simon Farnham at the age of 16.
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Scott Maslen later sustained an injury whilst doing the PRMC, resulting in him not gaining entry to the Recruit training course.
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Scott Maslen has been a vegetarian since the age of 18; he discussed this on appearances on both The Paul O'Grady Show and Friday Night with Jonathan Ross.
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Scott Maslen has played the live action rendition of Claude Speed in DMA Design's promotional video and opening sequence for Grand Theft Auto 2.
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On 13 July 2007 it was announced that Scott Maslen would be leaving The Bill and joining the cast of EastEnders as regular character Jack Branning.
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Scott Maslen participated in the 2010 series of Strictly Come Dancing with professional dancer Natalie Lowe and his performances were favourably received by the judges.
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Scott Maslen was the 2nd celebrity of 2010 to score a 10 from the judges, following fellow EastEnders actress Kara Tointon scoring a 10 for her Pasodoble in week 5, the same week where Maslen scored three 10s for his Viennese Waltz.
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Scott Maslen showed a natural talent for dancing, topping the leaderboard on many occasions, however was eliminated in week 11 of the series.
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Scott Maslen was nominated in the top four for "Sexiest Male" at the British Soap Awards 2008, but was beaten by Rob James-Collier from Coronation Street.
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In 2011 and 2012, Scott Maslen won "Sexiest Male" at the British Soap Awards.
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Several of Scott Maslen's co-stars were in attendance at his wedding, including: Samantha Womack, Rita Simons, Charlie Clements, Jo Joyner, Steve McFadden, Barbara Windsor, Patsy Palmer, Diane Parish and Perry Fenwick.
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Scott Maslen is best friends with his EastEnders co-star Samantha Womack, whom he has known since they were teenagers, and her former husband Mark Womack.
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Scott Maslen is godfather to their two children, Lily-Rose and Benjamin Womack.
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Scott Maslen is a keen carp fisherman, and has been involved in many charity events.