Ben Onwukwe
Birthday: Born in 1957-08-21 in Stepney, East London, England
Deathday: Alive
Benjamin Neil Paddock Onwukwe (born 21 August 1957 in Stepney, London, England) is a British film, radio, television, theatre and voice actor. He is perhaps best known for appearing as Firefighter Stuart 'Recall' MacKenzie from 1991 to 2002 in London's Burning, a dramatic television series first aired on the British television network ITV. In addition to his most famous role in London's Burning, Onwukwe has frequently appeared on television in, among others, Casualty, Holby City, The Bill, Inspector Morse, Coronation Street, Between the Lines, Delta Wave. His most recent television appearance was in 2018 in the ‘’Netflix’’ series Safe. Onwukwe has also worked in various schools across the country, appeared in theatrical productions, recorded several radio plays and narrated audio books. He was also a member of the BBC's Radio Drama Company. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
TV Credits
The Bill
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The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters....
Inspector Morse
Character: Doctor
Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and actresses....
Between the Lines
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Detective Superintendent Tony Clark is an ambitious member of the Complaints Investigation Bureau, an internal organisation that investigates claims of corruption inside the police in England and Wales. Along the way Clark overcomes strong influence from his superiors and problems in his private life, most notably the break-up of his marriage following an affair with WPC Jenny Dean....
London's Burning
Character: Stuart 'Recall' MacKenzie
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...
Doctor at the Top
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Casualty
Character: Greg James
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives....
Professor T
Character: Herman Donckers
Professor Jasper Tempest, a genius Cambridge University criminologist with OCD and an overbearing mother, advises the police. British version of the Belgian crime drama of the same name....
Bergerac
Character: Peter Jason
Bergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and first screened on BBC1, it stars John Nettles as the title character Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac, a detective in Le Bureau des Étrangers, part of the States of Jersey Police....
Safe
Character: Eric Pratchett
After his daughter goes missing, a widower begins uncovering the dark secrets of the people closest to him....
Waiting for God
Character: Doctor
Refusing to succumb to old age, Tom Ballard and Diana Trent are a pair of seasoned delinquents that cause many headaches. Their uneasy alliance is destined to make life difficult at the Bayview Retirement Village....
Death in Paradise
Character: Harley Joseph
A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint-Marie....
Movie Credits
London's Burning: Duty Log
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A behind-the-scenes documentary on the popular ITV firefighting drama series, London's Burning. Including the best moments from the first 11 series, and a sneak peak on the set of some of the 12th with interviews from the cast and crew....
American Roulette
Character: Hi-jacked Van Driver
Carlos Quintas, the democratically-elected president of an unnamed South American country, has been deposed by a military coup. He is in London, the head of a government in exile, rallying international support. He is also a poet of talent and reputation, in love with Kate, his assistant, who has a secret of her own and keeps Carlos at a distance. The generals have a team of professionals in London bent on kidnap and assassination. Hovering around Carlos are two Russians, who may be KGB, an Amer...
Hero: Inspired by the Extraordinary Life & Times of Mr. Ulric Cross
Character: W.E.B. Dubois
Inspired by the life and times of Caribbean war hero, judge and diplomat Ulric Cross whose amazing life spanned key moments of the 20th Century like WW2, African independence movements, Black Power, the rise of a new brand of Black leadership around the world, events that define our present reality....
The Chain
Character: 1st Removal Man
Comedy featuring interweaving stories of seven households caught up in a property chain on moving day, each one dependent on the other....