Derek Thompson

Derek Thompson

Derek Thompson (born 4 April 1948) is a Northern Irish actor, most notable for playing Charlie Fairhead in the long-running BBC television medical drama series Casualty for 37 years, from its first episode in 1986 to his final episode in 2024. In 2017, it was revealed that this role has made Thompson the highest paid actor within the BBC with a salary of £350,000-£399,000 per annum. Following his exit from the show, Thompson joined the cast of hit Northern Irish police drama Blue Lights for its second season. Prior to the lead role in Casualty he starred in several films including The Long Good Friday, TV series such as Harry's Game and The Gentle Touch and several celebrated stints at The National Theatre. As a musician, he was also part of a folk duo with his twin sister Elaine in the 1960s. He married the actress Dee Sadler in 1989, having met her filming an episode of Casualty in 1987. Together they have one son, Charlie. He has another son from his previous marriage to his first wife Christine.

  • Title: Derek Thompson
  • Popularity: 4.967
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1948-04-04
  • Place of Birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland
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  • Also Known As: Elain and Derek, Elaine and Derek
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Derek Thompson Movies

  • 1979
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    Yanks

    Yanks

    6 1979 HD

    During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits...

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  • 1980
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    The Long Good Friday

    The Long Good Friday

    7.1 1980 HD

    In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia...

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  • 1985
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    Wild Geese II

    Wild Geese II

    4.9 1985 HD

    A group of mercenaries is hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin.

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  • 1998
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    Resurrection Man

    Resurrection Man

    6.1 1998 HD

    Belfast, in 1970s. Victor Kelly is a young protestant man who hates the Catholics so much that one night he begins to brutally murder them. A...

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  • 1965
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    Gonks Go Beat

    Gonks Go Beat

    2.8 1965 HD

    Bizarre sixties fable resembling Romeo and Juliet, but instead of Montagues and Capulets, there are two musical communities, one who like rock and...

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  • 1978
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    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

    1 1978 HD

    A repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding, eccentric mother.

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  • 1979
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    The Danedyke Mystery

    The Danedyke Mystery

    1 1979 HD

    In the village of Danedyke St Mary the Reverend Septimus Treloar, a former Chief Inspector, investigates mysterious goings on linked to his church.

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  • 1985
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    The Price

    The Price

    1 1985 HD

    Geoffrey Carr is a wealthy, key player in Britain's emerging computer industry, and newly married to Frances , a much younger woman, with wilful...

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  • 1980
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    Breaking Glass

    Breaking Glass

    6.9 1980 HD

    Breaking Glass is the story of punk singer Kate and her meteoric rise to stardom. Starting out in the rock pubs of London, Kate, assisted by her...

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  • 1986
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    Fighting Back

    Fighting Back

    1 1986 HD

    A single mother returns to her home town after fifteen years of unhappy marriage and fights to make a better life for herself and her children.

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  • 2017
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    Penny From Heaven

    Penny From Heaven

    1 2017 HD

    Penny is dead. She can't really remember how it happened. All she knows is she has to save the souls of 1000 people on the verge of suicide before...

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  • 1977
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    A Photograph

    A Photograph

    1 1977 HD

    A man's life is turned upside down when he receives a mysterious photograph in the post.

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  • 1986
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    Casualty

    Casualty

    6 1986 HD

    Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and...

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  • 1982
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    Brookside

    Brookside

    6 1982 HD

    The ground-breaking soap set in a housing estate on the outskirts of Liverpool.

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  • 1981
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    Bergerac

    Bergerac

    6.4 1981 HD

    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...

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  • 1980
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    The Gentle Touch

    The Gentle Touch

    7 1980 HD

    The Gentle Touch is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television for ITV which ran from 1980-1984. Commencing...

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  • 2007
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    Holby Blue

    Holby Blue

    7.1 2007 HD

    The police force at Holby South is tasked with the toughest job yet. Not only are they fighting the usual crime with drug offenders and gang members,...

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  • 1976
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    Rock Follies

    Rock Follies

    6 1976 HD

    Rock Follies, and its sequel, Rock Follies of '77, was a musical drama shown on British television in the 1970s. The storyline, over 12 episodes and...

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  • 1979
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    Minder

    Minder

    6.8 1979 HD

    This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and Arthur Daley, a second-hand car dealer with an eye...

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  • 1999
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    Holby City

    Holby City

    5.7 1999 HD

    Drama series about life on the wards of Holby City Hospital, following the highs and lows of the staff and patients.

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  • 1982
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    Harry's Game

    Harry's Game

    6.5 1982 HD

    A British Cabinet Minister is gunned down outside his home in London by a member of the Provisional IRA. Security protocols are activated, but the...

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  • 2023
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    Blue Lights

    Blue Lights

    7.5 2023 HD

    Follows rookie police officers working in Belfast, a city in which being a frontline response cop comes with unique pressures and dangers.

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  • 1985
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    The Price

    The Price

    5 1985 HD

    English computer millionaire Geoffrey Carr and his wife have plans for a country house in Ireland. Irish terrorists have plans for the wealthy couple.

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