Inside the life of Strictly's Nigel Harman - EastEnders exit, famous wife and pre-fame job
14.10.2023 - 07:59
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
Former EastEnders bad boy Nigel Harman is just one of the celebrities taking part in Strictly Come Dancing 2023.
The actor shot to fame on the BBC soap back in 2003 where he won a few awards for ‘sexiest male’ and ‘best actor’ in his role as Dennis Rickman. Since then, he has kept up acting and starred in Downton Abbey, Hotel Babylon, Sky comedy drama Mount Pleasant and Casualty.
Here, we take a look back at the real reason why Nigel left EastEnders, his relationship with his famous wife, his hobbies and the job he had before he was famous..
The actor brutally shared the real reason he left EastEnders, admitting there was "nothing left" for his bad-boy character to do. In an eventful two years in the soap, Dennis slept with his adopted sister, cheated on his girlfriend and killed a gangster.
Sharon and Dennis fell in love and got married before Sharon discovered she was pregnant with their son, who she later called Dennis – and nicknamed Denny – just days before the heartthrob was brutally stabbed and killed in a bustling Albert Square in the early hours of New Years' Day in 2006, seeing Nigel leave the soap in heartbreaking and memorable scenes.
Nigel quit the soap alongside co-star Letitia Dean over the Christmas period in 2005. At the time, he said: "Sharon and Dennis have had such a great run, but what would you do with them next? I could pretty much guarantee we've already done it."
Nigel said: "It was something that was talked about over a period of time between myself and the producers. It wasn't a 'chuck all your toys out of the pram' thing. We all came to a mutual decision."
He also confessed at the time: "There was a moment last year when I was watching telly and I didn't know if I was watching Dennis or Nigel. It's