Base in March 2009 with Venn, MC Harvey and Jason Barrett in the line-up. Venn played the lead role in the film A.W.O.L also starring Jade Asha and Rough Copy. Venn joined the cast of BBC One soap EastEnders in the role of Ray Dixon, the father of Morgan Jackson-King, in November 2011, appearing in the series from 10 January 2012. He departed the show on 28 May 2013. He played a firefighter on the Miranda 2014 Christmas Special: I Do, But to Who?. On 18 July 2015, Venn made his debut on BBC One's medical drama Casualty as the new nurse Jacob Masters. He later became a series regular. In January 2018, Venn participated in And They're Off! in aid of Sport Relief. On 21 August 2018, Venn was announced as the fourteenth celebrity to join the Strictly Come Dancing line up of 2018. He was partnered with professional dancer Karen Clifton and they finished in 6th place. Partial filmography The Dark Knight (2008) - Gambol's Bodyguard #1 Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead (2009) - Walter Awards and nominations References External links 1973 births Black British male actors English male film actors English people of Nigerian descent English male television actors Living people People from Kilburn, London