3–5 of the popular drama Footballers' Wives. In 2006, Birdsall appeared as patient Dillon Ellis in two episodes of Holby City before reappearing in 2018 as Steven Fletcher, the estranged father of Adrian Fletcher. He had a small role in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders in August 2012, playing John Hewland, jilted fiancé of Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean), in two episodes. Birdsall played the role of Fraser Black in Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks but left the show in spring 2014 following a whodunit storyline in which he was murdered. Personal life The son of Penguin Books designer Derek Birdsall, Birdsall attended Hampstead School in north London. He has been married to Only Fools and Horses actress Gwyneth Strong, with whom he has two children, since 15 July 2000. Birdsall has twice been in trouble with the police, being convicted of actual bodily harm after an altercation in 1981, and in 1999 being fined £1,000 following an unprovoked attack on a fellow customer at a pub in London. Birdsall is a supporter of Arsenal having been born and brought up in the Highbury district. References External links 1963 births Living people Alumni of the Anna Scher Theatre School English people convicted of assault English male television actors People convicted of assault occasioning actual bodily harm People from Highbury