Cast & creator
Adam Woodyatt
Best known for EastEnders, Would I Lie to You?, An Audience with...
Adam Brinley Woodyatt (born 28 June 1968) is an English actor, known for his role as Ian Beale in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Alongside Jane Slaughter, Woodyatt is the show's longest-serving cast member, having played the role since 1985.
Also known as: Adam Brinley Woodyatt
9
film credits
16
television credits
25
1978–2025 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (25)
Showing 25 of 25 credits
EastEnders
Ian Beale
1985
Would I Lie to You?
Self
2007
An Audience with...
Self
1978Pebble Mill
Self
1991
Richard Osman's House of Games
Self - Panellist
2017
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
Going Live!
Self
1987
Celebrity Catchphrase
Self - Contestant
2018
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Self
2002
Dick and Dom in da Bungalow
Self
2002The Podge and Rodge Show
2006
B&B by the Sea
Self
2022
The Witches and the Grinnygog
David 'Dave' Firkettle
1983School's Out
Self
2006
The Baker Street Boys
Shiner
1983
Queens for the Night
Self - Contestant
2022
The Big Night In
Ian Beale
2020
The Best of EastEnders
Self - Presenter
2018
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
Self
2001
The Witches and the Grinnygog
Dave Firkettle
1983
EastEnders: 40 Years on the Square
Himself
2025
EastEnders: Last Tango in Walford
Ian Beale
2010June Brown at 90: A Walford Legend
Self
2017
The Lock-In
Ian Beale
2022
My Brother David
Ian Beale (EastEnders - Archive footage) (Uncredited)
1989