# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/derek-martin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:29:49.879Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/derek-martin"
name: "Derek Martin"
slug: "derek-martin"
description: "Derek William Rapp, known profesionally as Derek Martin, was an English actor. With a career spanning more than five decades, he began as a stuntman before moving into acting, appearing in a range of British television roles, which included starring in the crime dramas Law & Order (1978) and King and Castle (1985–1988), before taking on his most prominent role of Charlie Slater in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (2000–2011), returning briefly in 2013 and 2016."
tagline: "British actor (1933–2026)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Derek_Martin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1933-04-11"
deathDate: "2026-01-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.046697333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0552180/"
    handle:    "nm0552180"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c33e6c47-5682-435d-8487-e3b7a4dcc10a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "ديريك مارتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84)"
    title: "ديريك مارتن (ممثل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Martin"
    title: "Derek Martin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "دریک مارتین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Martin"
    title: "Derek Martin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5262172"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1198099"
    title: "Derek Martin"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump