Ian Burfield
Biography
Ian Burfield is an English actor, who has often played roles as police officers and detectives on television. He appeared in 12 episodes of The Bill, 39 episodes of EastEnders, and played the part of a Tweed Coat Fingerman in 2005 film V for Vendetta. He is also a company member of the National Theatre, and has acted in two plays which were screened in cinemas around the UK as part of the National Theatre Live scheme. Since September 2018, Burfield has been a recurring character in EastEnders as Detective Inspector/Detective Chief Inspector Peter Arthurs. (wikipedia)
Movie Appearances
Circus
as Casper
2000
The Selfish Giant
as Mick Brazil
2013
The Plant
as DS Worrall
1995
The Full House
as Tony Beck
2024
Royce
as Jullus
1994
The International
as Thomas Schumer
2009
The Krays
as Whip
1990
Tomorrow La Scala!
as Walter
2002
The Investigator
1997
V for Vendetta
as Tweed Coat Fingerman
2006
Criminal
as Fisherman / Father
2016
Hatton Garden: The Heist
as Chief Flying Squad Officer
2016
Parent's Night
as Graham
2001
National Theatre Live: The Kitchen
as Max
2011
Acts of Godfrey
as Terry
2012
National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors
as Solnius
2012
The Angel of Auschwitz
as Karl Mengele
2019
The Dark Channel
as Bibi
TBA
Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts
as Adrian Martindale
2004
Tales of the Underworld
as Charlie Boy (segment "A Cigar Is a Cigar")
2026
TV Appearances
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Martin Kenyon
1996
EastEnders
as D.I. Hamilton
1985
Lovejoy
as P.C. Bainbridge
1986
Waking the Dead
as Stephen Lovell
2001
Vera
as Iain Hobswain
2011
The Secret of Crickley Hall
as DI Michael
2012
Peak Practice
as Steve Mellor
1993
Rosemary & Thyme
as Dave Reynolds
2003
Hijack
as John Bailey-Brown
2023
Casualty
as Jeff
1986
Humans
as Gavin
2015
Who Is Erin Carter?
2023