Todd Carty was born on August 31, 1963. He began his career at the age of four, filming television commercials. Carty made his stage debut at the New London Theatre Drury Lane, playing the leading role of "Lionel!" in the musical based on the life of Lionel Bart.
He went on to work on television in "Z Cars" (BBC),"Our Mutual Friend" (BBC),"Drummer" (BBC),"Headmaster" (BBC),"Focus on Britain" (German TV),"The Idle Bunch" (German TV),"Were Happy" (RTE),and "Professor Poppers Problems" with Charlie Drake and Milo O Shea.
As a child actor, Carty worked on various films, including "The Gangs OK", "The Magic Trip". His first major television role was playing the lead role of Tucker in the BBC series "Grange Hill" for a period of five years, which proved so popular that he was then offered his own series playing Tucker as an adult in "Tuckers Luck" BBC.
Carty went on to play Oswyn in the science fantasy film "Krull" directed by Peter Yates. In 1997, Todd starred with Nick Berry in a Victorian adventure film "The Black Velvet Band". Todd Carty played the central role of Mark Fowler in the award-winning flagship drama series "Eastenders" (BBC),a role he played for 12 years.
Carty went on to play the regular role of PC. Gabriel Kent "The Bill" (ITV) 2003-2005, in which he won best villain of the year award for his portrayal of the evil PC Gabriel Kent.
