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EastEnders is a British television soap opera first broadcast on BBC1 on 19 February 1985. The following is a list of characters who are currently appearing in the programme, listed in order of first appearance. In the case that more than one actor has portrayed a character, the current actor portraying the character is listed last.

Present characters

Regular characters

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| || || –1995, 2001–2006, 2012–present ||

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| || || –2005, 2010–2016, 2018–present ||

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| || || 2000–2016, 2018–2022, 2024–present ||

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| || || –2005, 2010–2016, 2018–2019, 2022–present ||

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| || || –2008, 2017, 2023–present ||

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Recurring and guest characters

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| rowspan="2" | || | || rowspan="2" | –2012, 2014–present || rowspan="2" |

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| rowspan="2" | || || rowspan="2" | –2015, 2019–present || rowspan="2" |

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| rowspan="3" | || || rowspan="3" | –present || rowspan="3" |

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| rowspan="3" | || || rowspan="3" | –2018, 2023–present || rowspan="3" |

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Named extras

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Cast changes

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Returning characters

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| Joel Marshall

| Max Murray

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| Gray Atkins || Toby-Alexander Smith ||

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| Libby Fox || Belinda Owusu ||

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Former characters

Lists of characters by year of introduction

  • 1985
  • 1986
  • 1987
  • 1988
  • 1989
  • 1990
  • 1991
  • 1992
  • 1993
  • 1994
  • 1995
  • 1996
  • 1997
  • 1998
  • 1999
  • 2000
  • 2001
  • 2002
  • 2003
  • 2004
  • 2005
  • 2006
  • 2007
  • 2008
  • 2009
  • 2010
  • 2011
  • 2012
  • 2013
  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
  • 2022
  • 2023
  • 2024
  • 2025
  • 2026

Spin-off characters

References

  • Cast and characters of EastEnders on IMDb