Garey Bridges (born 11 August 1969 in London, England) is a British actor, best known for playing the role of Lloyd Tavernier in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
The following year he appeared in the BBC medical television series, Casualty (1989) and the children's drama Press Gang (1989), playing Terry.
Their introduction was also a well-intentioned attempt to portray a wider range of black characters than had previously been achieved on the show.
Bridges wayward character suffered with sickle-cell anaemia, and storylines focused on the problems and restrictions this affliction can have for a young person.
[5] Bridges went on to appear in the BBC2 productions O Mary This London and Funky Black Shorts: Home and Away in 1994, and he later played the part of Billy Price in the 1996 film Respect, a drama about champion boxer Bobby Carr (played by Nick Berry) who is forced to retire with permanent damage to his eye.