Jesse Birdsall (born 13 February 1963) is an English actor, known for his roles as Marcus Tandy in the BBC1 soap opera Eldorado (1992–1993), Nick Beckett in the adventure series Bugs (1995–1999), football manager Roger Webb in Footballers' Wives (2003–2006), and Fraser Black in Hollyoaks (2013–2014) as well as for villain Ron Gregory in a few episodes of The Bill.
[citation needed] In 1982 he starred alongside singer Hazel O'Connor in the TV drama series set in a nightclub called Jangles.
He had a small role in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders in August 2012, playing John Hewland, jilted fiancé of Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean), in two episodes.
[5][6][7][8] Birdsall played the role of Fraser Black in Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks but left the show in spring 2014 following a whodunit storyline in which he was murdered.
Birdsall has been in trouble with the police twice: being convicted of actual bodily harm after an altercation in 1981, and being fined £1,000 following an unprovoked attack on a fellow customer at a pub in London in 1999.