Kevin Wicks is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Phil Daniels.

Kevin made his first appearance on 17 February 2006, when he was introduced to the show alongside his two children, Carly (Kellie Shirley) and Deano (Matt Di Angelo).

Despite an acrimonious introduction to Denise Fox (Diane Parish) in May 2006, she mistakes him for Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp) and accuses him of sleeping with her daughter Chelsea (Tiana Benjamin).

It is a volatile romance, and Denise ends it several times, resulting in Kevin being pursued by Elaine Jarvis (Siân Reeves).

Kevin supports Denise through the abuse of her ex-husband, Owen Turner (Lee Ross), so the couple reunites and move in together.

He goes to Dungeness[2] and plans to go to France, but after meeting a man named Jed (Burn Gorman), who steals his ferry tickets and dies in a bus crash - Kevin goes home.

They marry in April 2007, despite Shirley trying to ruin the day by turning up to the ceremony and telling Denise about their recent tryst, only to find that Kevin has already told her.

Kevin tries to protect them by destroying CCTV footage that shows the real culprit is Craig Dixon (Rory Jennings).

Phil later learns from Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) that the cars are dangerous "cut-and-shuts" and tells Kevin to get rid of them.

However, the vehicle is low on petrol, and they cannot get to their destination, so Kevin and Shirley decide to race the car in circles and then set it alight, making it look like the work of joyriding vandals.

The feeling was said to "rev up" EastEnders, and the actor, Phil Daniels, would start filming his first scenes in January 2006, with them airing in February.

[6] In 2020, Sara Wallis and Ian Hyland from The Daily Mirror placed Kevin 93rd on their ranked list of the best EastEnders characters of all time, calling him a "Wheeler dealer".