Ross Maxim Boatman (born 3 March 1964) is an English actor, professional poker player and a member of the poker-playing group the Hendon Mob.

On the big screen, Boatman has appeared in the gangster film Hard Men and as a rock star in the comedy Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis.

He famously turned down a role in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels as he had just completed filming Hard Men and feared being typecast.

More recently, Boatman has appeared in alongside Clive Owen and Charlotte Rampling in the Mike Hodges film I'll Sleep When I'm Dead.

Together with his brother, Boatman began attending a poker game in North London run by Joe Beevers and Ram Vaswani.

[4][11] Like the rest of the Hendon Mob, Boatman has become a regular fixture at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), where he made his first final table in 2002 in the pot limit Omaha event.

[12][13][14][15] His titles include: In addition to the above, Boatman has written over 20 articles[22] on The Hendon Mob's website and also authored a poker lesson for internettexasholdem.com.