
Ian Burfield
Department: Acting
Biography
Ian Burfield is an English actor, who has often played roles as police officers and detectives on television. He appeared in 12 episodes of The Bill, 39 episodes of EastEnders, and played the part of a Tweed Coat Fingerman in 2005 film V for Vendetta. He is also a company member of the National Theatre, and has acted in two plays which were screened in cinemas around the UK as part of the National Theatre Live scheme. Since September 2018, Burfield has been a recurring character in EastEnders as Detective Inspector/Detective Chief Inspector Peter Arthurs. (wikipedia)
Known For

Circus
2000

The Selfish Giant
2013

The Plant
1995

The Full House
2024

Royce
1994

The International
2009

The Krays
1990

Tomorrow La Scala!
2002

The Investigator
1997

V for Vendetta
2006

Criminal
2016

Hatton Garden: The Heist
2016

Parent's Night
2001

National Theatre Live: The Kitchen
2011

Acts of Godfrey
2012

National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors
2012

The Angel of Auschwitz
2019

The Dark Channel
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Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts
2004

Tales of the Underworld
2026

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996

EastEnders
1985

Lovejoy
1986

Waking the Dead
2001

Vera
2011

The Secret of Crickley Hall
2012

Peak Practice
1993

Rosemary & Thyme
2003

Hijack
2023

Casualty
1986

Humans
2015

Who Is Erin Carter?
2023

Heartbeat
1992

Call the Midwife
2012

Heartbeat
1992

Heartbeat
1992

The Capture
2019

Midsomer Murders
1997

Merlin
2008

In the Beginning
2000

Injustice
2011

The Colour of Magic
2008

Nathan Barley
2005

The Chief
1990

Longitude
2000

Shockers
1999

The Hack
2025

The Knock
1994