IMDB entry:
Phil Daniels was born on October 25, 1958 in London, England as Philip Daniels. He is an actor, known for Chicken Run (2000), EastEnders (1985) and Quadrophenia (1979)He sang on the original recording of British band Blur‘s single “Parklife”. He is a big fan of Chelsea Football Club from London and has performed on stage wearing his beloved Chelsea team shirt whilst singing with the British band Blur along with Damon Albarn, who is also a fan of the team.Has an uncredited role in Bugsy Malone (1976) as a waiter who spills spaghetti.Is one of 17 EastEnders (1985) actors to compete in Strictly Come Dancing (2004). The others, in chronological order, are Christopher Parker (Spencer Moon), Jill Halfpenny (Kate Mitchell), Patsy Palmer (Bianca Jackson), Louisa Lytton (Ruby Allen), Letitia Dean(Sharon Rickman), Matt Di Angelo (Deano Wicks), Gillian Taylforth (Kathy Mitchell),Jessie Wallace (Kat Moon), Zoe Lucker (Vanessa Gold), Ricky Groves (Garry Hobbs),Natalie Cassidy (Sonia Fowler), Jimi Mistry (Fred Fonesca), Scott Maslen (Jack Branning),Kara Tointon (Dawn Swann), Anita Dobson (Angie Watts) and Sid Owen (Ricky Butcher). As of 2009 he is the only 1 to have been eliminated in the first week of the contest. His daughter, Ella, was born in 1990.
