Adam Brinley Woodyatt (born 28 June 1968) is an English actor and media personality, best known for his role as Ian Beale in the long-running BBC soap opera EastEnders. He is the longest-serving and only actor to have been in the show continuously since its inception in February 1985. Alongside Letitia Dean and Gillian Taylforth, who plays Sharon Watts and Kathy Beale, Woodyatt is one of only three members of the original cast currently in EastEnders.