Only Fools and Horses

Only Fools and Horses Damien Trotter star unrecognisable in EastEnders role

Actor Ben Smith is known as 'devil child' Damien in the BBC sitcom, but he's also starred in EastEnders amongst other popular shows and movies

In 2001, Only Fools and Horses made an epic comeback after five years for three legendary Christmas specials. Actor Ben Smith took on the role of Damien Trotter in the episodes that followed the Trotters after they had become millionaires.

Damien, the devil child, is a chip off the old block and the apple of his parents, Del Boy and Raquel’s, eye – but he’s the Omen according to his uncle Rodney. Since appearing in Only Fools, Ben has enjoyed a successful career in acting and now looks completely different from his days in Peckham.

Born in North London, the 32-year-old actor has appeared in many popular television shows including Teachers, The Bill, Help! I’m a Teenage Outlaw, Misfits, Doctor Who, Holby City, and Goodnight Mister Tom.

Ben Smith as Tegs in EastEnders in 2018 (Image: BBC)

He also played Reece Keys in the movie Passer By alongside the actor James Nesbitt. In 2008, Ben played Tegs Teague in EastEnders as the main leader of a gang called “the E20” who stole from the market, harassed Dot Branning, and tried to verbally abuse Shirley Carter.

During four episodes Tegs wreaked havoc in Albert Square and eventually stabbed Jay Brown before getting arrested. He was a right git, as Del Boy would say! In 2015, Ben appeared in an episode of Manchester crime drama No Offence, as well as playing a soldier in the TV short Native.

He also starred in the movie Come Out of the Woods in 2017 which follows three brothers struggling in Scotland.

Ben Smith as Robbie Lennox and Aoife Duffin as Eithne in the RTE drama series Resistance (Image: RTE)

Most recently Ben played the role of Robbie Lennox in the series Resistance (2019) which is the sequel series to the 2016 Rebellion, and set during the 1916 Easter Rising. Resistance, a glossy RTE television drama that blends real and fictional characters, has shone a contemporary light on the guerrilla campaign led by Michael Collins that helped overthrow British rule in what became the Republic of Ireland a century ago.

Other notable TV and movie appearances include Silent Witness (2007), Nowhere Boy (2009), Whitechapel (2012), Scott & Bailey (2013), and many more.

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