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Michael Greco (born 12 November 1970) is a British actor and
poker
Poker is a family of comparing card games in which players wager over which hand is best according to that specific game's rules. It is played worldwide, however in some places the rules may vary. While the earliest known form of the game w ...
player. He is best known for his role as
Beppe di Marco
Beppe di Marco is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by British actor Michael Greco. He made his first appearance on 29 January 1998, but was axed by executive producer John Yorke in 2002; with his final scen ...
in the
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soap opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...
''
EastEnders
''EastEnders'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the Ea ...
'', which he played for four years between 1998 and 2002.
Film
In summer 2006 he finished filming the leading role in the independent feature film ''
Naked in London
''Moving Target'' is a 2011 British thriller, from director Mark Tierney. The film was formerly known as ''Naked in London''.
Set on the hottest day of the year in London it follows the character Steve Lynch in an afternoon full of explosive s ...
'', opposite another ex-EastEnder
Jake Maskall
Jake Maskall (born 1971 in England) is an English television, film and theatre actor.
Career
Jake has guest starred in ''Casualty'' as Paul Vessey and Scobie in '' Murder City''.
Jake's most notable role came in the BBC television soap opera ...
.
Theatre
Greco starred in a modernised pop musical version of ''
Aladdin'', as the villain "Pickanchoos", at
Poole's Lighthouse Theatre during the 2007 Christmas and New Year Season.
Television
Greco became widely known for his role as Beppe Di Marco in the soap opera EastEnders, joining the show in 1998.
His character was developed as part of the show's introduction of the Di Marco family, the majority of whom featured until all characters with the exception of Beppe and his son Joe were axed from the show in the year 2000. Greco continued to feature among various storylines until his departure in 2002. The ''
Sunday Mirror'' reported he was sacked from the show after voicing his displeasure with his character's storylines and alleged jealousy of other actor's scripts. Greco profusely denied the speculation and stated he had resigned from the show solely due to no longer wanting celebrity status and still holds the show in high regard. He also stated he would happily consider a return to the show if offered.
Greco appeared in ''
Celebrity Love Island
''Love Island'' (originally ''Celebrity Love Island'') was a British reality television programme that was aired on ITV in 2005 and 2006. In the show, twelve single celebrities spend five weeks on an island in Fiji. The final couple remaining w ...
'' in 2005. He was a contestant on ITV's ''
Soapstar Superstar
''Soapstar Superstar'' is a British talent show that aired on ITV from 6 January 2006 to 13 January 2007. The show's format works in a similar format to that of '' Pop Idol'' and ''The X Factor'', in that the competition features a group of ...
'' in January 2006, and played in the Rest of the World team versus Prestonpans in the ''
Soccer Aid
''Soccer Aid'' is a British annual (formerly bi-ennial) charity event that has raised over £38 million in aid of UNICEF UK, through ticket sales and donations from the public. The televised event is a friendly-style football match between t ...
'' match in 2006.
Greco was the voiceover person on the TV documentary show ''America's Hardest Bounty Hunters'', on the Australian pay-TV Crime and Investigation channel (FOXTEL). In May 2017, Greco played a police officer in British medical drama series
Casualty
Casualty may refer to:
*Casualty (person), a person who is killed or rendered unfit for service in a war or natural disaster
**Civilian casualty, a non-combatant killed or injured in warfare
* The emergency department of a hospital, also known as ...
.
Poker
Greco is a keen poker player.
He appeared in the 2005
Poker Million The Poker Million has been a televised European poker tournament since its inception in November 2000. The final debuted to 30 million viewers and has since remained popular. It was created by UK gaming outfit Ladbrokes with the help of sports pro ...
, World Speed Poker Open and
Monte Carlo Millions The Monte Carlo Casino, Monte Carlo Millions was the first ever poker tournament to be staged in the city-state of Monaco. The inaugural event was completed on 12 November 2004. Apparently birthed out of the preceding explosion of Texas Hold 'em po ...
, as well as for Team Italy in the
PartyPoker.com Football & Poker Legends Cup.
Greco made the Grand Final of the 2006 Showbiz Poker event. He finished second when his made
two pair
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on the K♠
flop
In computing, floating point operations per second (FLOPS, flops or flop/s) is a measure of computer performance, useful in fields of scientific computations that require floating-point calculations. For such cases, it is a more accurate meas ...
, but the 10♣ that followed allowed
Norman Pace
Norman John Pace (born 17 February 1953 in Dudley, Worcestershire) is an English actor and comedian, best known as one half of the comedy duo Hale and Pace with his friend and comic partner Gareth Hale. Both former teachers, they fronted seve ...
to complete his
straight
Straight may refer to:
Slang
* Straight, slang for heterosexual
** Straight-acting, an LGBT person who does not exhibit the appearance or mannerisms of the gay stereotype
* Straight, a member of the straight edge subculture
Sport and games
* ...
from his J♣
hole cards. He also finished second to Pace in the semi-final round and in the celebrity heat of the
PartyPoker.com World Open.
European Poker Tour
The European Poker Tour (EPT) is a series of poker tournaments similar to those in the World Poker Tour (WPT), created by John Duthie, winner of the inaugural Poker Million tournament. It began in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in Tex ...
Cashes
*Season 2 – Dublin – €4,000 buy in – 7th Place (from 248 players) – winning €39,800
World Series of Poker
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments held annually in Paradise, Nevada and, since 2004, sponsored by Caesars Entertainment. It dates its origins to 1970, when Benny Binion invited seven of the best-known poker pla ...
Cashes
*2007 – $2,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em – 30th Place – winning $14,350
*2008 – $2,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Hold'em – 9th Place – winning $22,972
*2009 – $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em – 3rd Place – winning $248,555
*2009 Main Event – $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em – 170th Place (from 6496 players) – winning $36,626
His total live tournament winnings exceed $1,114,297.
Personal life
Greco became a first time dad at 50 with girlfriend Helen Harris.
References
External links
*
Bluff Magazine interview
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1970 births
English male soap opera actors
English poker players
Living people
Poker commentators
British people of Italian descent
Alumni of Staffordshire University