Mark Christopher Wingett (born 1 January 1961) is an English actor. He is best known for playing the role of Jim Carver in the ITV police procedural The Bill.

Biography

Wingett's sister, Fiona Wingett, is a magazine editor. She was the editor of New Idea magazine in Australia in the mid-1990s, then returned to Britain to edit the Personal magazine for the Sunday Mirror. His brother, Matthew Wingett, wrote several episodes of The Bill in the 1990s. His first episode, "Thicker than Water" was submitted under the false name "Matthew Brothers", so as not to receive favourable treatment as Mark's brother.

Wingett's partner is Sharon Martin, a makeup artist. They have a daughter, Jamila, and a stepson Benny (from Martin's previous relationship). The couple separated in 2000 after Yvonne Williams, a fire-eater who had appeared on The Bill as an extra, went to the press detailing her affair with Wingett over a number of years., but had reconciled by 2003 after a two-year separation. They both worked on the 2012 film Snow White and the Huntsman, with Martin as head of the makeup department and Wingett playing the character of Thomas.

Wingett is a keen scuba diver, fisherman, skier and wreck hunter. He started diving in 1984 at a sub-aqua club for London cabbies.