Patrick Trueman

Patrick Trueman is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Rudolph Walker. He made his first appearance on 13 September 2001. On 7 December 2015, Walker filmed his 1,000th episode as Patrick. For his portrayal of Patrick, Walker was awarded the British Soap Award for Outstanding Achievement at the 2018 British Soap Awards. His storylines include reconciling with his adoptive son Paul Trueman (Gary Beadle) and biological son Anthony Trueman (Nicholas Bailey), being the possible father of Denise Fox (Diane Parish), to whom he is a father figure, a friendship with both Dot (June Brown) and Jim Branning (John Bardon), his marriage to Yolande Duke (Angela Wynter), an affair with Pat Evans (Pam St Clement), the death of his adoptive son Paul, being assaulted by an unknown assailant in his own shop, dealing with Ben Mitchell (Joshua Pascoe) and his father Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) starting a vendetta against him, a relationship with Cora Cross (Ann Mitchell), being injured after falling from a ladder, discovering that Denise's fiancé Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) had sex with prostitute Rainie Cross (Tanya Franks), suffering two strokes, a relationship with Claudette Hubbard (Ellen Thomas), becoming embroiled in Claudette's feud with her son Vincent Hubbard (Richard Blackwood), marrying his childhood sweetheart Sheree Trueman (Suzette Llewellyn) and discovering he fathered her son, Isaac Baptiste (Stevie Basaula). After the breakdown of his marriage to Sheree, Patrick reunites with his ex-wife Yolande, who he supports through her sexual assault by her pastor Gideon Clayton (Howard Saddler). Patrick and Yolande remarry, and the same year Patrick has to cope with Anthony's death on Christmas Day, and the revelation that Anthony's secret daughter Jasmine Fisher (Indeyarna Donaldson-Holness) had murdered him in defence of her mother Zoe Slater (Michelle Ryan).