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Early life

Anderson was born on 25 August 1987 in

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Acting career

Anderson made his acting debut when he played three-year-old Glenn in '' Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould''. He then went on to appear in the BBC soap '' EastEnders'' where he played the character Billie Jackson from 1993 to 1997. He made an appearance in the 1997 film '' Spiceworld'' as one of the competition winners that falls into the river during a video shoot. He then played David in the television drama, '' The Greatest Store in the World''. In 2002, he appeared in the film '' Thunderpants'' playing the character of Dan. His next role was in 2002's

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'' Ace Lightning'' where he played

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, the British friend of the main character, Mark. The character appeared in internet talks with Mark at the start of the programme and sometimes at the end. In 2003, Anderson starred as the lead character in the CBBC sitcom '' Kerching!'', Taj Lewis, an Internet whizzkid who was trying to make a million pounds for his single mum. In 2006, he won the role of Sonny Valentine in the

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'', but his contract was terminated by the show's producer Bryan Kirkwood on 6 January 2007. He has also made an appearance on the television show '' TMi'', and appeared on '' Doctors'' on 15 May 2008. In summer 2009, Anderson starred as Kian Oduya in the online drama ''Who Killed Summer'' sponsored by Vodafone which saw six young characters travelling Europe and the UK culminating in a murder mystery. It was confirmed in November 2009 that Anderson would reprise the role of Billie Jackson in ''EastEnders'', 15 years after he was last seen on the soap. He remained in the soap until October 2010 when Anderson was fired, once again, by Bryan Kirkwood, who was EastEnders producer at the time, and his character Billie was killed off. In 2012, he was in a production at the Riverside Studios, Hammersmith called 'Concrete Jungle'. He also starred as Sinbad's brother, Jamil, in BBC's series "Sinbad" for one season, July–September, 2012. Anderson appeared in one episode of '' Casualty'' in December 2018 as homeless man Robby Watts.

Presenting career

Following his role in ''Kerching!'', Anderson became a CBBC presenter. He presented on both the

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CBBC show and the

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References

External links

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Kerching writeupWho Killed Summer 2009
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