EastEnders (Mark Thrippleton); wheeler-dealer Vince Johnson (Hepburn Graham) and Laurie Bates (Gary Powell), who became Pete Beale's (Peter Dean) sparring partner. The majority of "EastEnders" characters are working-class. Middle-class characters do occasionally become regulars, but have been less successful and rarely become long-term characters. In the main, middle-class characters exist as villains, such as James Wilmott-Brown, May Wright, Stella Crawford and Yusef Khan, or are used to promote positive liberal influences, such as Colin Russell or Rachel Kominski. "EastEnders" has always featured a culturally diverse cast which has included black, Asian, Turkish, Polish and Latvian characters. "The expansion of minority representation
Fatboy (EastEnders) Fatboy (EastEnders) Arthur "Fatboy" Chubb (also credited as Fat Boy) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera "EastEnders" and its Internet spin-off "", played by Ricky Norwood. He made his first appearance in "EastEnders" on 5 January 2010 before appearing in the spin-off. Fatboy is one of four main characters in the first series of "E20" and makes cameo appearances in the second and third series. He was created by the "EastEnders: E20" writing team during a BBC summer school in August 2009. He frequently uses London street slang and is described as brash, confident, caring, a hustler