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
Dan Sullivan (EastEnders) with the odds 3–1. Dan Sullivan (EastEnders) Dan Sullivan is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera "EastEnders", played by Craig Fairbrass. Dan appeared on the show as a regular from 7 June 1999 to 10 July 2000 and then as a recurring character from 26 February to 16 August 2001. He became central to a plot involving a love triangle between himself, his lover Carol Jackson (Lindsey Coulson) and Carol's daughter Bianca (Patsy Palmer) - whom Dan embarks on an affair with. Other major storylines included him being conned out of his share of The Queen Victoria, being