He was infamously thrown off set of Emmerdale after reportedly stubbing his toe on a prop and proceeding to violently attack the prop and claim that all props should be ‘burnt alive’. He was also in a film called Playing Away in 1986 in a minor role alongside Neil Morrissey. His most famous role to date is that of hardman Grant Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Kemp made his debut in February 1990. in early 2005, the BBC confirmed that Kemp would be returning to EastEnders later that year after six years away. in September 2009, Steve McFadden (Phil) and Danniella Westbrook (Sam), Kemp’s onscreen siblings, also expressed their desire to have him back on the show. Ross appeared in the 4th episode of the 14th series of BBC’s motoring show Top Gear. The award-winning TV series Ross Kemp on Gangs, in which Kemp interviewed gang members around the world, was first broadcast in 2006.
