EASTENDERS star Charlie G Hawkins has quit acting for a new career 12 years after playing tearaway Darren Miller on soap.
The 32-year-old took on the role of the former car salesman in 2004.
EastEnders star Charlie G Hawkins has landed a new career after his stint on the soap
He played Darren between 2004 and 2011
Charlie played Darren up until 2011.
His character decided to leave Walford after his girlfriend Libby Fox found out that he fathered Heather Trott’s child.
Darren soon got into a relationship with Jodie Gold and they were due to tie the knot, however he got cold feet and fled Albert Square.
Since his stint on EastEnders, Charlie has appeared in a number of other TV shows.
But now he’s busy working on his NFL podcast Ice The Kicker.
Charlie joins forces with Tom Deacon every week to discuss everything to do with the American football league.
After EastEnders the actor played Nathan in The Ellington Kid in 2012, a young lad in Nymphomaniac the following year and Miles Stones in Casualty in 2014.
Charlie previously revealed that he struggled to cope with the fame that came with playing Darren Miller.
The star, who debuted on the BBC soap at the age of 13, said online trolling was too much for him to bear.
The attention and scrutiny lead to anxiety issues, with the young actor explaining on podcast Distinct Nostalgia: “I struggled to deal with the profile of the show.
“I went from being this cheeky chappy who was really confident to being someone who wanted to be at the back of the room.”
Darren was due to tie the knot with Jodie Gold on the soap
The star now hosts a podcast about NFL
