The Bill fans will know Jeff Stewart for playing PC Reg Hollis in the hit ITV police drama.
But they would be forgiven for looking twice if they bumped into the 67-year-old star in the street these days as he looks dramatically different from his on-screen character.
Jeff looked unrecognisable with long grey hair and a bushy beard on a recent shopping trip in London with a mystery woman.
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The handsome actor was spotted wearing a long cream overcoat, brown gloves, and dark glasses during his day out with his female companion.
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His stylish and rugged new look is a far cry from his Reg character who was known for his slicked-black hair and polished look.
Jeff was sporting an orange and white tote bag from book publisher Penguin, suggesting he might have popped into a London bookstore to grab a literary gift.
The actor appeared in The Bill for a whopping 872 episodes between 1984 and 2008, but his first appearance was actually in the series pilot before he became a permanent fixture.
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He starred alongside Graham Cole’s character PC Tony Stamp and Mark Wingett’s DC Jim Carver.
Speaking about leaving the show in 2011, Jeff told The Sun: “I felt I had been badly let down.”
He also said: “I didn’t see a counsellor, it was evident I was OK and I never worried how it would affect my career.
“I thought, ‘I have a choice, you can either stagnate or blossom.”
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It’s not the first time the PC Reg Hollis actor has been spotted out and about with his huge beard and bushy hair.
He was photographed with an oversized jacket, an open chequered shirt, black jeans, a black t-shirt and a pair of Timberland boots.
The Bill launched on ITV in 1983, the year before Jeff joined the show as a regular, but it was axed in 2010 after 26 series.
In 2011, Jeff won a best actor award at the 2011 Manhattan Film Festival for his role in Under Jakob’s Ladder, where he played German-Russian man in a Soviet prison.
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