Martin Fowler (EastEnders)

Martin Fowler is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera, EastEnders. The character was played by Jon Peyton-Price from Martin's introduction 1985 until 1996, by James Alexandrou from 1996 until 2007 and by James Bye from 2014 until 2025 when the character was killed off during the 40th anniversary live episode. After Alexandrou took over the role, Martin became part of the regular cast, and was featured in prominent storylines having a baby Bex Fowler with Sonia Fowler ; developing a romantic crush on Zoe Slater, which was not reciprocated; accidentally killing Sonia's former fiancé, Jamie Mitchell after running him over in his car, which results in Martin being imprisoned for Jamie's death and subsequently feuding with Jamie's relative Phil Mitchell ; enduring a problematic marriage with Sonia; being stalked by Sarah Cairns ; and coping with the deaths of both his brother, Mark Fowler, and mother, Pauline Fowler. Alexandrou quit the role in 2006, and Martin departed on 2 February 2007 leaving Walford alongside Bex and Sonia.