Out British actor John Partridge is 39 today!

He’s best known for his role as Christian Clarke on the long-running BBC soap Eastenders and like Christian, actor John Partridge is a proudly out gay man. He lives with his partner, actor Jon Tsouras, in London and the couple plans to marry.

His on-screen love life has also heated up with Christian finally beginning a life with Syed (Marc Elliot) after a long period of tumult.

John was born in Manchester, England, and trained at the Royal Ballet Lower School. John left college at 17 to tour the UK to tour with the original touring production of Cats. He has also appeared in productions of Grease, Tommy, Rent, Miss Saigon, Starlight Express and Taboo.

The actor was voted “sexiest male” at last year’s Inside Soap Awards. No surprise there!

I hope he’s having a very happy birthday today!!!