Tom Banks (EastEnders)

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EastEnders character

Tom Banks
Portrayed by	Colm O'Maonlai
Duration	2002
First appearance	23 April 2002
Last appearance	1 November 2002
Date of birth	5 February 1968
Date of death	31 October 2002
Marital status	Deceased
Occupation	Firefighter
Family	Bridget

Tom Banks was a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. He was played by Colm O'Maonlai.

Tom was a Merchant Marine who had been friends with Sharon Watts when they were children, but left the Marines in 2002 and was first seen at the funeral of Sharon's mother Angie. He got a job as a firefighter and got together with her, but his psychotic ex-wife Sadie tried her hardest to split them up. She used his step-daughter, Charlotte as an excuse to get back into Tom's life and convinced Sharon that they were having an affair behind her back, but they weren't. Sadie attempted suicide but Sharon and Tom convinced her to get psychological help, and she was out of their lives for good.

Then things took a turn for the worse, Tom discovered that he had a brain tumour, but didn't tell Sharon. Sharon proposed to him when they swapped roles for a day, and he accepted.

When Trevor Morgan started a fire at 23 Albert Square, Tom ran in to rescue Trevor's hostages Little Mo and his son Sean. He took them to safety, and then went back to rescue Trevor, when Trevor's petrol can exploded. They both died instantly, and only after Tom's death did Sharon find out that he had been diagnosed with a brain tumour.