Jase Dyer

Jase Dyer
EastEnders character
Portrayed by	Stephen Lord
Duration	2007–2008
First appearance	Episode 3402 19 July 2007 (2007-07-19)
Last appearance	Episode 3638 29 August 2008 (2008-08-29)
Classification	Former; regular
Created by	Diederick Santer
In-universe information Occupation Carpenter Odd job man Sons Jay Brown

Jase Dyer is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Stephen Lord between 19 July 2007 to 29 August 2008. The character and his casting was announced mid 2007. Lord, in his first role, began filming for EastEnders in June 2007 one month before his casting announcement, and made his first episode broadcast on 19 July 2007.^[1] The character was introduced and created by Diederick Santer the executive producer of EastEnders. Beginning in the serial on July as a man in his mid-thirties, Jase arrives as the father of Jay Brown (played by Jamie Borthwick). Jase is also described a love interest for Roxy Mitchell (Rita Simons) and Dawn Swann (Kara Tointon).

Following Jase's arrival his storylines mainly focused on him arriving and bonding with his son, being engaged to his girlfriend Dawn and his secret past, which later it is revealed he was involved in a gang and was sent to prison for his crime. Lord was nominated for the Best Newcomer category at the 2008 British Soap Awards for his portrayal of Jase, though lost out to Coronation Street's Michelle Keegan (Tina McIntyre). In an interview Lord has described his character Jase as a "enigmatic", "a dead wrong'un" and "mystery character with a dark past". It was later confirmed that the character would leave EastEnders. Jase was killed off in the serial, making his final credited appearance (as a corpse) in an episode aired on 29 August 2008, after being subsequently murdered by his antagonistic gang leader, Terry Bates (Nicholas Ball). On Virgin Media his death was named one of the best soap storylines of 2008.^[2]