| Gianni di Marco | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| EastEnders character | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Marc Bannerman | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1998–2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 1568 29 January 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | Episode 1983 3 August 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Jane Harris | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Gianni di Marco is a fictional character from the BBC serial drama EastEnders, played by Marc Bannerman from 1998 to 2000.
Throughout his time on the show, the character mostly contributed to his family's story arc since their first arrival on 26 January 1998. This involves Gianni developing a close interaction with his older brother Beppe (Michael Greco); managing their late father's restaurant in light of his funeral; becoming enemies with Beppe's sworn nemesis Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp); briefly dating local businesswoman Annie Palmer (Nadia Sawalha); a broken relationship with fellow resident Jackie Owen (Race Davies) after she leaves the square with her criminal brother Steve (Martin Kemp); sparking clashes with Grant's brother Phil (Steve McFadden) and his best-friend Dan Sullivan (Craig Fairbrass); and nearly being charged in police custody for attacking his sister's maths tutor, Rod Morris (Forbes Masson), under the guise that he assaulted them.
Eventually, Gianni departed the programme along with the majority of his family on 3 August 2000.