| Tom Banks | |||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Colm Ó Maonlaí | ||||||||||
| Duration | 2002 | ||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 2294 23 April 2002 | ||||||||||
| Last appearance | Episode 2405 4 November 2002 | ||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||
| Introduced by | John Yorke | ||||||||||
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Tom Banks is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Colm Ó Maonlaí from 23 April to 1 November 2002. Introduced in April 2002 as a love interest for Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean), producers made the decision to axe the character, and he was killed off in November 2002. The character was said to be popular with female viewers, and he was voted the eighth sexiest male character to appear in EastEnders in a 2005 poll.