Ross James Kemp, né le 21 juillet 1964, est un acteur, écrivain et journaliste britannique qui a acquis une importante popularité en interprétant le rôle de Grant Mitchell dans le feuilleton télévisé EastEnders. Depuis 2006, il a reçu une reconnaissance internationale en tant que journaliste d'investigation pour sa série documentaire Ross Kemp au Cœur des Gangs.

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His mother Jean was a hairdresser and his father John was a Detective Chief Inspector in the police force. He has one brother, Darren, who is a filmmaker for the BBC. He attended Shenfield High School and the Webber Douglas Academy.

On 11 June 2002 Kemp married Rebekah Wade, the then editor of The Sun. In November 2005 Wade was arrested following an alleged assault on her husband. Kemp refused medical attention for a swollen lip and no action was taken. In March 2009 Kemp and Wade divorced, and in October 2010, Kemp became a father to a baby boy by ex-partner Nicola Coleman who was his makeup artist.

Ross Kemp married Renee O'Brien in 2012. On 9 April 2015, Kemp announced via Twitter that he had become a father for the second time to a baby boy.