Writing on X on Thursday,<\/a> Salmon apologised and said he appreciated the understanding shown for his “extraordinary circumstances”.<\/p>\n“I hold my hands up, take full responsibility & apologise,” he wrote. “I actually feel the 20mph limit has improved quality of life in London.<\/p>\n
“Nine points in seven weeks within half a mile of my front door. Proves the maxim ‘you’re more likely to have an accident five mins from home!’<\/p>\n
“The court weighed up our extraordinary circumstances, fined me but showed compassion for which I’m genuinely grateful.”<\/p>\n
He added: “Here’s to a less eventful and healthy 2026.”<\/p>\n
Salmon, 64, appeared at Lavender Hill Magistrates’ Court in south-west London earlier this week.<\/p>\n
He pleaded guilty to driving his Suzuki Wagon in excess of the 20mph limit in Acton, near his Shepherds Bush home, on 31 March last year.<\/p>\n
The actor already had nine points for speeding in April 2023, running a red light in February 2025, and driving without due care and attention in April 2025.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, Salmon was fined \u00a3666, with \u00a3130 costs, ordered to pay a \u00a3266 victim surcharge and received three more penalty points, but avoided a driving ban.<\/p>\n
Salmon is married to artist and illustrator Fiona Hawthorne, who previously revealed she was diagnosed with a rare lung condition, interstitial lung disease, which requires her to use an oxygen tank. She underwent a lung transplant in the US in 2024.<\/p>\n
The couple’s daughter Sasha also fell ill with lymphoma, a cancer that affects the blood cells, in 2019.<\/p>\n
They also have a high-functioning autistic son, and Salmon himself underwent hip replacement surgery last year.<\/p>\n
Bench chairman Mark Stollery told him: “We note you are the main breadwinner and carer for your family and within the family, members have life-limiting conditions, including your wife and children.”<\/p>\n
The magistrate noted Salmon and his family would suffer “exceptional hardship” if he was disqualified, adding: “They rely on you abnormally compared to most families and we also note your charitable work and that takes up time and travel.”<\/p>\n
Salmon previously said he took the role in EastEnders in 2022 as he “can’t be far from home” because his wife is “not well”.<\/p>\n
His character in the soap, ex-boxer George Knight, is the patriarch of the Knight family and a former co-owner of the Queen Vic pub.<\/p>\n
In James Bond, Salmon played MI6 deputy chief of staff Charles Robinson, and was often featured in scenes along side Dame Judi Dench’s M.<\/p>\n
Salmon’s other screen credits include Death In Paradise, Silent Witness, Band of Gold, Judge John Deed, Bad Girls, Doctor Who, Spooks and Midsomer Murders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EastEnders and James Bond actor Colin Salmon has said he is “genuinely grateful” for the “compassion” he was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386539,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":{"0":"post-386538","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}