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Daniel Flynn (actor)

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Daniel Flynn
Flynn in 2013
Born1961 (age 62–63)
Evesham, Worcestershire, England
OccupationActor
Spouse
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(m. 1990)​
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Children2
FatherEric Flynn
RelativesJerome Flynn (brother)
Johnny Flynn (half-brother)

Daniel Flynn (born 1961) is an English actor. His credits include Biggles: Adventures in Time (1986), The Detectives (1994), Soldier Soldier (1994), Peak Practice (1998), Murder in Mind (2003), William and Mary (2003), Afterlife (2005), The Bill (2006-2009), Unforgotten (2021), and The Crown (2022).

Early life

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Flynn was born in Evesham, Worcestershire,[1] the son of actor Eric Flynn and his wife Fern Warner; the family moved to Bromley, Kent, when he was a baby. He has a brother and sister; his brother is actor Jerome Flynn.[2] He also has a half-brother and sister from his father's second marriage; Johnny Flynn is a musician and actor.[3] Flynn is an alumnus of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1982 with an Acting (RADA Diploma).[4]

Career

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Flynn has been acting on television since 1983. From 2006 until 2009, he played the role of Superintendent John Heaton in the long-running ITV1 police drama The Bill.[1] He had previously had brief parts in The Bill playing a criminal in the episode "The Assassins" on 20 December 1988 and a Mr. Hemming in "Bringing Up Baby" in January 1993. Flynn's other television credits include Goodbye Mr Chips, The Detectives,[1] The Peter Principle, Soldier Soldier,[1] Peak Practice,[1] Murder in Mind, William and Mary,[5] Afterlife, Star Trap, and Island at War. He also starred as 'Ginger' in the motion picture Biggles: Adventures in Time.[1]

In 2021, he starred as Geoff Tomlinson in six episodes of Unforgotten,[5] and in 2022, he appeared as Andrew Parker Bowles in The Crown.[1]

Flynn has also worked as a voice actor.[6] He supplied the voice of Pak the Banana in the English version of the Spanish animated series The Fruities,[6] and appeared in anime films including Angel Cop (1995),[6] Dark Myth, Cyber City Oedo 808 (1995),[6] and both movies of The Heroic Legend of Arslan (1995).[6] He has voiced numerous video games, including Dark Souls (2011),[6] where he played Solaire of Astora,[6] Vamos the Blacksmith and Giant Blacksmith.[6] He was also Alfred in the game Bloodborne (2015).[6]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1986 Biggles Ginger
2013 All Stars Additional voice
2018 Another Day of Life Queiroz Voice

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1983 No Excuses Billy 4 episodes
1983 The Two Gentlemen of Verona Servant Television film
1984 Goodbye Mr. Chips Terris 2 episodes
1986 The Kit Curran Radio Show Bob Episode: "The Street of Shame"
1986 Call Me Mister Purcell Episode: "Running Time"
1988 Star Trap The Detective Television film
1988–2009 The Bill Supt. John Heaton 134 episodes
1989 Traffik Winwood Episode: "The Addict"
1989 Angel Cop Tachihara Episode: "Special Security Force"
1990 The Dark Myth Brahman Miniseries
1990–1991 Cyber City Oedo 808 Merrill 'Benten' Yanagawa 3 episodes
1992, 1994 Tokyo Babylon Seishirô 2 episodes
1993 Heidi John
1993 Casualty Dennis Episode: "Good Friends"
1993 The Buddha of Suburbia Simon 2 episodes
1993 Dominion Anchor / Cops Television short
1993–1995 The Heroic Legend of Arslan Narsus 4 episodes
1994 The Detectives Peter Burlington Episode: "Never Without Protection"
1994 Screen One Lt. Tim Bryant Episode: "A Breed of Heroes"
1994 Soldier Soldier Danny Garvey 2 episodes
1995 The Choir Roger Farrell 4 episodes
1997 Bugs Reinhold Episode: "Fugitive"
1997–2000 The Peter Principle David Edwards 12 episodes
1998 Peak Practice Dr. Henry Little Episode: "All Fall Down"
2003 Murder in Mind Pete Episode: "Stalkers"
2003 William and Mary Martin Owing Episode #1.3
2004 Island at War Hauptmann Dieter Muller 6 episodes
2005 The Murder Room FIO Anderson Episode #1.1
2005 Afterlife Donald Bardo Episode: "Lower Than Bones"
2007 War and Peace Andrei Nikolayevich Bolkonsky 4 episodes
2009 Leipzig Homicide Supt. John Heaton Episode: "Entführung in London"
2009 Mr. Baby Patrick Episode: "Daddy Cool"
2011 Vera Godfrey Waugh Episode: "The Crow Trap"
2012 Room at the Top George Aisgill Episode #1.1
2012 Young Dracula Ustrel Bouderon Episode: "Bootiful Breathers"
2013 The Last Days of Anne Boleyn Henry VIII Television film
2014 Line of Duty News Narrator Episode: "Carly"
2015 Lewis Jay Fennell 2 episodes
2015 Holby City Hugo Featherstone Episode: "Blue Christmas"
2015, 2018 Father Brown Daniel Whittaker 2 episodes
2017 Level Up Norge Vileblood Hunter Alfred Episode: "Fyll mitt hull: Bloodborne #5"
2021 Unforgotten Geoff Tomlinson 6 episodes
2022 The Crown Andrew Parker Bowles Episode: "The Way Ahead"

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Daniel Flynn". trakt.tv. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Eric Flynn (obituary)". The Telegraph. 16 March 2002. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  3. ^ Maxford, Howard (8 November 2019). Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-2914-8.
  4. ^ "RADA Student & graduate profiles - Daniel Flynn". rada.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Daniel Flynn". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Daniel Flynn". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
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Daniel Flynn at IMDb

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