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Dean Andrews

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This article is about a British actor. For attorney involved in the JFK assassination investigation, see Dean Andrews Jr.

Dean Andrews
Born (1963-08-06) 6 August 1963 (age 61)[1][2]
Rotherham, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
OccupationActor
Years active2001–present
SpouseHelen Bowen-Green
Children2

Dean Andrews (born 6 August 1963) is an English actor. He is known for his role as DS Ray Carling in the BBC drama series Life on Mars. He continued the role in the sequel series, Ashes to Ashes, until 2010. As of April 2019, he has appeared as Will Taylor on ITV soap opera Emmerdale.[3]

Early life

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Born in 1963 in Rotherham, Andrews went to Sitwell Junior School on Grange Road and Oakwood Comprehensive School on Moorgate Road. He went to school with Top Gear presenter James May.[4]

Career

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Dean Andrews started off as a mainstay of cruise ships as a talented entertainer and singer. He was discovered by film director Ken Loach, who was looking for people from Yorkshire to appear in the 2001 film, The Navigators.[5] He then went on to play Barry Shiel in the Channel 4 drama Buried, which won the BAFTA Award for Best Drama Series in 2004. That year, he also had a small role, as Neil, in the Channel 4 series No Angels.

In 2005, Andrews appeared in one episode of the ITV drama Wire in the Blood. The following year, he appeared in another BBC drama, Life On Mars, as DS Ray Carling. He then had roles in two BBC dramas, True Dare Kiss and The Street, in 2007. Andrews again played DC Carling in Ashes to Ashes, a 2008 spin-off series of Life on Mars. During the same year, he recorded voiceovers for Currys television advertisements.[6] He had a guest role in 2010 on the BBC One seriesWaterloo Road.

In 2011, Andrews appeared in: the BBC drama The Body Farm as Peter Collins; the BBC Two television film United, about the Manchester United "Busby Babes" team and the 1958 Munich air disaster; ITV's supernatural drama series Marchlands, playing one of the lead roles; and the five-part BBC One series The Case, in which he played the lead role as a man accused of murdering his terminally ill girlfriend.

In November 2012, Andrews appeared in the six-part BBC drama Last Tango in Halifax as Robert "Robbie" Greenwood. The following year, he portrayed the role of Pete Lewis in the BBC show Being Eileen.[7][8][9] Andrews played local hotel and barkeep Tom Asher in a 2015 episode of the popular series Midsomer Murders on ITV. In 2019, the actor joined the cast of ITV soap opera Emmerdale.[3] He narrated the Channel 5 documentary series, Our Great Yorkshire Life, in 2022.[10] He also narrates the UK TV show Casualty 24/7 which centres on Barnsley Hospital.

Filmography

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Year Title Role Other notes
2001 The Navigators John BAFTA-winning for screenwriter
2002 EastEnders Dean Episode dated 3 April 2002
2003 Buried Barry Sheil 3 episodes
Clocking Off DS Hughes Episode: "Colin's Story"
Between the Sheets Steve Ashby 6 episodes
2004 No Angels Neil 3 episodes
Casualty Reg Summerston Episode: "Don't Go There"
Blue Murder Will Harmon Episode: "Lonely"
My Summer of Love Ricky BAFTA-winning film
2005 Love + Hate Derek
Wire in the Blood Steve Maynard Episode: "Bad Seed"
Faith Davey Television film
2006 Shameless Geoff Mulligan Episode #3.1
Missing Mark Lanser 2 episodes
New Street Law Dennis Longwell Episode: "Shock to the System"
2006–2007 Life on Mars DS Ray Carling Series 1–2; 16 episodes
2007 True Dare Kiss Vinny 2 episodes
The Street Cleggy Episode: "The Letter"
2008–2010 Ashes to Ashes DS Ray Carling Series 1–3; 24 episodes
2009 Wish 143 Bus Driver Short film
2010 Waterloo Road Gary Vale Episode #5.11
Doctors Jonty Stephens Episode: "A Spoonful"
2011 Marchlands Eddie Maynard 5 episodes
The Body Farm Peter Collins Episode: "No Peace for the Wicked"
The Case Tony Powell 5 episodes
Just Henry Bill Television film
2012–2016 Last Tango in Halifax Robbie Series 1–4; 20 episodes
2013 Being Eileen Pete Lewis 6 episodes
The Security Men Ray Episode: "Pilot"
Frankie Joseph Corden 3 episodes
Vera Jonah Regan Episode: "Poster Child"
2015 Midsomer Murders Tom Asher S17E3: "The Ballad of Midsomer County"
Banana Alan Episode #1.4
New Tricks Barry Warnock Episode: "The Russian Cousin"
2016 Silent Witness Tony Hamilton Episode: "After the Fall"
Jericho Jack Laggan Episode #1.1
Father Brown Michael Negal Episode: "The Star of Jacob"
2017 The Moorside PC Steve Kinchin 2 episodes
2018 Agatha and the Truth of Murder Wade Television film
Delicious Steven Green TV series, episode: "The Heart"
2019 London Kills Jacob Holt TV series, Episode: “Stag Night”
2019–present Emmerdale Will Taylor Series regular

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2011 TV Choice Awards Best Actor Marchlands Nominated [11]
2019 Inside Soap Awards Best Bad Boy Emmerdale Nominated [12]

References

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  1. ^ "BIO - Dean Andrews Official Website". Archived from the original on 16 March 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Dean Andrews. Biography, news, photos and videos".
  3. ^ a b "Dean Andrews joins Emmerdale as new enemy of Cain Dingle". Radio Times. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  4. ^ Q&A with Dean Andrews feature - 2008 - Features - Top Gear Archived 20 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "FolkWorld #67: Midsomer Murders". www.folkworld.eu. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  6. ^ Dean Andrews official blog Archived 4 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine, 2 November 2008
  7. ^ Munn, Patrick (13 September 2012). "TV BBC One Orders Follow Up To Christmas Comedy 'Lapland', Stephen Graham's Role Recast". TV Wise. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  8. ^ "BBC One commissions new six-part comedy series, Lapland". BBC. BBC Online. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  9. ^ "Being Eileen". BBC. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  10. ^ Grieveson-Smith, Jess (6 January 2022). "The Emmerdale actor in the cast of Our Great Yorkshire Life on Channel 5 and his life off screen and Robert De Niro link". LeedsLive. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  11. ^ Wightman, Catriona (18 May 2011). "In Full: TV Choice Awards 2011 – Nominees". Digital Spy. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  12. ^ "Inside Soap Awards 2019 longlist has been revealed". Digital Spy. July 2019.
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