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Dee Tails
Occupation(s)Actor, creature performer, rapper, dancer
Years active1995–present
Known for

Dee Tails is an English rapper, dancer and actor/creature performer best known for his work in the British boy band MN8, Star Wars: The Force Awakens,[1] Rogue One,[2] Star Wars: The Last Jedi[3] and Solo: A Star Wars Story.[4]

Career

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Tails started his career as a member of the R&B group MN8[5][6] where he achieved 7 top 25 hit singles in the UK[7] and international success in France,[8] Australia,[9] New Zealand[10] and the US.[11] Their first single, "I've Got a Little Something for You", was used on the Bad Boys soundtrack[5] and was notably one of the first ever remixes by P.Diddy[12] for his Bad Boy label. MN8 also supported Janet Jackson on the European leg of her tour in 1995.[5]

After MN8, Tails focused on his acting career where he did theatre work for many years playing Tommy the Cat in Dick Whittington,[13] quoted by The Stage as a "a real standout performance".[14] He also had a role in Batman Begins[15] as a Gotham City Police Officer in 2005. In 2013, he appeared in the film Captain Phillips[16] as a UKMTO Operator. In 2015, he appeared in four episodes of Jekyll & Hyde[17] for ITV where he played The Harbinger[18] with Richard E. Grant.[19]

In 2004, he appeared as a mystery guest on the identity parade in Never Mind the Buzzcocks.[20]

Tails had as a leading role in a Nescafe commercial in 2011,[21] filmed in South Africa which showed Tails with a piano in the commercial.

In 2015, Tails landed the role of Cratinus in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He then went on to perform as the character L-1 (also known as K-Ohn) in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in 2016. In 2017, he played the role of Slowen Lo[22] in Star Wars: The Last Jedi voiced by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. In 2018, Tails played Quay Tolsite in the film Solo: A Star Wars Story.[23]

Filmography

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Year Title Role
2005 Batman Begins Gotham City Police Officer
2009 Barry Brown Jules
2013 Captain Phillips UKMTO Operator
2015 Art Ache Squid
2015 Jekyll & Hyde The Harbinger
2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Cratinus
2016 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story L-1 (K-Ohn)
2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi Slowen Lo
2018 The Round Table Dee Tails
2018 Solo: A Star Wars Story Quay Tolsite

References

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  1. ^ "Dee Tails". Fusion Movies.
    - "Star Wars - Episode Seven - The Force Awakens". The Dots.
    - "Exclusive interview with Dee Tails (K-OHN and Cratinus)". Star Wars awakens. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  2. ^ Richard Trenholm (25 May 2017). "All the people you never knew were in Star Wars". Cnet.
    - "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story". Movies Anywhere.
    - "DEE TAILS (K-OHN)". Star Wars interviews.
    - "Dee Tails". Rotten Tomatoes.
    - Richard & Sarah Woloski (2 June 2017). "Rogue One & The Force Awakens Creature Performer Dee Tails". Adventures by Daddy.
  3. ^ "Dee Tails – Tales from the set of The Last Jedi". Steelewars. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018.
    - James Burns (10 February 2018). "Skywalking Through Neverland: 'Solo' Teaser Talk With Creature Performer Dee Tails". Jedi News.
    - "TALES FROM THE SET OF THE LAST JEDI". Planet Broadcasting. 25 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Solo: A Star Wars Story". Uncut Movies (in German).
    - "Solo: A Star Wars Story - Schauspieler, Cast & Crew". Movie Pilot (in German).
    - "Solo: Priča iz Ratova zvijezda (2018)". Moj Film (in Croatian).
    - "Solo: A Star Wars Story". Notre Cinema.
    - "SOLO A STAR WARS STORY". Cine Region (in French).
  5. ^ a b c J R Reynolds (10 June 1995). "Work Group's MN8 At 'Next Level'". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. p. 10 and 80.
  6. ^ "MN8 Biography". AllMusic.
    - David Balls (13 April 2009). "Whatever happened to... MN8?". Digital Spy.
    - Ailbhe Malone (26 March 2013). "Forgotten '90s Boy Bands: Where Are They Now?". BuzzFeed.
  7. ^ "MN8 full chart history". Official charts.
  8. ^ "MN8 - To The Next Level". Les Charts (in French).
  9. ^ "MN8". Australian Charts.
  10. ^ "Top selling singles of 1995". NZ Music Charts.
  11. ^ Sally Stratton and Paul Sexton (21 June 1997). "U.K.'S FIRST VENUE TAKES A MORE 'AMERICAN' TACK". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. p. 83.
  12. ^ "I've Got a Little Something For You (Bad Boy Remix)". BBC Music. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019.
    - "Sean "Puffy" Combs". Who Sampled.
  13. ^ "Dick Whittington review at Queens Theatre Barnstaple". The Stage. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
    - "Dick Whittington review at Garrick Lichfield". The Stage. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
    - "Dick Whittington review at Millfield Arts Centre". The Stage. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
    - "Panto Dick Whittington". Jeffrey Holland. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  14. ^ "Dick Whittington review at Riverfront Newport". The Stage. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018.
  15. ^ "Batman Begins". Festival Focus.
    - "Batman Begins (2005)". Movies and media.[permanent dead link‍]
    - "Batman Begins :: Sceny Usunięte". Bat Cave (in Polish).
  16. ^ "Umetnik: Dee-Tails". Zoki Games (in Bosnian). Archived from the original on 14 July 2018.
  17. ^ Sam Wollaston (26 October 2015). "Jekyll & Hyde review". The Guardian.
    - Jack Seale. "Jekyll and Hyde". Radio Times.
    - "Dee Tails". TV.com.
    - Nora-Tol. "FROM POP STAR TO MYSTICAL FIGURE IN TV SHOW". Kurrent Music. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  18. ^ Dom Robinson (25 October 2015). "Jekyll and Hyde Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review". DVD Fever.
    - "JEKYLL AND HYDE "The Harbinger" Review". Snappow.[dead link‍]
    - Wilson, Carl. "Jekyll and Hyde: Series 1, Episode 2 - "Mr Hyde"". Pop Matters. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  19. ^ "Jekyll & Hyde - Season 1, Episode 1 The Harbinger". Tornado Movies.
    - Emil Viksell (3 November 2015). "Jekyll and Hyde – En första titt". Onyanserat (in Swedish).
  20. ^ "MN8's Dee Tails on Never Mind The Buzzcocks". YouTube. MN8 [The Band]. 7 April 2013.
  21. ^ "Dee Tails Nescafe Gold Tv Commercial Cape Town". YouTube. Dee-tails. 5 August 2011.
  22. ^ "Dee Tails Interview – The Man Behind Cratinus, K-OHN and Slowen Lo in the Star Wars Saga!". Hutt's Palace. 13 March 2018. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  23. ^ "Solo : A Star Wars Story". Sens Critique (in French).
    - "STAR WARS SOLO". Star Wars Fandefrance (in French).
    - "Solo: A Star Wars Story (Series 1)". Jedi Template Archives.
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  • Dee Tails at IMDb
  • Dee Tails at twitter.com/deetails
  • Dee Tails at Instagram.com/dee_tails_official/
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