Calvin Dean

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Calvin Dean
Born (1985-05-21) 21 May 1985 (age 38)
Truro, Cornwall, England
OccupationActor
Years active2007–present

Calvin Dean (born 21 May 1985) is an English screen and stage actor.

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Background

Dean was born in Truro, Cornwall. He grew up in Polruan, Cornwall, attending Polruan Primary School and later Fowey Community College. [1] [2] His mother, Lorraine, worked as a teaching assistant and nanny, and his father, Graham, worked for a local harbour commissioner and was a lighthouse keeper. [2] [3] He heard about the National Youth Theatre while in secondary school. [1] [4] After successfully auditioning, he stayed with the company from 2001 to 2005. [5] During this time, he appeared in productions including The Threepenny Opera , Murder in the Cathedral and Hanging Around at the National Theatre. [5] From 2004 to 2007, he trained at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London, graduating with a BA (Hons) in Acting. [5]

Career

Dean made his professional debut in The Duchess (2008), opposite Keira Knightley. [2] He played Darren Mullet, his first lead role, [1] in the comedy-horror film Tormented (2009). Dean received critical acclaim for his performance in Tormented. Sky Movies said: "Best of the bunch is Dean as the put-upon Darren Mullet, imbuing his tragic monster with a touch of Boris Karloff pathos in the online clips of his living torment, and coming across quite menacing when returning to slice up his victims." [6]

Dean's television credits include the Neil Gaiman penned "Cyberman" episode of Doctor Who [7] alongside Warwick Davis, Tamzin Outhwaite and Jason Watkins. This was the first time Dean and Matt Smith had worked together since being members of The National Youth Theatre together in 2003. Dean's other credits include Demons , Casualty , The Sarah Jane Adventures , Law & Order: UK and the BBC drama Dancing on the Edge written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff.

Dean starred in Kneehigh Theatre’s Fup in 2016, Simon Harvey’s adaptation of a novel by Jim Dodge, it received a four star rating from The Times, and was performed at the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall in 2016. Dean will return to the Kneehigh in 2018 for a UK tour of Fup. [8]

Dean won Best Actor at the Eindhoven Film Festival, Brussels Short Film Festival and the Hyperwave Film Awards in Los Angeles for his work in the short film Make Aliens Dance.[ citation needed ]

Dean appears in the Russell T. Davies Channel 4 drama It's a Sin and plays Young Ted in the BBC drama Strike .

Personal life

Dean is gay.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Filmography
YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 The Duchess Devonshire House ServantFilm
2008 Casualty Michael TreaverTV
2008 Demons Mouse ManTV
2009Just For The RecordCrackersFilm
2009 The Sarah Jane Adventures Chris (Slitheen)TV
2009PlaystarChrisFilm
2009Suicide KidsSubzeroLead
2009 Tormented Darren MulletLead
2011 Law & Order: UK BarryTV
2012Dancing On The EdgeFrankTV
2012PassengersRogLead
2013TeamXtremeSlimpossible LeaderTV
2013Don't MoveGrahamShort Film
2013 Doctor Who Ha-HaTV (Series 7, Episode 12)
2015 Howl Paul the drunken football loutFilm
2015FracturedErrolFilm
2018Make Aliens DanceMurphyFilm
2018TraumaDave SaundersTV
2021 It’s a Sin CliffordTV
2022 Elden Ring Boc/Nomadic merchant 2Video game, [9]
2022 Strike Young TedTV


Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2018 Brussels Short Film Festival [10] Best ActorMake Aliens DanceWon
2018 Eindhoven Film Festival [11] Best ActorMake Aliens DanceWon
2019Hyperwave Film Awards [12] Best ActorMake Aliens DanceWon

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Garrad, Carrie (12 June 2009). "Calvin's film role wreaking revenge on school's bullies". The Cornish Times. Archived from the original on 10 April 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 "Young local actor gets set for stardom as he stars in new Brit horror flick Tormented". St Austell Guardian. 9 June 2009. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
  3. ↑ Barker, Andy (22 May 2009). "The cast of Tormented leap to fame". Evening Standard . Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
  4. ↑ Shepherd, Matt (13 January 2009). "Car Sharing with Keira". BBC Cornwall. Archived from the original on 2 May 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
  5. 1 2 3 Profile - Calvin Dean Archived 3 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine Mandy. Retrieved on 2009-06-15.
  6. ↑ Sky Movies - Review - Tormented Retrieved on 2009-05-28.
  7. ↑ "Series 7 Casting: Tamzin Outhwaite | Doctor Who TV". doctorwhotv.co.uk. 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  8. ↑ Blakemore, Paul (11 August 2016). "Theatre: FUP at the Lost Gardens of Heligan, Cornwall". The Times. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "Elden Ring (Video Game 2022)". IMDb. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "Awards 2018". Brussels Short Film Festival.
  11. ↑ "EFF Awards". Eindhoven Film Festival.
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