Dan Starkey (actor)

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Dan Starkey
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Starkey at the 2016 Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest
Born (1977-09-27) 27 September 1977 (age 46)
United Kingdom
Alma mater Bristol Old Vic
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present

Dan Starkey (born 27 September 1977) [1] is an English actor known for making numerous appearances in the BBC One science-fiction TV series Doctor Who . He has portrayed a number of different Sontaran characters, most notably Strax, who has come across the Eleventh and Twelfth incarnations of the Doctor, played by Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi respectively. In 2016 joined the CBBC sketch show, Class Dismissed and has appeared in 36 episodes (every episode of Series 1,2 & 3) He left the show after Series 3.

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Early life

Dan Starkey was born on 27 September 1977. Starkey studied at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and graduated in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic [2] before training at the Bristol Old Vic (graduating in 2006).

Career

He played the enraged loner Simon in Muswell Hill by Torben Betts at Richmond's Orange Tree Theatre (Feb/March 2012) and was nominated as Best Male Performance at the 2012 Off West End Theatre Awards (Offies). In November 2013 Starkey appeared in the one-off 50th anniversary comedy homage The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot . [3]

University Challenge

On 2 January 2015, Starkey was a member of the winning team on Christmas University Challenge , representing Trinity Hall, Cambridge who defeated Balliol College, Oxford, the University of Edinburgh and the University of Hull. His team-mates were international rower Tom James, world champion cyclist Emma Pooley and novelist Adam Mars-Jones. [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004FixDrifterShort film
2015Alex the VampireDan
2018 Sherlock Gnomes Teddy GregsonVoice
2023 Mummies Danny and DennysVoice

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008–21 Doctor Who Various13 episodes
2011 The Sarah Jane Adventures Plark The Man Who Never Was
2012–14 Wizards vs Aliens Randal MoonSeries Regular
2012 Casualty Wally St Clare"Sixteen Candles"
2013 The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot Himself
2014Doctor WhoIan"Last Christmas"
2015 Inside No. 9 Blue Demon Dwarf"Séance Time"
2015 Catherine Tate's Nan Ian1 episode
2016–2018 Class Dismissed Various36 episodes
2019 Good Omens Passerby1 episode
2019, 2023 Brassic Glen Glenson2 Episodes

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 Doctor Who: The Adventure Games Field Major Kaarsh; various Sontarans"The Gunpowder Plot"
2015 Lego Dimensions Strax
2022 Warhammer 40,000: Darktide The Seer

Theatre credits

CD audio dramas

YearTitleRole
2011 Robophobia Cravnet
Hexagora Lord Zellenger
The Five Companions The Sontarans
2012 The Foe from the Future Historiographer Osin
Wirrn IsleSheer Jawn
Energy of the Daleks Kevin Winston, Robomen
The First Sontarans Jaka
2013Starlight RobberyMarshall Stenn, Major Vlaar, Sergeant Gredd, Asallis
2014 The King of Sontar Strang, Hutchins
2015Terror of the SontaransField-Major Kayste, Skegg, Stodd
2018The Coming of the MartiansOgilvy

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