Daniel Flynn (actor)

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Daniel Flynn
Daniel Flynn for ShaLT 2013.jpg
Flynn in 2013
Born1961 (age 63–64)
Evesham, Worcestershire, England
OccupationActor
Spouse
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(m. 1990)​
[1]
Children2
Father Eric Flynn
Relatives Jerome 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), and Solaire Of Astora in the FromSoftware 2011 game Dark Souls

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Early life

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

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

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986 Biggles Ginger
2013 All Stars Additional voice
2018 Another Day of Life QueirozVoice

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983No ExcusesBilly4 episodes
1983The Two Gentlemen of VeronaServantTelevision film
1984Goodbye Mr. ChipsTerris2 episodes
1986 The Kit Curran Radio Show BobEpisode: "The Street of Shame"
1986 Call Me Mister PurcellEpisode: "Running Time"
1988 Star Trap The DetectiveTelevision film
1988–2009 The Bill Supt. John Heaton134 episodes
1989 Traffik WinwoodEpisode: "The Addict"
1989 Angel Cop TachiharaEpisode: "Special Security Force"
1990The Dark MythBrahmanMiniseries
1990–1991 Cyber City Oedo 808 Merrill 'Benten' Yanagawa3 episodes
1992, 1994 Tokyo Babylon Seishirô2 episodes
1993 Heidi John
1993 Casualty DennisEpisode: "Good Friends"
1993 The Buddha of Suburbia Simon2 episodes
1993 Dominion Anchor / CopsTelevision short
1993–1995 The Heroic Legend of Arslan Narsus4 episodes
1994 The Detectives Peter BurlingtonEpisode: "Never Without Protection"
1994 Screen One Lt. Tim BryantEpisode: "A Breed of Heroes"
1994 Soldier Soldier Danny Garvey2 episodes
1995 The Choir Roger Farrell4 episodes
1997 Bugs ReinholdEpisode: "Fugitive"
1997–2000 The Peter Principle David Edwards12 episodes
1998 Peak Practice Dr. Henry LittleEpisode: "All Fall Down"
2003 Murder in Mind PeteEpisode: "Stalkers"
2003 William and Mary Martin OwingEpisode #1.3
2004 Island at War Hauptmann Dieter Muller6 episodes
2005The Murder RoomFIO AndersonEpisode #1.1
2005 Afterlife Donald BardoEpisode: "Lower Than Bones"
2007 War and Peace Andrei Nikolayevich Bolkonsky 4 episodes
2009 Leipzig Homicide Supt. John HeatonEpisode: "Entführung in London"
2009 Mr. Baby PatrickEpisode: "Daddy Cool"
2011 Vera Godfrey WaughEpisode: "The Crow Trap"
2012 Room at the Top George AisgillEpisode #1.1
2012 Young Dracula Ustrel BouderonEpisode: "Bootiful Breathers"
2013The Last Days of Anne Boleyn Henry VIII Television film
2014 Line of Duty News NarratorEpisode: "Carly"
2015 Lewis Jay Fennell2 episodes
2015 Holby City Hugo FeatherstoneEpisode: "Blue Christmas"
2015, 2018 Father Brown Daniel Whittaker2 episodes
2017Level Up NorgeVileblood Hunter AlfredEpisode: "Fyll mitt hull: Bloodborne #5"
2021 Unforgotten Geoff Tomlinson6 episodes
2022 The Crown Andrew Parker Bowles Episode: "The Way Ahead"

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "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. 1 2 "Daniel Flynn". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Daniel Flynn". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved 21 August 2024.

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