Dean Andrews

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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]

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Early life and education

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] [5]

Career

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 . [6] 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. [7] He had a guest role in 2010 on the BBC One series Waterloo 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 all four series of the 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 . [8] [9] [10] 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. [11] He also narrates the UK TV show Casualty 24/7 which centres on Barnsley Hospital.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleOther notes
2001 The Navigators John BAFTA-winning for screenwriter
2002 EastEnders DeanEpisode dated 3 April 2002
2003 Buried Barry Sheil3 episodes
Clocking Off DS HughesEpisode: "Colin's Story"
Between the Sheets Steve Ashby6 episodes
2004 No Angels Neil3 episodes
Casualty Reg SummerstonEpisode: "Don't Go There"
Blue Murder Will HarmonEpisode: "Lonely"
My Summer of Love Ricky BAFTA-winning film
2005 Love + Hate Derek
Wire in the Blood Steve MaynardEpisode: "Bad Seed"
FaithDaveyTelevision film
2006 Shameless Geoff MulliganEpisode #3.1
Missing Mark Lanser2 episodes
New Street Law Dennis LongwellEpisode: "Shock to the System"
2006–2007 Life on Mars DS Ray CarlingSeries 1–2; 16 episodes
2007 True Dare Kiss Vinny2 episodes
The Street CleggyEpisode: "The Letter"
2008–2010 Ashes to Ashes DS Ray CarlingSeries 1–3; 24 episodes
2009 Wish 143 Bus DriverShort film
2010 Waterloo Road Gary ValeEpisode #5.11
Doctors Jonty StephensEpisode: "A Spoonful"
2011 Marchlands Eddie Maynard5 episodes
The Body Farm Peter CollinsEpisode: "No Peace for the Wicked"
The Case Tony Powell5 episodes
Just Henry BillTelevision film
2012–2016 Last Tango in Halifax RobbieSeries 1–4; 20 episodes
2013 Being Eileen Pete Lewis6 episodes
The Security Men RayEpisode: "Pilot"
Frankie Joseph Corden3 episodes
Vera Jonah ReganEpisode: "Poster Child"
2015 Midsomer Murders Tom AsherS17E3: "The Ballad of Midsomer County"
Banana AlanEpisode #1.4
New Tricks Barry WarnockEpisode: "The Russian Cousin"
2016 Silent Witness Tony HamiltonEpisode: "After the Fall"
Jericho Jack LagganEpisode #1.1
Father Brown Michael NegalEpisode: "The Star of Jacob"
2017 The Moorside PC Steve Kinchin2 episodes
2018 Agatha and the Truth of Murder WadeTelevision film
DeliciousSteven GreenTV series, episode: "The Heart"
2019 London Kills Jacob HoltTV series, Episode: “Stag Night”
2019–present Emmerdale Will Taylor Series regular

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2011 TV Choice Awards Best ActorMarchlandsNominated [12]
2019 Inside Soap Awards Best Bad BoyEmmerdaleNominated [13]

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References

  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. 1 2 "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. ↑ Grieveson-Smith, Jess (21 January 2022). "Inside Emmerdale's Dean Andrews' life with fiancee Helen and grandchildren". Leeds Live.
  6. ↑ "FolkWorld #67: Midsomer Murders". www.folkworld.eu. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  7. ↑ Dean Andrews official blog Archived 4 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine , 2 November 2008
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "BBC One commissions new six-part comedy series, Lapland". BBC . BBC Online. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  10. ↑ "Being Eileen". BBC . Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ Wightman, Catriona (18 May 2011). "In Full: TV Choice Awards 2011 – Nominees". Digital Spy . Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  13. ↑ "Inside Soap Awards 2019 longlist has been revealed". Digital Spy . July 2019.
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