Delroy Atkinson

Delroy Atkinson
Atkinson in 2022
Born	Delroy Hugh Atkinson (1975-09-30) 30 September 1975 (age 49) Surrey, England
Alma mater	Guildford School of Acting
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1998–present

Delroy Hugh Atkinson (born 30 September 1975) is an English actor. He has appeared in an array of productions on both stage and screen, and since 2021, he has portrayed the role of Howie Danes on the BBC soap opera EastEnders .

Early life and education

Delroy Hugh Atkinson was born on 30 September 1975 in Surrey, England to parents of Nigerian and West Indian descent. ^{[1] [2]}

He embarked on a three-year BA acting course at Guildford School of Acting. ^[1]

Career

Atkinson made his acting debut as Jason in the 1998 comedy film Still Crazy , and subsequently ventured into television roles, the first being Nathan Joseph in an episode of The Bill in 2000. ^[3]

He went on to appear in several stage productions including Treasure Island , The Tempest and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. ^{[3] [4]} Over the next decade, he portrayed guest roles in Moonmonkeys (2007), After You've Gone (2008), Small Island (2009) and My Family (2010). ^[5]

In 2017, Atkinson portrayed Pike in the 2017 film Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge . ^[6] In 2019, he appeared in Luther and A Christmas Carol for the BBC. In 2021, Atkinson appeared in an episode of Death in Paradise ^[7] and four episodes of Holby City as terminally ill patient Delroy Jones. ^[6]

Later in 2021, he was cast in the BBC soap opera EastEnders as Howie Danes. ^[8] His character was introduced as part of a story exploring the disappearance of established character Vincent Hubbard (Richard Blackwood) and later becomes a love interest for Kim Fox (Tameka Empson). ^{[9] [10] [11]}

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1998	Still Crazy	Jason	Film	[12]
2000	The Bill	Nathan Joseph	Episode: "Carnival"	[5]
2007	Moonmonkeys	Policeman #2	Television film	[5]
2008	No Heroics	Newspaper vendor	Episode: "Supergroupie"	[5]
2008	After You've Gone	Man in queue	Episode: "The Lure of the Rings"	[13]
2009	Small Island	Fulton	Television miniseries	[13]
2010	My Family	Karaoke D.J.	Episode: "Ben Behaving Badly"	[13]
2011	Driver: San Francisco	Additional voices	Video game	[5]
2017	Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge	Pike	Film	[13]
2017	Fighter	Len	Short film	[5]
2018	Star Cops	Charles Hardin	Main role	[5]
2019	Luther	Derek Hayes	2 episodes	[13]
2019	Circus Act	Unknown	Short film	[5]
2019	A Christmas Carol	Mr Thwaites	Television miniseries	[13]
2020	Enola Holmes	Porter	Film	[13]
2020	Blithe Spirit	Reverend Green	Film	[12]
2021	It's a Sin	Mr. Ibisu	2 episodes	[13]
2021	Death in Paradise	Godrell James	Episode: "Fake or Fortune"	[13]
2021	King Gary	Lenny	1 episode	[5]
2021	Holby City	Delroy Jones	Recurring role	[6]
2021	Getting Better - The Fight for the NHS	Teddy Laburn	Podcast series	[5]
2021	For Love	Andy	Short film	[5]
2021–present	EastEnders	Howie Danes	Regular role	[14]
2022	Screw	Kyrel Mackenzie	1 episode	[13]
2022	Dodger	Smuggler	Episode: "Mudlarks"	[13]
2022	The Last Bus	Bethan's Dad	1 episode	[13]
2022	Choose or Die	Officer Carpenter	Film role	[5]
2022	The Kimfluencer	Howie Danes	Television miniseries	[15]
2022	Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris	Chandler	Film role	[13]
2022	Whitstable Pearl	Lawyer	Episode: "Night Terrors"	[13]
2022	Slow Horses	Bus Driver	Episode: "Last Stop"	[5]
2022	Riches	Pastor	Episode: "What Needs To Be Done"	[5]
2023	Silo	Apartment Custodian	Episode: "The Relic"	[5]
2023	Not Going Out	Neighbour	Episode: "Wilfred"
2024	Secret Level	Luzum	Episode: "Dungeons & Dragons: The Queen's Cradle"; voice

Stage

Title	Role	Venue	Ref.
Treasure Island	Captain Smollett	Southampton Nuffield Theatre	[3]
The Tempest	Trinculo	Southampton Nuffield Theatre
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Grumpskin	West Yorkshire Playhouse
Poison	Ensemble, u/s Lucky	Tricycle Theatre
Our Country's Good	Cpt. Tench/Aborigine	Nuffield Theatre
The Enchanted Pig	Sun/King of the West	Young Vic
Lautrec	Chocolat	Shaftesbury Theatre
Bomb-itty of Errors	Antipholus	New Ambassadors Theatre
The Harder They Come	Longa	Theatre Royal Stratford East
Twelfth Night	Sebastian	Southampton Nuffield Theatre
Porgy and Bess	Nelson	Andrew Fell Ltd.
Come Dancing	Hamilton	Theatre Royal Stratford East
Lost in the Stars	Johannes Parfuri	Royal Festival Hall
Shrek	White Rabbit, u/s Donkey	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Dick Whittington	Shirley the Cook (Dame)	Theatre Royal Stratford East
Jerry Springer: The Opera	Dikhembe Olayjoan - Muthumbo	Royal National Theatre/Cambridge Theatre
Wah Wah Girls	Cal	Sadler's Wells
The Harder They Come	The Preacher	Theatre Royal Stratford East
Avenue Q	Gary Coleman	Noël Coward Theatre/Gielgud Theatre/Wyndham's Theatre
The Amen Corner	Brother Washington	Royal National Theatre
All My Sons	Frank Lubey	Manchester Royal Exchange
Albion	Kyle	Bush Theatre
The Book of Mormon	The General	Prince of Wales Theatre
Kiss Me Kate	Gangster	Sheffield Crucible
The Firm	Trent	Hampstead Theatre
Present Laughter	Fred	Chichester Festival Theatre
Sylvia	Winston Churchill	The Old Vic
Edmond de Bergerac	Honoré	Birmingham Repertory Theatre
The Man in the White Suit	Mr Hoskins	Wyndham's Theatre
Hex	Bruiser Thorn	Royal National Theatre

References

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8. Amy Guyler (writer); Karl Neilson (director); Jon Sen (executive producer) (11 October 2021). "Episode dated 11/10/2021". EastEnders. BBC. BBC One.
9. "EastEnders' Kim Fox to give Howie Danes a life-changing ultimatum". Digital Spy . 20 April 2023. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
10. "EastEnders star Delroy Atkinson reveals Howie's 'hate' as son Denzel deceives him". Metro . 23 February 2023. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
11. "BBC EastEnders: Delroy Atkinson teases 'dark side' to Howie as his son Denzel arrives in Walford". MyLondon . 28 August 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
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14. "EastEnders confirms new story for Howie Danes". Digital Spy . 22 February 2023. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
15. "EastEnders' Howie tells Kim to 'blow harder' in cheeky scene". Metro . 14 July 2022. Archived from the original on 18 July 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

External links

• Delroy Atkinson at IMDb