Danny Dyer
Encyclopedia
Danny Dyer is an English actor
, media personality, and chairman of Greenwich Borough
, a non-League football
team.
, an area of East London, to Antony and Christine Dyer (née Meakin). He now lives in Debden, Loughton, Essex with his longtime girlfriend, Joanne Mas, and their daughters Dani and Sunnie.
A lifelong player and fan of football, Danny is a big West Ham United fan, in late December 2007, Dyer became the chairman of Kent
League's Greenwich Borough
in South East London
, appointed by fellow actor Tamer Hassan
, president of the Kent League
football club, stating: "I just love football and the chance of being involved with a club is like a dream come true." The appointment was actually a publicity stunt to raise the profile for the club.
Dyer was discovered at a local school by an agent who auditioned him for the part of Martin Fletcher in the Granada Television
series Prime Suspect 3 (1993), beginning his acting career at 16.
He also appeared on television in episodes of Cadfael
(1994), A Touch of Frost
(1995), Loved Up
(1995), Thief Takers
(1996) and Soldier Soldier
(1997). In 1995, Dyer also appeared in a television commercial for Coca-Cola
.
His many other television roles include appearances in the 2003 Channel 4
drama Second Generation, directed by John Sen; as Malcolm, main character Michelle's stepfather, in Skins
; as a football player in the second series of Hotel Babylon
on BBC television
; and as Matt Costello in what was supposed to be the pilot episode for Breathless, a BBC
two-part television series in development from BBC Northern Ireland
, renamed first "Blood Rush" and then Kiss of Death
, when it premiered on BBC One
as a one-part drama on 26 May 2008.
Beginning in 2007, Dyer became the presenter of The Real Football Factories
and The Real Football Factories International
, a TV documentary series on Bravo, for which he travels, in the former throughout the United Kingdom and in the latter throughout the world, to meet and interview football club fans and hooligans.
Danny Dyer's Deadliest Men
, "a gritty and hard-hitting documentary series that sees him venturing into the dark depths of the British underworld and hunting down some of the most notorious and feared men in Britain today", began airing on Bravo in the United Kingdom on 20 October 2008.
In April 2009 he turned down a role in EastEnders
, claiming that although he thought the role sounded good, he didn't think he could cope with the pressure.
Dyer was quoted in a May 2011 article in NME
as wanting to headbutt film critic Mark Kermode
. Kermode has been a regular critic of Dyer's output and often "impersonates" him on his BBC Radio 5 Live
show with Simon Mayo
.
(1999). His subsequent movie work includes Mel Smith
's High Heels and Low Lifes
(2001) and starring roles in Borstal Boy
(2000), Mean Machine (2002) and in all four films by the British film director Nick Love
: Goodbye Charlie Bright
(2001); The Football Factory (2004); The Business
(2005); and Outlaw
(2007). Among other film roles, he also appeared as the character Steve in Christopher Smith
's Severance
(2006); as Hayden in Adulthood
(2008); and as himself in the feature documentary Tattoos: A Scarred History. In 2008 he finished filming his roles as Pete and Tom in City Rats
and 7 Lives
, respectively. April 2009 saw the straight to DVD release of City Rats. Danny has just completed filming Jack Said
, a Brit noir thriller in which he played Nathan alongside Ashlie Walker
, Terry Stone
, David O'Hara
and Simon Phillips
which was released in November 2009 by Optimum Releasing. This film is the prequel to Jack Says
which was released in 2008 and starred the late Mike Reid
. In 2009 he shot several horror films including Doghouse
under the direction from Jake West
, Basement under the Direction from Asham Kamboj. He played one of the lead roles in the British vampire film Dead Cert. In June 2010 was cast for the lead role in the upcoming remake of the British horror film The Asphyx
. Danny has just co-starred with Anna Walton in DEVIATION, a new British dark thriller written and directed by J.K. Amalou. He is currently (August 2011) filming Ray Cooney
's Run For Your Wife
in which he plays the lead role of John Smith.
Harold Pinter
: as the Waiter in the London première of Celebration
(2000), at the Almeida Theatre
, which transferred to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
, in New York
, as part of the Harold Pinter Festival held there in July and August 2001; and as Foster in the revival of No Man's Land
(1975), at the Royal National Theatre
, in London, during 2001 and 2002. In March 2008 he played Joey in a revival of Pinter's The Homecoming
(1964), directed by Michael Attenborough
, at the Almeida Theatre, in London. He also performed in Peter Gill
's play Certain Young Men (1999) in London.
From 9 September 2009 to 3 October 2009, Danny Dyer appeared as Sid Vicious
in a new play called Kurt and Sid
in London's West End
at the Trafalgar Studios
.
(2002) and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
(2004). He was also a regular columnist for Zoo Weekly
until he wrote the following to a "heartbroken" Alex, from Manchester:
He also appears in The Twang
's 2007 video
for Two Lovers.
I Believe in UFOS: Danny Dyer, a documentary which sees Dyer journey to various 'UFO hotspots' in the UK and the US in hope of experiencing a UFO sighting, was broadcast on BBC Three
on 26 January 2010.
as a Paramedic in a Permanent Role from January 2012
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, media personality, and chairman of Greenwich Borough
Greenwich Borough F.C.
Greenwich Borough F.C. is a football club based in Eltham, in the London Borough of Greenwich, England. They were established in 1928 and joined the Kent League in 1984. In the 2007-08 season, they reached the 5th round of the FA Vase losing to Hungerford Town after a replay...
, a non-League football
Non-league football
Non-League football is football in England played at a level below that of the Premier League and The Football League. The term non-League was commonly used well before 1992 when the top football clubs in England all belonged to The Football League; all clubs who were not a part of The Football...
team.
Biography
Daniel John Dyer was born in Custom HouseCustom House, London
Custom House is an area in the London Borough of Newham in London, England.The area is named after the custom house of Royal Victoria Dock.The first Custom House in London was built in 1275 and was located near Billingsgate Market in the City of London....
, an area of East London, to Antony and Christine Dyer (née Meakin). He now lives in Debden, Loughton, Essex with his longtime girlfriend, Joanne Mas, and their daughters Dani and Sunnie.
A lifelong player and fan of football, Danny is a big West Ham United fan, in late December 2007, Dyer became the chairman of Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
League's Greenwich Borough
Greenwich Borough F.C.
Greenwich Borough F.C. is a football club based in Eltham, in the London Borough of Greenwich, England. They were established in 1928 and joined the Kent League in 1984. In the 2007-08 season, they reached the 5th round of the FA Vase losing to Hungerford Town after a replay...
in South East London
South East (London sub region)
The South East is a sub-region of the London Plan corresponding to the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lewisham and Southwark. The sub region was established in 2008. The south east has a population of 1,300,000 and is the location of 500,000 jobs...
, appointed by fellow actor Tamer Hassan
Tamer Hassan
Tamer Hassan is a British actor of Turkish Cypriot descent.-Early life:Hassan was born in London, England into a Turkish Cypriot family. Having sustained an injury in boxing, Hassan started to run nightclubs and restaurants and is now the owner, chairman and player/coach of Greenwich Borough and...
, president of the Kent League
Kent League
The Kent League is an English football league for teams based in Kent and south east London, which was established in 1966. It was also the name of a similar league which existed from 1894 until 1959.-History:...
football club, stating: "I just love football and the chance of being involved with a club is like a dream come true." The appointment was actually a publicity stunt to raise the profile for the club.
Dyer was discovered at a local school by an agent who auditioned him for the part of Martin Fletcher in the Granada Television
Granada Television
Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....
series Prime Suspect 3 (1993), beginning his acting career at 16.
He also appeared on television in episodes of Cadfael
Cadfael
Brother Cadfael is the fictional main character in a series of historical murder mysteries written between 1977 and 1994 by the linguist-scholar Edith Pargeter under the name "Ellis Peters". The character of Cadfael himself is a Welsh Benedictine monk living at Shrewsbury Abbey, in western England,...
(1994), A Touch of Frost
A Touch of Frost (TV series)
A Touch of Frost is a television detective series produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV from 1992 until 2010, initially based on the Frost novels by R. D. Wingfield....
(1995), Loved Up
Loved Up
Loved Up was a BBC drama for the Love Bites season of films, broadcast on 23 September 1995. The film was directed by Peter Cattaneo who would go on to direct the feature films The Full Monty and Lucky Break...
(1995), Thief Takers
Thief Takers
Thief Takers was a police drama series made by Central Independent Television for the ITV network. The show depicted the work of a team in the Metropolitan Police Service's Flying Squad...
(1996) and Soldier Soldier
Soldier Soldier
Soldier Soldier is a British television drama series. The title comes from a traditional song of the same name.Produced by Central Television and broadcast on the ITV network, it ran for a total of seven series and 82 episodes from 1991 to 1997...
(1997). In 1995, Dyer also appeared in a television commercial for Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke...
.
His many other television roles include appearances in the 2003 Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
drama Second Generation, directed by John Sen; as Malcolm, main character Michelle's stepfather, in Skins
Skins (TV series)
Skins is a BAFTA award-winning British teen drama that follows a group of teenagers in Bristol, South West England, through the two years of college. The controversial plot line explores issues such as dysfunctional families, mental illness , adolescent sexuality, substance abuse and death...
; as a football player in the second series of Hotel Babylon
Hotel Babylon
Hotel Babylon was a BBC television drama series based on the book of the same name by Imogen Edwards-Jones, that aired from 19 January 2006 to 14 August 2009, produced by independent production company Carnival Films for BBC One...
on BBC television
BBC Television
BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The corporation, which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927, has produced television programmes from its own studios since 1932, although the start of its regular service of television...
; and as Matt Costello in what was supposed to be the pilot episode for Breathless, a BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
two-part television series in development from BBC Northern Ireland
BBC Northern Ireland
BBC Northern Ireland is the main public service broadcaster in Northern Ireland.The organisation is one of the three national regions of the BBC, together with BBC Scotland and BBC Wales. Based at Broadcasting House, Belfast, it provides television, radio, online and interactive television content...
, renamed first "Blood Rush" and then Kiss of Death
Kiss of Death (TV series)
Kiss of Death is a BBC crime investigation drama, written by Barbara Machin, author of the British television crime drama series Waking the Dead .-Synopsis:...
, when it premiered on BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
as a one-part drama on 26 May 2008.
Beginning in 2007, Dyer became the presenter of The Real Football Factories
The Real Football Factories
The Real Football Factories is a documentary series shown on the Bravo TV channel in the UK and created by Zig Zag Productions. The show looks at the in-depth life of football hooligans and hooligan firms. Interviews are conducted with past and present hooligans.The presenter of the show, Danny...
and The Real Football Factories International
The Real Football Factories International
The Real Football Factories International is a documentary style program about football hooliganism across the world. The Real Football Factories was the first series, where presenter and actor Danny Dyer travelled the UK, meeting some of the more notorious football firms. In this spin-off series,...
, a TV documentary series on Bravo, for which he travels, in the former throughout the United Kingdom and in the latter throughout the world, to meet and interview football club fans and hooligans.
Danny Dyer's Deadliest Men
Danny Dyer's Deadliest Men
-External links:* at Virgin 1* at Bravo* at Sky...
, "a gritty and hard-hitting documentary series that sees him venturing into the dark depths of the British underworld and hunting down some of the most notorious and feared men in Britain today", began airing on Bravo in the United Kingdom on 20 October 2008.
In April 2009 he turned down a role in EastEnders
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
, claiming that although he thought the role sounded good, he didn't think he could cope with the pressure.
Dyer was quoted in a May 2011 article in NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
as wanting to headbutt film critic Mark Kermode
Mark Kermode
Mark Kermode is an English film critic, musician and a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. He contributes to Sight and Sound magazine, The Observer newspaper and BBC Radio 5 Live, where he presents Kermode and Mayo's Film Reviews with Simon Mayo on Friday afternoons...
. Kermode has been a regular critic of Dyer's output and often "impersonates" him on his BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's national radio service that specialises in live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries...
show with Simon Mayo
Simon Mayo
Simon Mayo is an English radio presenter who has worked for BBC Radio since 1981. As of January 2010, Mayo is presenter of Simon Mayo Drivetime on BBC Radio 2 and, with Mark Kermode, presenter of Kermode and Mayo's Film Reviews on BBC Radio 5 Live.In 2008, Mayo was recognised as the "radio...
.
Film
Dyer's first film role was in Human TrafficHuman Traffic
Human Traffic is a British independent film written and directed by Welsh filmmaker Justin Kerrigan. The film explores themes of coming of age, drug and club cultures, as well as relationships. It includes scenes provoking social commentary and the use of archive footage to provide political...
(1999). His subsequent movie work includes Mel Smith
Mel Smith
Melvin Kenneth "Mel" Smith is an English comedian, writer, film director, producer, and actor. He is most famous for his work on the sketch comedy shows Not the Nine O'Clock News and Alas Smith and Jones along with his comedy partner Griff Rhys Jones.- Early life :Smith's father, Kenneth, was born...
's High Heels and Low Lifes
High Heels and Low Lifes
High Heels and Low Lifes is a 2001 action comedy-drama film starring Minnie Driver, Mary McCormack, Kevin McNally, Mark Williams, Danny Dyer and Michael Gambon. It was directed by Mel Smith and written by Kim Fuller and Georgia Pritchett...
(2001) and starring roles in Borstal Boy
Borstal Boy (film)
Borstal Boy is a 2000 British/Irish romantic drama film adaptation of the Brendan Behan autobiographical novel of the same name. The film is directed and written by Irish playwright Peter Sheridan.-Plot:...
(2000), Mean Machine (2002) and in all four films by the British film director Nick Love
Nick Love
Nick Love is a British film director and writer. Love came to public attention in the UK after making the films The Football Factory, The Business and The Firm. He has two 'Millwall' tattoos, including one on the inside of his bottom lip.Love is well known for collaborating with actor Danny Dyer...
: Goodbye Charlie Bright
Goodbye Charlie Bright
Goodbye Charlie Bright is a 2001 film directed by Nick Love and starring Paul Nicholls, Roland Manookian and Danny Dyer. The film is also known by the U.S. title Strong Boys.-Plot:...
(2001); The Football Factory (2004); The Business
The Business (film)
The Business is a 2005 British drama/crime/gangster film written and directed by Nick Love. The film stars Danny Dyer, Tamer Hassan and Roland Manookian all of which were in Love's previous film The Football Factory. It also stars Geoff Bell and Georgina Chapman...
(2005); and Outlaw
Outlaw (2007 film)
Outlaw is a 2007 action-crime-drama film written and directed by British filmmaker Nick Love. Outlaw stars Sean Bean, Danny Dyer, Bob Hoskins, Lennie James, Rupert Friend and Sean Harris.The film is set in the United Kingdom in 2006...
(2007). Among other film roles, he also appeared as the character Steve in Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith (director)
Christopher Smith, is a British film director and screenwriter.- Career :His four most prominent pieces of work are Creep, Severance, Triangle and Black Death. Smith was last working on a movie based about the UK children's book series CHERUB...
's Severance
Severance (film)
Severance is a British comedy horror film, written by James Moran, directed by Christopher Smith, and starring Danny Dyer and Laura Harris. In 2009, media interest in the film was revived following the alleged copycat murder of a UK teenager.-Plot:...
(2006); as Hayden in Adulthood
Adulthood (film)
Adulthood is a 2008 British drama film. It was directed and written by Noel Clarke, who also stars as the protagonist, Sam Peel...
(2008); and as himself in the feature documentary Tattoos: A Scarred History. In 2008 he finished filming his roles as Pete and Tom in City Rats
City Rats
City Rats is a black comedy feature film, released on April 24, 2009 and starring Tamer Hassan, Ray Panthaki, Susan Lynch, Kenny Doughty, MyAnna Buring, James Lance and Natasha Williams and Danny Dyer.-Cast:* Tamer Hassan as Jimbo Jones...
and 7 Lives
7 Lives
7 Lives is a 2011 British film directed by Paul Wilkins starring Danny Dyer, Kate Ashfield and Martin Compston.-Plot:Tom, a married man with kids, is struggling at work when a client tries to seduce him with promises of a ‘more exciting life’...
, respectively. April 2009 saw the straight to DVD release of City Rats. Danny has just completed filming Jack Said
Jack Said
Jack Said is a 2009 British thriller film, the prequel to Jack Says. It is written by Paul Tanter, and based on the graphic novel written by him and illustrated by Oscar Alvarado...
, a Brit noir thriller in which he played Nathan alongside Ashlie Walker
Ashlie Walker
Ashlie Walker is a British actress from London. She has been working in television since the age of ten and has had roles in Bad Girls, Casualty, Doctors, Hollyoaks and A Touch Of Frost. She has also done a variety of adverts...
, Terry Stone
Terry Stone
Terry Stone , also known as Terry Turbo, is a British actor and film producer. Before a career in film, Stone was a rave promoter, and is co-founder of Garage Nation and Rave Nation with Jason Kaye. He is most notable for his role as Tony Tucker, in the 2007 film Rise of the Footsoldier...
, David O'Hara
David O'Hara
David O'Hara is a Scottish actor.-Life and career:O'Hara was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Martha and Patrick O'Hara, a construction worker....
and Simon Phillips
Simon Phillips
Simon Phillips is an English jazz, pop and rock drummer.-Career:Phillips began to play professionally at the age of twelve in his father's Dixieland band for four years. He was then offered the chance to play in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar...
which was released in November 2009 by Optimum Releasing. This film is the prequel to Jack Says
Jack Says
Jack Says is a 2008 British thriller film known particularly for being the last professional engagement of Mike Reid, who died shortly after filming in 2007. The film is a contemporary film noir, with comic book undertones that reflect its precursor graphic novel Jack Said, and is comparable in...
which was released in 2008 and starred the late Mike Reid
Mike Reid
Michael or Mike Reid may refer to:*Mike Reid , English comedian and actor, best known for his role as Frank Butcher in the BBC soap opera EastEnders*Mike Reid , American golfer...
. In 2009 he shot several horror films including Doghouse
Doghouse (film)
Doghouse is a 2009 British horror comedy and splatter film.A group of men travels to a remote village in England for a 'boys' weekend'. Upon their arrival, they found out that all the women in the town had been transformed into some kind of man-eating cannibals.-Plot:Vince is depressed over his...
under the direction from Jake West
Jake West
-Biography:He directed a movie called "Doghouse", a horror comedy starring Danny Dyer , Noel Clarke and Stephen Graham -Biography:He directed a movie called "Doghouse", a horror comedy starring Danny Dyer (Severance, The Football Factory"), Noel Clarke ("Adulthood", "Kidulthood", "Dr. Who") and...
, Basement under the Direction from Asham Kamboj. He played one of the lead roles in the British vampire film Dead Cert. In June 2010 was cast for the lead role in the upcoming remake of the British horror film The Asphyx
The Asphyx
The Asphyx is a 1972 British horror film directed by Peter Newbrook. Also known as Spirit of the Dead and The Horror of Death, it stars Robert Stephens and Robert Powell.-Plot:...
. Danny has just co-starred with Anna Walton in DEVIATION, a new British dark thriller written and directed by J.K. Amalou. He is currently (August 2011) filming Ray Cooney
Ray Cooney
Raymond George Alfred Cooney, OBE is an English playwright and actor. His biggest success, Run for Your Wife, lasted nine years in London's West End and is its longest-running comedy. He has had 17 of his plays performed there....
's Run For Your Wife
Run For Your Wife
Run For Your Wife is an adult comedy play by Ray Cooney.-Plot:The story of London cab driver John Smith, with two wives, two lives and a very precise schedule for juggling them both...
in which he plays the lead role of John Smith.
Theatre
Dyer has performed on stage, most notably in two plays written and directed by 2005 Nobel LaureateNobel Prize in Literature
Since 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction"...
Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter, CH, CBE was a Nobel Prize–winning English playwright and screenwriter. One of the most influential modern British dramatists, his writing career spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party , The Homecoming , and Betrayal , each of which he adapted to...
: as the Waiter in the London première of Celebration
Celebration (play)
Celebration is a play by British playwright Harold Pinter. It was first presented as a double-bill with Pinter's first play The Room on Thursday 16 March 2000 at the Almeida Theatre in London.-Synopsis:...
(2000), at the Almeida Theatre
Almeida Theatre
The Almeida Theatre, opened in 1980, is a 325 seat studio theatre with an international reputation which takes its name from the street in which it is located, off Upper Street, in the London Borough of Islington. The theatre produces a diverse range of drama and holds an annual summer festival of...
, which transferred to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of New York City's Upper West Side. Reynold Levy has been its president since 2002.-History and facilities:...
, in New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, as part of the Harold Pinter Festival held there in July and August 2001; and as Foster in the revival of No Man's Land
No Man's Land (play)
No Man's Land is a play by Harold Pinter written in 1974 and first produced and published in 1975. Its original production was at the Old Vic Theatre in London by the National Theatre on 23 April 1975, and it later transferred to Wyndhams Theatre, July 1975 - January 1976, the Lyttelton Theatre...
(1975), at the Royal National Theatre
Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...
, in London, during 2001 and 2002. In March 2008 he played Joey in a revival of Pinter's The Homecoming
The Homecoming
The Homecoming is a two-act play written in 1964 by Nobel laureate Harold Pinter and first published in 1965. The original Broadway production won the 1967 Tony Award for Best Play and its 40th-anniversary Broadway production at the Cort Theatre was nominated for a 2008 Tony Award for "Best Revival...
(1964), directed by Michael Attenborough
Michael Attenborough
The Hon. Michael John Attenborough is a successful English theatre director. His parents are the actors Richard Attenborough, Baron Attenborough and Sheila Sim, Lady Attenborough...
, at the Almeida Theatre, in London. He also performed in Peter Gill
Peter Gill (playwright)
Peter Gill, theatre director, playwright and former actor, was born in Cardiff, Wales, on 7 September 1939, son of George John Gill and his wife Margaret Mary .He was educated at St Illtyd's College, Cardiff.-Career:...
's play Certain Young Men (1999) in London.
From 9 September 2009 to 3 October 2009, Danny Dyer appeared as Sid Vicious
Sid Vicious
Sid Vicious was an English musician best known as the bassist of the influential punk rock group Sex Pistols...
in a new play called Kurt and Sid
Kurt and Sid
Kurt and Sid is a play by Roy Smiles which had its world premiere at the Trafalgar Studios in London's West End. The play opened on 9 September 2009 and starred Danny Dyer and Shaun Evans . Kurt and Sid was produced by Thomas Hopkins and Andrew Jenkins.-Development:Sid Vicious was only portrayed...
in London's West End
West End of London
The West End of London is an area of central London, containing many of the city's major tourist attractions, shops, businesses, government buildings, and entertainment . Use of the term began in the early 19th century to describe fashionable areas to the west of Charing Cross...
at the Trafalgar Studios
Trafalgar Studios
Trafalgar Studios, formerly The Whitehall Theatre until 2004, is a West End theatre in Whitehall, near Trafalgar Square, in the City of Westminster, London....
.
Selected other work
Dyer is the voice of Kent Paul in the video games Grand Theft Auto: Vice CityGrand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a 2002 open world action computer and video game developed by British games developer Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the second 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise and sixth original title overall...
(2002) and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a 2004 open world action video game developed by British games developer Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the third 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise, the fifth original console release and eighth game overall...
(2004). He was also a regular columnist for Zoo Weekly
Zoo Weekly
Zoo is a weekly lads' magazine published in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 29 January 2004, as the second weekly men's magazine in the UK after the similar and rival magazine Nuts)...
until he wrote the following to a "heartbroken" Alex, from Manchester:
"I'd suggest going out on a rampage with the boys, getting on the booze and smashing anything that moves.
Then, when some bird falls for you, you can turn the tables and break her heart.
Of course, the other option is to cut your ex's face, and then no one will want her."
He also appears in The Twang
The Twang
The Twang are an indie rock band from Birmingham, England, formed in 2001. The band have released two studio albums - Love It When I Feel Like This and Jewellery Quarter...
's 2007 video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for Two Lovers.
I Believe in UFOS: Danny Dyer, a documentary which sees Dyer journey to various 'UFO hotspots' in the UK and the US in hope of experiencing a UFO sighting, was broadcast on BBC Three
BBC Three
BBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent...
on 26 January 2010.
2011-present
On 20 November 2011 it was confirmed that Dyer had joined the cast of CasualtyCasualty (TV series)
Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
as a Paramedic in a Permanent Role from January 2012
Films
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Human Traffic Human Traffic Human Traffic is a British independent film written and directed by Welsh filmmaker Justin Kerrigan. The film explores themes of coming of age, drug and club cultures, as well as relationships. It includes scenes provoking social commentary and the use of archive footage to provide political... |
Moff | |
| The Trench The Trench (film) The Trench is a 1999 film directed by William Boyd that portrays a group of young British soldiers on the eve of the Battle of the Somme in the last 48 hours.-Synopsis:... |
Lance Cpl. Victor Dell | ||
| 2000 | Borstal Boy Borstal Boy (film) Borstal Boy is a 2000 British/Irish romantic drama film adaptation of the Brendan Behan autobiographical novel of the same name. The film is directed and written by Irish playwright Peter Sheridan.-Plot:... |
Charlie Milwall | |
| Greenfingers Greenfingers Greenfingers is a 2000 British comedy film directed and written by Joel Hershman. It is loosely based on a true story about the award-winning prisoners of HMP Leyhill, a minimum-security prison in the Cotswolds, England.-Cast:... |
Tony | ||
| 2001 | Goodbye Charlie Bright Goodbye Charlie Bright Goodbye Charlie Bright is a 2001 film directed by Nick Love and starring Paul Nicholls, Roland Manookian and Danny Dyer. The film is also known by the U.S. title Strong Boys.-Plot:... |
Francis | |
| High Heels and Low Lifes High Heels and Low Lifes High Heels and Low Lifes is a 2001 action comedy-drama film starring Minnie Driver, Mary McCormack, Kevin McNally, Mark Williams, Danny Dyer and Michael Gambon. It was directed by Mel Smith and written by Kim Fuller and Georgia Pritchett... |
Danny | ||
| Mean Machine | Billy the Limpet | ||
| Tabloid | Joe Public | ||
| Is Harry on the Boat? Is Harry on the Boat? Is Harry on the Boat? was a 2001 British made for TV film, based on the lives of holiday reps in Ibiza. A television drama series then followed, airing on Sky One from 2002 to 2003.-Background:It's based on the book of the same name by Colin Butts... |
Brad | ||
| 2003 | Wasp Wasp (film) Wasp is a short film written and directed by Andrea Arnold. Released in 2003, it stars Nathalie Press as a struggling single mother determined not to let her four young children prove an obstacle in the pursuit of rekindling a relationship with an old ex-boyfriend Danny Dyer... |
Dave | |
| 2004 | Free Speech | Mark | |
| The Football Factory | Tommy Johnson | ||
| 2005 | The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael is a British-made independent film directed by first-time director Thomas Clay, and released in 2006. It features Daniel Spencer in the title role, with Lesley Manville and Danny Dyer in support.-Plot:... |
Larry Haydn | |
| The Business The Business (film) The Business is a 2005 British drama/crime/gangster film written and directed by Nick Love. The film stars Danny Dyer, Tamer Hassan and Roland Manookian all of which were in Love's previous film The Football Factory. It also stars Geoff Bell and Georgina Chapman... |
Frankie | ||
| 2006 | The Other Half | Mark Lamanuzzi | |
| Severance Severance (film) Severance is a British comedy horror film, written by James Moran, directed by Christopher Smith, and starring Danny Dyer and Laura Harris. In 2009, media interest in the film was revived following the alleged copycat murder of a UK teenager.-Plot:... |
Steve | ||
| 2007 | Outlaw Outlaw (2007 film) Outlaw is a 2007 action-crime-drama film written and directed by British filmmaker Nick Love. Outlaw stars Sean Bean, Danny Dyer, Bob Hoskins, Lennie James, Rupert Friend and Sean Harris.The film is set in the United Kingdom in 2006... |
Gene Dekker | |
| Straightheads Straightheads Straightheads is a 2007 British thriller film which follows a couple who are seeking revenge against a group of men who brutally attacked them. It is written and directed by Dan Reed, who made his directorial début.... |
Adam | ||
| The All Together The All Together The All Together is a 2007 comedy feature film starring Martin Freeman, Corey Johnson, Velibor Topic and Danny Dyer. It is written and directed by Gavin Claxton.-Plot:... |
Dennis Earle | ||
| 2008 | Adulthood Adulthood (film) Adulthood is a 2008 British drama film. It was directed and written by Noel Clarke, who also stars as the protagonist, Sam Peel... |
Hayden | |
| 2009 | City Rats City Rats City Rats is a black comedy feature film, released on April 24, 2009 and starring Tamer Hassan, Ray Panthaki, Susan Lynch, Kenny Doughty, MyAnna Buring, James Lance and Natasha Williams and Danny Dyer.-Cast:* Tamer Hassan as Jimbo Jones... |
Pete | |
| Malice in Wonderland Malice in Wonderland (2009 film) Malice In Wonderland is a 2009 British fantasy adventure film directed by Simon Fellows and written by Jayson Rothwell. It is roughly based on Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.The film was released on DVD in the UK on February 8, 2010.... |
Whitey | ||
| Doghouse Doghouse (film) Doghouse is a 2009 British horror comedy and splatter film.A group of men travels to a remote village in England for a 'boys' weekend'. Upon their arrival, they found out that all the women in the town had been transformed into some kind of man-eating cannibals.-Plot:Vince is depressed over his... |
Neil | ||
| Jack Said Jack Said Jack Said is a 2009 British thriller film, the prequel to Jack Says. It is written by Paul Tanter, and based on the graphic novel written by him and illustrated by Oscar Alvarado... |
Nathan | ||
| Dead Man Running | Bing | ||
| Just for the Record | Derek La Farge | ||
| Pimp Pimp (film) Pimp is a British thriller film in the mockumentary vein of Man Bites Dog, released on 24 May 2010.It was written and directed by Robert Cavanah who also plays the lead role... |
Stanley | ||
| The Rapture | Wraith | ||
| Catwalk | The Photographer | ||
| 2010 | Basement Basement (2010 film) Basement is a 2010 British horror film, starring Danny Dyer and written by Ewen Glass about six friends who are lured into a basement for a sinister experiment.-Plot:... |
Gary | Straight-to-DVD |
| The Devil's Playground The Devil's Playground (2010 film) Devil's Playground is a British horror film directed by Mark McQueen and starring Craig Fairbrass. Intandem Films has the worldwide rights to the film, which is being produced by Freddie Hutton-Mills and Bart Ruspoli.-Plot:... |
Joe | ||
| Billy | |||
| The Last Seven | Angel of Death | ||
| 2011 | Age of Heroes Age of Heroes (film) Age of Heroes is an action-thriller film directed by Adrian Vitoria. The film is based on the real-life events of the formation of Ian Fleming's 30 Commando unit during World War II The film was released in the United Kingdom in 2011.-Plot:... |
Rains | |
| 2011 | Freerunner Freerunner (film) Freerunner is a 2011 film by Lawrence Silverstein starring Sean Faris , Danny Dyer and Tamer Hassan in lead roles.-Plot:... |
Mr. Frank | |
| 2011 | 7lives | Tom |
TV
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 'Prime Suspect 3 | Martin Fletcher | |
| 1994 | Cadfael | Bran | 1 episode: The Leper of St. Giles |
| 1995 | Loving | Bert | |
| A Touch of Frost A Touch of Frost (TV series) A Touch of Frost is a television detective series produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV from 1992 until 2010, initially based on the Frost novels by R. D. Wingfield.... |
Shaun Everett | 1 episode: Dead Male One | |
| Crown Prosecutor | Shane Cassidy | 1 episode: 1.5 | |
| Loved Up Loved Up Loved Up was a BBC drama for the Love Bites season of films, broadcast on 23 September 1995. The film was directed by Peter Cattaneo who would go on to direct the feature films The Full Monty and Lucky Break... |
Billy | 1 episode: 2.7 | |
| 1996 | Thief Takers Thief Takers Thief Takers was a police drama series made by Central Independent Television for the ITV network. The show depicted the work of a team in the Metropolitan Police Service's Flying Squad... |
Alec | 1 episode: The Outcasts |
| The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work... |
Gavin Parker | 2 episodes: Home Truths and Merrily on High | |
| Bramwell Bramwell Bramwell is a British television series starring Jemma Redgrave as Dr. Eleanor Bramwell, a woman challenging the domination of men in the medical establishment, who runs a free hospital for the poor in the East End of London, during the late Victorian era .The series by Carlton Television was shown... |
Danny | 1 episode: 3.3 | |
| 1997 | Highlander | Andrew Baines | 1 episode: Avatar |
| Soldier Soldier Soldier Soldier Soldier Soldier is a British television drama series. The title comes from a traditional song of the same name.Produced by Central Television and broadcast on the ITV network, it ran for a total of seven series and 82 episodes from 1991 to 1997... |
Gary Fox | 2 episodes: Line of Departure and Sounds of War | |
| 2002 | Dead Casual | Wayne | |
| Foyle's War Foyle's War Foyle's War is a British detective drama television series set during World War II, created by screenwriter and author Anthony Horowitz, and was commissioned by ITV after the long-running series Inspector Morse came to an end in 2000. It has aired on ITV since 2002... |
Tony Lucciano | 1 episode: A Lesson in Murder | |
| 2003 | Serious and Organised | Darren Evans | Recurring |
| Second Generation | Jack | ||
| 2004 | Family Business | Yankie | |
| 2005 | M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team | Marc Sharaff | 1 episode: 2.4 |
| Rose and Maloney Rose and Maloney Rose and Maloney is a British television crime drama starring Sarah Lancashire and Phil Davis as Rose Linden and Maloney, two investigators working for the fictional Criminal Justice Review Agency. This agency takes on claims of miscarriages of justice, assessing whether there are grounds to... |
Danny | 1 episode: 2.1 | |
| 2006 | All in the Game | Martin | |
| 2007 | Hotel Babylon Hotel Babylon Hotel Babylon was a BBC television drama series based on the book of the same name by Imogen Edwards-Jones, that aired from 19 January 2006 to 14 August 2009, produced by independent production company Carnival Films for BBC One... |
Dave Osbourne | 1 episode: 2.2 |
| Skins Skins (TV series) Skins is a BAFTA award-winning British teen drama that follows a group of teenagers in Bristol, South West England, through the two years of college. The controversial plot line explores issues such as dysfunctional families, mental illness , adolescent sexuality, substance abuse and death... |
Malcolm | 2 episodes: Cassie and Michelle | |
| 2008 | Kiss of Death Kiss of Death (TV series) Kiss of Death is a BBC crime investigation drama, written by Barbara Machin, author of the British television crime drama series Waking the Dead .-Synopsis:... |
Matt Costello | |
| 2011 | Mongrels Mongrels (TV series) Mongrels, formerly known under the working titles of We Are Mongrels and The Un-Natural World, is a British puppet-based situation comedy series first broadcast on BBC Three between 22 June and 10 August 2010, with a making-of documentary entitled "Mongrels Uncovered" broadcast on 11 August 2010... |
Himself | Cameo |
| 2012- | Casualty Casualty (TV series) Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The... |
TBA (Paramedic) | Series Regular |
Stage plays
- Certain Young Men (1999), by Peter GillPeter Gill (playwright)Peter Gill, theatre director, playwright and former actor, was born in Cardiff, Wales, on 7 September 1939, son of George John Gill and his wife Margaret Mary .He was educated at St Illtyd's College, Cardiff.-Career:...
- CelebrationCelebration (play)Celebration is a play by British playwright Harold Pinter. It was first presented as a double-bill with Pinter's first play The Room on Thursday 16 March 2000 at the Almeida Theatre in London.-Synopsis:...
(2000), by Harold PinterHarold PinterHarold Pinter, CH, CBE was a Nobel Prize–winning English playwright and screenwriter. One of the most influential modern British dramatists, his writing career spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party , The Homecoming , and Betrayal , each of which he adapted to... - No Man's LandNo Man's Land (play)No Man's Land is a play by Harold Pinter written in 1974 and first produced and published in 1975. Its original production was at the Old Vic Theatre in London by the National Theatre on 23 April 1975, and it later transferred to Wyndhams Theatre, July 1975 - January 1976, the Lyttelton Theatre...
(2001–2002 revival), by Harold PinterHarold PinterHarold Pinter, CH, CBE was a Nobel Prize–winning English playwright and screenwriter. One of the most influential modern British dramatists, his writing career spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party , The Homecoming , and Betrayal , each of which he adapted to... - The HomecomingThe HomecomingThe Homecoming is a two-act play written in 1964 by Nobel laureate Harold Pinter and first published in 1965. The original Broadway production won the 1967 Tony Award for Best Play and its 40th-anniversary Broadway production at the Cort Theatre was nominated for a 2008 Tony Award for "Best Revival...
(2008 revival), by Harold PinterHarold PinterHarold Pinter, CH, CBE was a Nobel Prize–winning English playwright and screenwriter. One of the most influential modern British dramatists, his writing career spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party , The Homecoming , and Betrayal , each of which he adapted to... - Kurt and SidKurt and SidKurt and Sid is a play by Roy Smiles which had its world premiere at the Trafalgar Studios in London's West End. The play opened on 9 September 2009 and starred Danny Dyer and Shaun Evans . Kurt and Sid was produced by Thomas Hopkins and Andrew Jenkins.-Development:Sid Vicious was only portrayed...
(2009), by Roy SmilesRoy SmilesRoy Smiles is an English playwright and singer-songwriter from West London, also occasional actor.-Career:Roy Smiles is the author of twenty three produced stage plays...
Video games
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice CityGrand Theft Auto: Vice CityGrand Theft Auto: Vice City is a 2002 open world action computer and video game developed by British games developer Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the second 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise and sixth original title overall...
as Kent Paul (2002) - Grand Theft Auto: San AndreasGrand Theft Auto: San AndreasGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a 2004 open world action video game developed by British games developer Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the third 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise, the fifth original console release and eighth game overall...
as Kent Paul (2004)
External links
- Danny Dyer "This is Who I Am" Interview Heat World June 2009
- dannydyerfilms.co.uk