Dean Smith is an actor and comedian from Leeds

Leeds

Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. Dean is best known for playing Philip Ryan in the BBC 1 Drama Waterloo Road

Waterloo Road (TV series)

Waterloo Road is an award-winning British television drama series, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 9 March 2006. Set in a troubled comprehensive school in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, the series focuses on the lives of the school's teacher and students, and confronts social...

. Smith also played Vinnie Dupe, the geek without chic, in STV's comedy Being Victor

Being Victor

Being Victor is a soap opera set in Glasgow, Scotland. It is produced by Shed Media Scotland.-Synopsis:Vinnie Dupe is seventeen years old, and he’s doing his Highers at Queen Mary’s College in Glasgow, UK...

. Most recently Dean revisited the role of Philip Ryan in the BBC online Drama Waterloo Road Reunited. This series followed 7 ex-pupil on life after Waterloo Road.

Dean also takes part in various charity events including charity football matches

Most recently Dean and fellow Waterloo Road

Waterloo Road

Waterloo Road may refer to:Places:* Waterloo Road, London, England* Waterloo Road, Hong Kong* Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton, England. Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.'s Molineux Stadium is located on this road.Film and television:...

 cast members Jack McMullen

Jack McMullen

Jack Michael McMullen is an actor from Liverpool. He is best known for his role as Finn Sharkey in Waterloo Road, as well as smaller appearances in Brookside and Grange Hill.- Career :...

, Ben Ryan Davies

Ben Davies (actor)

Ben-Ryan Davies is an English actor, born in Greater Manchester. He is best known for his role in BBC One's Rough Diamond.- Career :...

, Will Ash

William Ash (actor)

William Ash, is a British TV and film actor.-Career:His appearances include Making Out ,Mad About Mambo, Lilies, Burn It, All the King's Men, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Doctor Who and more recently Hush and Waterloo Road. He began his career in the ITV series Where the Heart Is...

 and actor Tom Gibbons took on the National Three Peaks Challenge

National Three Peaks Challenge

The National Three Peaks Challenge is a mountain-endurance challenge in Great Britain, with a history of over 40 years, in which participants attempt to climb the highest peaks of each of the island's three countries...

Dean has recently completed the Great Yorkshire Run

Great Yorkshire Run

The Great Yorkshire Run is an annual road-race event run in Sheffield City Centre. It is a part of the Great Run series of events, and as such is linked with the Great North Run...

 running for Cancer Research UK

Cancer Research UK

Cancer Research UK is a cancer research and awareness charity in the United Kingdom, formed on 4 February 2002 by the merger of The Cancer Research Campaign and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. Its aim is to reduce the number of deaths from cancer. As the world's largest independent cancer...

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Awaydays Awaydays Awaydays is a 2009 British film directed by Pat Holden and stars Stephen Graham. It is based on the novel of the same name by Kevin Sampson, originally published eleven years previously in 1998....	Rugger Bugger 2	Film
2009	Cotton Stone	Ian	Short
2009	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...	Tim	TV series
2010	The Founding	Unicorn Boy	Short
2009– 2010	Waterloo Road Waterloo Road (TV series) Waterloo Road is an award-winning British television drama series, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 9 March 2006. Set in a troubled comprehensive school in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, the series focuses on the lives of the school's teacher and students, and confronts social...	Philip Ryan	TV series
2010	Doctors	Spanner	One episode of TV series
2010	Being Victor Being Victor Being Victor is a soap opera set in Glasgow, Scotland. It is produced by Shed Media Scotland.-Synopsis:Vinnie Dupe is seventeen years old, and he’s doing his Highers at Queen Mary’s College in Glasgow, UK...	Vinnie Dupe	TV & Online series
2011	Waterloo Road Reunited	Philip Ryan	Online

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