Danny Dyer
Danny "the sparra" Dyer | |
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Born | Daniel Darren Dyer |
Height | 6' (1.83 m) |
Spouse | 1 child = Dani Dyer |
Website | Official website |
Danny Dyer (born 24 July, 1977) is an English actor.
Biography
You may take my life but you can never take my facking freedom you northern facking muppets!
WEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
Dyer was born in in Canning Town, East London. He is a fan of his local football team West Ham United. In an interview with Irish media magazine "Hot Press" Dyer made a series of unfavourable comments about the Isle of Man, where he had stayed briefly during the filming of Christopher Smith's Brit-flick Severance (2006) [1]
Dyer has a daughter Dani (whose name he has tattooed on his arm in Chinese characters) and is expecting another child in 2007.
History
Danny was spotted at his local Sunday School, by an agent who auditioned him for the part of Martin Fletcher in the acclaimed Granada Television series Prime Suspect 3 (1993). At the age of 14 he was given the part and found himself working along side Helen Mirren. He had brief appearances in Cadfael, A Touch of Frost and Loved Up, and made appearances in the television series Thief Takers (1996) and Soldier Soldier (1991).
Major Movie Appearences
Dyer's first major movie appearance came when he landed the role of Moff in the clubbing film Human Traffic (1999). More TV, film and theatre work followed and the actor's work was seen in the Channel 4 drama Second Generation, directed by John Sen; Mel Smith's film 'High Heels And Low Lifes'. Dyer has starred in all four films by the British director Nick Love: Goodbye Charlie Bright (2001), The Football Factory (2004), The Business (2005) and Outlaw (2007).
On Stage
He has appeared on stage in both London and New York, notably in plays by Harold Pinter: Celebration at the Almeida Theatre and a revival of No Man's Land at the National Theatre.
Video Games
Dyer was featured 2002's best-selling video game, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City voicing Kent Paul and in 2004's best-selling game, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. In 2006 Dyer presented a series for Bravo called "The Real Football Factories", an in-depth look at football violence both at home and abroad.
Outlaw
In 2007 Dyer will be seen in Nick Love's Outlaw, Dan Reed's Straightheads and The All Together written and directed by Gavin Claxton.
Notable appearances
Film:
- Prime Suspect 3 (1993)
- Human Traffic (1999)
- The Trench (1999)
- Borstal Boy (2000)
- Goodbye Charlie Bright (2001)
- Greenfingers (2001)
- High Heels and Low Lifes (2001)
- Mean Machine (2002)
- The Football Factory (2004)
- The Business (2005)
- The Other Half (2006)
- Severance (2006)
- The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael (2006)
- Outlaw (2007)
- Straightheads (2007)
- The All Together (2007)
Television:
- Thief Takers (1996)
- Is Harry on the Boat (2001)
- Foyle's War: "A Lesson in Murder" (2002)
- All In The Game (2006)
- The Real Football Factories (2006)
- Skins (2007)
- Hotel Babylon (2007)
Video Games:
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002)
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004)
References
- ^ Isle of Man Today online News article ACTOR'S X-RATED RANT AGAINST ISLAND published September 5, 2006
External links
- Official Website
- Danny Dyer at IMDb
- Interview with Danny Dyer on Filming the Movie Outlaw in Gloucester
- The Sun article Dyer to wed sweetheart accessed September 18, 2006
- filmfocus.co.uk article Exclusive Interview with Danny Dyer - The Business