John Dye
John Dye | |
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| Born | John Carroll Dye January 31, 1963 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1984 - |
John Carroll Dye (January 31, 1963 – ??? ) was an American film and television actor known for his role as Andrew in the television series Touched by an Angel.
Early life
John Dye was born in Amory, Mississippi to James and Lynn Dye. His father worked as a furniture manufacturer, while his mother worked as a homemaker. While performing at Tupelo High School[1] in a play as Friedrich von Trapp, the eldest son, in The Sound of Music Dye found himself bitten by the acting bug. After graduation, he enrolled in the University of Memphis in hopes of becoming a civil rights lawyer. He would later change his major from law to theater. After his first year of college, he traveled to New York, where he auditioned and won a place in a classical theatre company. However, because acting with the company would conflict with his studies, Dye turned it down.
Career
When he returned to Memphis, Tennessee, he discovered that a Judd Nelson film called Making the Grade (1984) was filming in the area. Dye landed his first film role as Skip, one of Nelson's on-screen nemeses. Two years later, he starred alongside actresses Virginia Madsen and Cynthia Gibb in the comedy film Modern Girls. It was not until 1987 that Dye would win his first leading role in Campus Man, where he played Todd Barrett, a scheming college student, who manages to persuade the handsomest men on campus to pose for a calendar, in order to pay for his college tuition. That same year, he re-teamed with Nelson in the television miniseries Billionaire Boys Club. In 1989 he starred alongside actors James Earl Jones and Eric Roberts in the martial-arts drama Best of the Best.
By the time the 90's came around, Dye decided to make a move towards television. He was cast as Private Francis "Doc Hoc" Hockenbury in the last season of Tour of Duty. When the series finished, he moved on to short-lived series such as Jack's Place (1992) and Hotel Malibu (1994). In 1995, he appeared as Andrew the "Angel of Death" on Touched by an Angel with Roma Downey, Valeria Bertinelli, & Della Reese. Originally, producers cast him as a recurring character. However, by season three he was made a regular. The show ran for nine seasons before ending in April of 2003. In 2000, he starred in the highest rated original PAX-TV television movie Once Upon a Christmas. The following year Dye appeared in the sequel Twice Upon a Christmas which was screened at the White House.
Personal life
Dye has two brothers: Jamey and Jerre Dye
In 1999, Dye appeared on the first episode of the televised Di Palma Forum at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he and fellow celebrities such as Shirley Jones and Elliott Gould discussed social issues. That same year, he and fellow Touched by an Angel co-star Roma Downey narrated the documentary Journey to a Hate Free Millennium.
Filmography
| Film | |||
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| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
| 1984 | Making the Grade | Skip | |
| 1986 | Modern Girls | Mark | |
| 1987 | Campus Man | Todd Barrett | |
| 1989 | Mother, Mother | Jeff Cutler | Short film |
| Best of the Best | Virgil Keller | ||
| 1991 | The Perfect Weapon | Adam | |
| 1994 | Sioux City | Colin Adams | |
| 2005 | Heart of the Beholder | Manion | |
| 2007 | Claudette | Man in Truck | Short film |
| 2009 | Fist of the Warrior (aka Lesser of Three Evils) | I.A. Officer | filmed in 2004 |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1987 | Billionaire Boys Club | Bob Holmby | NBC TV-Movie |
| 1988 | CBS Summer Playhouse | Chip | Episode: Old Money |
| 1988, 1994 | Murder, She Wrote | Andy Broom Dr. Ray Stinson |
Episode: A Little Night Work Episode: A Nest of Vipers |
| 1989–1990 | Tour of Duty | Pvt. Francis 'Doc Hoc' Hockenberry | |
| 1990 | Room for Romance | Craig Holloway | Episode: Pilot |
| 1992 | Jack's Place | Greg Toback | |
| 1994 | Hotel Malibu | Jack Mayfield | |
| 1996 | The Nerd | Rick Steadman | |
| 1996–1998 | Promised Land | Andrew | 4 episodes |
| 2000 | Once Upon A Christmas | Bill Morgan | PAX-TV TV-Movie |
| 2001 | Twice Upon a Christmas | Bill Morgan | PAX-TV TV-Movie |
| 1994–2003 | Touched By An Angel | Andrew | |