Danny Dyer
Danny Dyer | |
|---|---|
 Danny Dyer at Upton Park, 2 October 2010 | |
| Born | Daniel John Dyer 24 July 1977 Canning Town, east London, England |
| Years active | 1993 – present |
| Partner | Joanne Mas |
| Website | www.dannydyer.com |
Danny Dyer (born 24 July 1977) is an English actor, media personality and chairman of Greenwich Borough, a non-League football team.[1]
Biography
Daniel John Dyer was born in Canning Town, an area of east London, to Antony and Christine Dyer (née Meakin.)[2] He now lives in Debden, Loughton, Essex[3] with his longtime girlfriend, Joanne Mas, and their daughters Dani and Sunnie[4].
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."[1] The appointment was actually a publicity stunt to raise the profile for the club.[5]
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.[2]
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).[2][6] In 1995, Dyer also appeared in a television commercial for Coca-Cola.[7]
His many other television roles include appearances in the 2003 Channel 4 drama Second Generation, directed by John Sen;[6] as Malcolm, main character Michelle's stepfather, in Skins;[8] 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,[6][9] 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.[10]
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.[citation needed].
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.[11][12]
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.[13]
Dyer was quoted in a May 2011 article in NME as wanting to headbutt film critic Mark Kermode.[14] Kermode has been a regular critic of Dyer's output and often "impersonates" him on his BBC Radio 5 Live show with Simon Mayo.[15]
Film
Dyer's first film role was in Human Traffic (1999).[16] 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).[16] 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.[citation needed] In 2008 he finished filming his roles as Pete and Tom in City Rats and 7 Lives, respectively.[17] 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.[18] He played one of the lead roles in the British vampire film Dead Cert.[19] In June 2010 was cast for the lead role in the upcoming remake of the British horror film The Asphyx.[20] Danny has just co-starred with Anna Walton in DEVIATION, a new British dark thriller written and directed by J.K. Amalou.[21]
Theatre
Dyer has performed on stage, most notably in two plays written and directed by 2005 Nobel Laureate 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;[22] and as Foster in the revival of No Man's Land (1975), at the Royal National Theatre, in London, during 2001 and 2002.[23][24] 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.[25] He also performed in Peter Gill's play Certain Young Men (1999) in London.[26]
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.
Selected other work
Dyer is the voice of Kent Paul in the video games Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004).[26] He was also a regular columnist for [[Zoo Weekly| containing a suggestion to a heartbroken boyfriend to "cut his ex's face, so no one will want her".[27]
He also appears in The Twang's 2007 video for Two Lovers.[28]
I Believe in UFOS: Danny Dyer, a documentary which sees Dyer journey to various 'UFO hotspots' in the UK and the USA in hope of experiencing a UFO sighting, was broadcast on BBC Three on 26 January 2010.[29]
Filmography
Films
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Human Traffic | Moff | |
| The Trench | Lance Cpl. Victor Dell | ||
| 2000 | Borstal Boy | Charlie Milwall | |
| Greenfingers | Tony | ||
| 2001 | Goodbye Charlie Bright | Francis | |
| High Heels and Low Lifes | Danny | ||
| Mean Machine | Billy the Limpet | ||
| 2003 | Wasp | Dave | |
| 2004 | Free Speech | Mark | |
| The Football Factory | Tommy Johnson | ||
| 2005 | The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael | Larry Haydn | |
| The Business | Frankie | ||
| 2006 | The Other Half | Mark Lamanuzzi | |
| Severance | Steve | ||
| 2007 | Outlaw | Gene Dekker | |
| Straightheads | Adam | ||
| The All Together | Dennis Earle | ||
| 2008 | Adulthood | Hayden | |
| 2009 | City Rats | Pete | |
| Malice in Wonderland | Whitey | ||
| Doghouse | Neil | ||
| Jack Said | Nathan | ||
| Dead Man Running | Bing | ||
| Just for the Record | Derek La Farge | ||
| Pimp | Stanley | ||
| The Rapture | Wraith | ||
| Catwalk | The Photographer | ||
| 2010 | Basement | Gary | Straight-to-DVD |
| The Devil's Playground | Joe | ||
| Billy | |||
| The Last Seven | Angel of Death | ||
| 2011 | Age of Heroes | Rains |
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 | Shaun Everett | 1 episode: Dead Male One | |
| Crown Prosecutor | Shane Cassidy | 1 episode: 1.5 | |
| Loved Up | Billy | 1 episode: 2.7 | |
| 1996 | Thief Takers | Alec | 1 episode: The Outcasts |
| The Bill | Gavin Parker | 2 episodes: Home Truths and Merrily on High | |
| Bramwell | Danny | 1 episode: 3.3 | |
| 1997 | Highlander | Andrew Baines | 1 episode: Avatar |
| Soldier Soldier | Gary Fox | 2 episodes: Line of Departure and Sounds of War | |
| 2001 | Is Harry on the Boat? | Brad | |
| 2002 | Dead Casual | Wayne | |
| Foyle's War | 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 | Danny | 1 episode: 2.1 | |
| 2006 | All in the Game | Martin | |
| 2007 | Hotel Babylon | Dave Osbourne | 1 episode: 2.2 |
| Skins | Malcolm | 2 episodes: Cassie and Michelle | |
| 2008 | Kiss of Death | Matt Costello |
Stage plays
- Certain Young Men (1999), by Peter Gill
- Celebration (2000), by Harold Pinter
- No Man's Land (2001–2002 revival), by Harold Pinter
- The Homecoming (2008 revival), by Harold Pinter
- Kurt and Sid (2009), by Roy Smiles
Video games
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City as Kent Paul (2002)
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas as Kent Paul (2004)
Notes
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References
- "Outlaw: The Movie". Gloucester.gov.uk 10 April 2007. Accessed 26 October 2008. (Hyperlinked video clip of interview with Dyer, Sean Bean, and Lennie James on filming Outlaw in Gloucester.)
- Tilly, Chris. "Danny Dyer/Chris Smith Q&A: Chris tilly [sic] Catches Up with the Star and Director of New Horror Flick 'Severance' ". Time Out New York 24 August 2006. Accessed 11 October 2008.
- Utichi, Joe. "Exclusive Interview with Danny Dyer – The Business (release date: 2 September 2005)". Filmfocus.co.uk. [September 2005.] Accessed 11 October 2008.
External links
- Official website
- Danny Dyer at IMDb
- Danny Dyer "This is Who I Am" Interview Heat World June 2009
- dannydyerfilms.co.uk
- ^ a b "Danny Dyer Joins Real Football Factory" (Web). News Shopper Online. Newsquest Media Group (A Gannett Company). 23 December 2007. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ^ a b c "Biography" (Web). DannyDyer.com. Danny Dyer. Retrieved 11 October 2008. (Includes a menu of hyperlinked sections on Dyer's career accomplishments.)
- ^ Tobin, Edmund (4 November 2009), "Actor targeted by Golden Triangle car thieves", Epping Forest Guardian, Brighton, East Sussex: Newsquest Media Group, retrieved 29 May 2011
- ^ "Danny Dyer: My partner has bashed me a few times", Now Magazine, London: IPC Media, 25 April 2010, retrieved 29 May 2011
- ^ Revealed in interview on BBC Rado 4 programme Loose Ends broadcast 12 September 2009 [1]
- ^ a b c "Television" (Web). DannyDyer.com. Danny Dyer. Retrieved 28 October 2008.
- ^ Coca-Cola advert starring Danny Dyer on YouTube
- ^ "Dyer Guest Starring in Skins Series" (Web). Radio Times. BBC Magazines, Ltd. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
- ^ "Member Profile: David Bowen: Biography". Film Network. BBC.co.uk. 2007. Retrieved 18 October 2008.
- ^ "Louise Lombard, Lyndsey Marshal and Danny Dyer Star in Kiss Of Death – A New Crime Drama for BBC One" (Web) (Press release). BBC Press Office. 21 May 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
- ^ Danny Dyer (20 October 2008). "Danny Dyer's Deadliest Men" (Video clip interview). Virgin Media. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
- ^ Pile, Stephen (25 October 2008). "Only TV Can Show You a Pouch from Your Couch" (Web). Telegraph.co.uk. London: Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
First up [on the series] was Stephen 'The Devil' French in Liverpool, who robbed drug dealers, which is known as 'taxation'. ... Inconveniently, the devil had reformed. "I got the feeling he was on his own journey", Danny said. He was seen giving a respectful lecture to academic criminologists on his new anti-gun campaign. He is trying to counter the massive growth in Liverpudlian gun use, which arose largely so that people could protect themselves from him. ... Danny did his best to show his own bravery in being around this man. "My bum is flappin' a little bit", he informed us. Eventually the Devil re-enacted what he would have done when he was a hard man. ... 'This is the first time a real-life taxation scenario has ever been shown on TV,' said Dyer.
- ^ "Danny Dyer turns down EastEnders role". RTE News. 20 January 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
- ^ "Danny Dyer 'threatens to headbutt film critic Mark Kermode'". NME. May 29, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
- ^ "Pimp reviewed by Mark Kermode". BBC. May 24, 2010. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
- ^ a b "Film" (Web). DannyDyer.com. Danny Dyer. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
- ^ "Welcome" (Web). DannyDyer.com. Danny Dyer. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
- ^ "Danny Dyer Locked in the Basement". DreadCentral.
- ^ "Dead Cert Update and New Exclusive Stills". DreadCentral.
- ^ "Exclusive Concept Art and Casting News: The Asphyx Remake". DreadCentral.
- ^ [2]
- ^ "Celebration: Premiere" (Web). HaroldPinter.org. Harold Pinter. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
- ^ "No Man's Land (2001): Royal National Theatre, London" (Web). HaroldPinter.org. Harold Pinter. Retrieved 7 November 2008.
- ^ "Danny Dyer: Biography" (Web). filmbug.com. Filmbug (Misja.com). 1 January 2000. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
- ^ "Pinter's Homecoming at Almeida from 31 January 2008" (Web). London Theatre Guide – Online. Londontheatre.co.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2008. [Corrected title]
- ^ a b "Other Work" (Web). DannyDyer.com. Danny Dyer. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
- ^ Sweney, Mark (7 May 2010). "Danny Dyer column dumped by Zoo magazine". guardian.co.uk (Guardian Media Group). Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ "Danny Dyer Joins Twang Gang" (Web). Sun.co.uk. News International. 27 July 2007. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
- ^ "BBC TV & Radio Programmes" (Web). BBC. Retrieved 9 February 2010.