Dee Tails
Dee Tails | |
|---|---|
| Occupation(s) | Actor, Creature performer |
| Years active | 1995-present |
| Known for | |
Dee Tails is an English actor/creature performer best known for his work in Star Wars: The Force Awakens,[1][2][3][4] Rogue One,[5][6][7][8][9] Star Wars: The Last Jedi,[10][11][12] and Solo: A Star Wars Story.[13][14][15][16][17]
Career
Dee Tails started his career as a member of the band MN8[18] [19] [20] [21] where he achieved 7 top 25 hit singles in the UK[22] and international success in France[23], Australia[24], New Zealand[25] and the US[26]. Their debut single "I've Got A Little Something For You" featured on the Bad Boys soundtrack[27] and was notably one of the first ever remixes by P.Diddy [28] [29] for his Bad Boy label. MN8 also supported Janet Jackson on the European leg of her tour in 1995. [30]
Since the band Dee Tails worked towards his acting career where he did theatre work for many years playing Tommy The Cat in Dick Whittington[31] [32] [33] [34] quoted by The Stage as a "a real standout performance"[35]. He also had a feature role in Batman Begins[36] [37] [38] as a Gotham City Police Officer in 2005. In 2013, he appeared in the film Captain Phillips[39] as a UKMTO Operator. In 2015, he appeared in 4 episodes of Jekyll & Hyde [40] [41] [42][43] for ITV where he played The Harbinger[44] [45] [46] alongside Richard E Grant. [47][48]
Dee Tails also featured as a leading role in a Nescafe commercial in 2011[49], filmed in South Africa which featured Dee Tails alongside a piano in the commercial.
In 2015, Dee Tails landed the role of Cratinus in Star Wars The Force Awakens, he then went on to perform as the character L-1 (also known as K-Ohn) in Rogue One A Star Wars Story in 2016. In 2017, he plays the role of Slowen Lo[50] in Star Wars The Last Jedi voiced by Joseph Gordon-Levitt.[51] In 2018, Tails played Quay Tolsite in the film Solo: A Star Wars Story.[52][53][54]
In 2004, he appeared as a mystery guest on the identity parade on Never Mind The Buzzcocks.[55]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Batman Begins | Gotham City Police Officer |
| 2009 | Barry Brown | Jules |
| 2013 | Captain Phillips | UKMTO Operator |
| 2015 | Art Ache | Squid |
| 2015 | Jekyll & Hyde | The Harbinger |
| 2015 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Cratinus |
| 2016 | Rogue One A Star Wars Story | L-1 (K-Ohn) |
| 2017 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Slowen Lo |
| 2018 | The Round Table | Dee Tails |
| 2018 | Solo: A Star Wars Story | Quay Tolsite |
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- ^ "Rogue One & The Force Awakens Creature Performer Dee Tails". Adventures by Daddy.
- ^ "Dee Tails – Tales from the set of The Last Jedi". Steelewars.com.
- ^ "Skywalking through Neverland". Jedi News.
- ^ "TALES FROM THE SET OF THE LAST JEDI". Planet Broadcasting.
- ^ "Solo: A Star Wars Story". Uncut Movies.
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- ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 10 Jun 1995. p. 10.
- ^ "MN8 Biography and History". All Music.
- ^ "Whatever happened to... MN8?". Digital Spy.
- ^ "Forgotten '90s Boy Bands: Where Are They Now?". Buzzfeed.
- ^ "MN8 full chart history". Official charts.
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- ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 21 Jun 1997. p. 83.
- ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 10 Jun 1995. p. 10.
- ^ "I've Got a Little Something For You (Bad Boy Remix)". BBC.
- ^ "Remixes by Sean "Puffy" Combs". whosampledwho.
- ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 10 June 1995. p. 80.
- ^ "Dick Whittington review at Queens Theatre Barnstaple". The Stage.
- ^ "Dick Whittington review at Garrick Lichfield". The Stage.
- ^ "Dick Whittington review at Millfield Arts Centre". The Stage.
- ^ "Panto Dick Whittington". Jeffrey Holland.
- ^ "Dick Whittington review at Riverfront Newport". The Stage.
- ^ "Batman Begins". Festival Focus.
- ^ "Batman Begins (2005)". Movies and media.
- ^ "Batman Begins". Batcave.com.
- ^ "Umetnik: Dee-Tails". Zoki.com.
- ^ "Jekyll & Hyde review". The Guardian.
- ^ "Jekyll and Hyde - what time is it on TV". Radio times.
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- ^ "FROM POP STAR TO MYSTICAL FIGURE IN TV SHOW". Kurrent Music.
- ^ "Jekyll and Hyde Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review". dvdfever.co.uk.
- ^ "JEKYLL AND HYDE "The Harbinger" Review". snappow.com tv reviews.
- ^ Wilson, Carl. "Jekyll and Hyde: Series 1, Episode 2 - "Mr Hyde"". Pop Matters.
- ^ "Jekyll & Hyde - Season 1, Episode 1 The Harbinger". Tornado Movies.
- ^ "Jekyll and Hyde – En första titt". Onyanserat om film och tv.
- ^ "Nescafe Gold Tv Commercial". Egg films.
- ^ "Dee Tails Interview – The Man Behind Cratinus, K-OHN and Slowen Lo in the Star Wars Saga!". huttspalace.
- ^ "Slowen Lo". biblioteka ossus.
- ^ "Solo : A Star Wars Story". Sens Critique.
- ^ "STAR WARS SOLO". Star Wars Fandefrance.
- ^ "Topps: Star Wars Solo: A Star Wars Story Series 1 Checklist". Jedi Template Archives.
- ^ "Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Identity Parade". BBC.