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Dean Andrews
Homepage
https://www.sueterryvoices.com/artist/dean-andrews
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1963-08-06,Rotherham, Yorkshire, UK
Gender
Male
Biography
Dean Andrews is an English actor. He is known for his role as DS Ray Carling in the BBC drama series Life on Mars. He continued the role in the sequel series, Ashes to Ashes, until 2010. As of April 2019, he appeared as Will Taylor on ITV soap opera Emmerdale. Andrews left the show on 26 December 2024 when his character Will died of a heart attack. Born in 1963 in Rotherham, Andrews went to Sitwell Junior School on Grange Road and Oakwood Comprehensive School on Moorgate Road. He went to school with Top Gear presenter James May. Dean Andrews started off as a mainstay of cruise ships as a talented entertainer and singer. He was discovered by film director Ken Loach, who was looking for people from Yorkshire to appear in the 2001 film, The Navigators. He then went on to play Barry Shiel in the Channel 4 drama Buried, which won the BAFTA Award for Best Drama Series in 2004. That year, he also had a small role, as Neil, in the Channel 4 series No Angels. In 2005, Andrews appeared in one episode of the ITV drama Wire in the Blood. The following year, he appeared in another BBC drama, Life On Mars, as DS Ray Carling. He then had roles in two BBC dramas, True Dare Kiss and The Street, in 2007. Andrews again played DC Carling in Ashes to Ashes, a 2008 spin-off series of Life on Mars. During the same year, he recorded voiceovers for Currys television advertisements. He had a guest role in 2010 on the BBC One series Waterloo Road. In 2011, Andrews appeared in: the BBC drama The Body Farm as Peter Collins; the BBC Two television film United, about the Manchester United "Busby Babes" team and the 1958 Munich air disaster; ITV's supernatural drama series Marchlands, playing one of the lead roles; and the five-part BBC One series The Case, in which he played the lead role as a man accused of murdering his terminally ill girlfriend. In November 2012, Andrews appeared in all four series of the BBC drama Last Tango in Halifax as Robert "Robbie" Greenwood. The following year, he portrayed Pete Lewis in the BBC show Being Eileen. Andrews played local hotel and barman Tom Asher in a 2015 episode of the popular series Midsomer Murders on ITV. In 2019, the actor joined the cast of ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He left the soap on 26 December 2024 when his character Will died of a heart attack. He has stated that he was not told about the character's demise. He narrated the Channel 5 documentary series, Our Great Yorkshire Life, in 2022. He also narrates the UK TV show Casualty 24/7 which centres on Barnsley Hospital.

Filmography

My Summer of Love

6.146

My Summer of Love
2005-05-05

6.8

The Navigators
2001-09-14

6

Missing
2006-01-13

5.8

Kandahar Break
2009-08-01

6.9

United
2011-01-02

6.8

Just Henry
2011-12-18

Girl Shaped Love Drug

0

Girl Shaped Love Drug
2012-10-01

5

Salvage
2009-06-21

5.7

Weekender
2011-09-01

0

Faith
2005-02-28

6.4

Wish 143
2009-11-19

5.9

Love + Hate
2005-09-13

The Security Men

0

The Security Men
2013-04-12

5.7

Dark River
2017-10-07

6.7

Torvill & Dean
2018-12-25

Agatha and the Truth of Murder

6.3

Agatha and the Truth of Murder
2018-12-23

The Making of... Ashes to Ashes

0

The Making of... Ashes to Ashes
2009-05-06

The End of 'Life on Mars'

0

The End of 'Life on Mars'
2007-04-16

5.1

Elfie Hopkins
2012-04-20

5.5

This Morning
1988-10-03

6

Soccer AM
1995-08-12

7.653

Ashes to Ashes
2008-02-07

7.6

Silent Witness
1996-02-21

7

Heartbeat
1992-04-10

7.763

Life on Mars
2006-01-09

6.6

New Street Law
2006-05-04

6.3

Delicious
2016-12-30

Chris Moyles' Quiz Night

5.3

Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
2009-03-22

5.6

GMTV
1993-01-01

My Wonderful Life

8

My Wonderful Life
1996-02-25

7.1

Marchlands
2011-02-03

Last Tango in Halifax

7.2

Last Tango in Halifax
2012-11-20

7.6

Father Brown
2013-01-14

Midsomer Murders

7.518

Midsomer Murders
1997-03-23

6.6

Blue Murder
2003-05-18

6.5

Jericho
2016-01-07

7.049

Banana
2015-01-22

Missing: All Secrets Have a Price

0

Missing: All Secrets Have a Price
2006-01-01

7.4

Clocking Off
2000-01-23

6

No Angels
2004-03-02

6.8

Frankie
2013-05-14

Wire in the Blood

7.8

Wire in the Blood
2002-11-14

8

Buried
2003-01-14

6.75

The Moorside
2017-02-07

7.4

Vera
2011-05-01

6

Casualty
1986-09-06

0

Being Eileen
2013-02-04

Between The Sheets

5.3

Between The Sheets
2003-11-17

Original Drama Shorts

0

Original Drama Shorts
2014-03-10

7

True Dare Kiss
2007-06-28

7.6

Shameless
2004-01-13