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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.
The roles that explain the career.
16 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Number One Fan | Stewart Jones | TV |
| 2018 | Torvill & Dean | Colin Dean | Film |
| 2012 | Elfie Hopkins: Cannibal Hunter | Villager | Film |
| 2012 | Girl Shaped Love Drug | Her Father | Film |
| 2012 | Last Tango in Halifax | Robbie | TV |
| 2011 | Weekender | Sergeant Thompson | Film |
| 2011 | Just Henry | Bill | Film |
| 2011 | United | Bert Whalley | Film |
| 2009 | Kandahar Break | Steve Delamore | Film |
| 2009 | Salvage | Clive | Film |
| 2009 | Wish 143 | Bus Driver | Film |
| 2008 | Ashes to Ashes | Ray Carling | TV |
| 2006 | Life on Mars | Ray Carling | TV |
| 2005 | My Summer of Love | Ricky | Film |
| 2005 | Love + Hate | Derek | Film |
| 2001 | The Navigators | John | Film |
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