Number One Fan
2026 · TV Show
as Stewart Jones
Dean Andrews
1963-08-06
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Rotherham, Yorkshire, UK
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
Torvill & Dean
2018 · Movie
as Colin Dean
Agatha and the Truth of Murder
2018 · Movie
as Wade
Dark River
2017 · Movie
as Matty
The Moorside
2017 · TV Show
as PC Steve 'Kinchie' Kinchin
Delicious
2016 · TV Show
as Steven Green
Jericho
2016 · TV Show
Banana
2015 · TV Show
as Alan
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Original Drama Shorts
2014 · TV Show
as Nick
The Security Men
2013 · Movie
as Ray
Father Brown
2013 · TV Show
as Michael Negal
Frankie
2013 · TV Show
Being Eileen
2013 · TV Show
as Pete Lewis
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Girl Shaped Love Drug
2012 · Movie
as Her Father
Elfie Hopkins: Cannibal Hunter
2012 · Movie
as Villager
Last Tango in Halifax
2012 · TV Show
as Robbie
United
2011 · Movie
as Bert Whalley
Just Henry
2011 · Movie
as Bill
Weekender
2011 · Movie
as Sergeant Thompson
Marchlands
2011 · TV Show
as Eddie Maynard
Vera
2011 · TV Show
as Jonah Regan
The Body Farm
2011 · TV Show
as Peter Collins
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The Case
2011 · TV Show
as Tony Powell
Kandahar Break
2009 · Movie
as Steve Delamore
Salvage
2009 · Movie
as Clive
Wish 143
2009 · Movie
as Bus Driver
The Making of... Ashes to Ashes
2009 · Movie
as Himself
Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
2009 · TV Show
as Self
Ashes to Ashes
2008 · TV Show
as Ray Carling
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The End of 'Life on Mars'
2007 · Movie
as Self
True Dare Kiss
2007 · TV Show
as Vinny
Missing
2006 · Movie
as Mark Lanser
Life on Mars
2006 · TV Show
as Ray Carling
Missing: All Secrets Have a Price
2006 · TV Show
Waterloo Road
2006 · TV Show
as Gary Vale
New Street Law
2006 · TV Show
as Dennis Longwell
My Summer of Love
2005 · Movie
as Ricky
Faith
2005 · Movie
as Davey
Love + Hate
2005 · Movie
as Derek
Shameless
2004 · TV Show
as Geoff Mulligan
Blue Murder
2003 · TV Show
as Will Harmon
Between The Sheets
2003 · TV Show
as Steve Ashby
Buried
2003 · TV Show
as Barry Shiel
Wire in the Blood
2002 · TV Show
The Navigators
2001 · Movie
as John
Midsomer Murders
1997 · TV Show
as Tom Asher
Silent Witness
1996 · TV Show
Soccer AM
1995 · TV Show
as Self
GMTV
1993 · TV Show
as Self
Heartbeat
1992 · TV Show
This Morning
1988 · TV Show
as Self
Casualty
1986 · TV Show
as Reg Summerston
Emmerdale
1972 · TV Show
as Will Taylor
