Dean Andrews

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Rotherham, Yorkshire, UK, 1963-08-06

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	2001	The Navigators	John	68
2	2005	Faith	Davey	0
3	2005	My Summer of Love	Ricky	61
4	2005	Love + Hate	Derek	59
5	2006	Missing	Mark Lanser	60
6	2007	The End of 'Life on Mars'	Self	0
7	2009	The Making of... Ashes to Ashes	Himself	0
8	2009	Salvage	Clive	50
9	2009	Kandahar Break	Steve Delamore	64
10	2009	Wish 143	Bus Driver	64
11	2011	United	Bert Whalley	69
12	2011	Weekender	Sergeant Thompson	57
13	2011	Just Henry	Bill	66
14	2012	Elfie Hopkins	Villager	50
15	2012	Girl Shaped Love Drug	Her Father	0
16	2013	The Security Men	Ray	0
17	2017	Dark River	Matty	56
18	2018	Agatha and the Truth of Murder	Wade	63
19	2018	Torvill & Dean	Colin Dean	67

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1972	Emmerdale	Will Taylor	42
2	1986	Casualty	Reg Summerston	61
3	1988	This Morning	Self	52
4	1992	Heartbeat		71
5	1993	GMTV	Self	56
6	1995	Soccer AM	Self	60
7	1996	Silent Witness		76
8	1996	My Wonderful Life		80
9	1997	Midsomer Murders	Tom Asher	75
10	2000	Clocking Off		74
11	2002	Wire in the Blood		78
12	2003	Buried	Barry Shiel	80
13	2003	Blue Murder	Will Harmon	67
14	2003	Between The Sheets	Steve Ashby	53
15	2004	Shameless	Geoff Mulligan	75
16	2004	No Angels		60
17	2006	Missing: All Secrets Have a Price		0
18	2006	Life on Mars	Ray Carling	78
19	2006	New Street Law		66
20	2007	True Dare Kiss	Vinny	70
21	2008	Ashes to Ashes	Ray Carling	77
22	2009	Chris Moyles' Quiz Night	Self	53
23	2011	Marchlands	Eddie Maynard	71
24	2011	Vera	Jonah Regan	74
25	2012	Last Tango in Halifax	Robbie	72
26	2013	Father Brown	Michael Negal	75
27	2013	Being Eileen	Pete Lewis	0
28	2013	Frankie		73
29	2014	Original Drama Shorts	Nick	0
30	2015	Banana	Alan	71
31	2016	Jericho		63
32	2016	Delicious	Steven Green	63
33	2017	The Moorside	PC Steve 'Kinchie' Kinchin	68

Dean Andrews

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