About
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...
Known for
Midsomer MurdersSeries • 1997
CasualtySeries • 1986
EmmerdaleSeries • 1972
Silent WitnessSeries • 1996
Father BrownSeries • 2013
VeraSeries • 2011
HeartbeatSeries • 1992
ShamelessSeries • 2004
Waterloo RoadSeries • 2006
Ashes to AshesSeries • 2008
Wire in the BloodSeries • 2002
Blue MurderSeries • 2003
Life on MarsSeries • 2006
Last Tango in HalifaxSeries • 2012
JerichoSeries • 2016
BananaSeries • 2015
Agatha and the Truth of MurderMovie • 2018
MarchlandsSeries • 2011
My Summer of LoveMovie • 2005
The MoorsideSeries • 2017
Dark RiverMovie • 2017
UnitedMovie • 2011
The NavigatorsMovie • 2001
WeekenderMovie • 2011