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