Dean Andrews

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

50

Gender

Male

Birthday

1963-08-06 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Rotherham, Yorkshire, UK

Dean Andrews

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 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

  • Midsomer Murders

    Midsomer Murders

  • Casualty

    Casualty

  • Vera

    Vera

  • Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

  • Silent Witness

    Silent Witness

  • Emmerdale

    Emmerdale

  • Shameless

    Shameless

  • Father Brown

    Father Brown

  • GMTV

    GMTV

  • Life on Mars

    Life on Mars

  • Soccer AM

    Soccer AM

  • Blue Murder

    Blue Murder

  • Wire in the Blood

    Wire in the Blood

  • Last Tango in Halifax

    Last Tango in Halifax

  • Ashes to Ashes

    Ashes to Ashes

  • Agatha and the Truth of Murder

    Agatha and the Truth of Murder

  • Love + Hate

    Love + Hate

  • Salvage

    Salvage

  • Chris Moyles' Quiz Night

    Chris Moyles' Quiz Night

  • The Navigators

    The Navigators

  • Delicious

    Delicious

  • New Street Law

    New Street Law

  • No Angels

    No Angels

  • Weekender

    Weekender

  • The Security Men

    The Security Men

  • Jericho

    Jericho

  • My Summer of Love

    My Summer of Love

  • This Morning

    This Morning

  • Just Henry

    Just Henry

  • The End of 'Life on Mars'

    The End of 'Life on Mars'

  • Banana

    Banana

  • Wish 143

    Wish 143

  • The Making of... Ashes to Ashes

    The Making of... Ashes to Ashes

  • Buried

    Buried

  • The Moorside

    The Moorside

  • Marchlands

    Marchlands

  • Between The Sheets

    Between The Sheets

  • Elfie Hopkins: Cannibal Hunter

    Elfie Hopkins: Cannibal Hunter

  • Kandahar Break

    Kandahar Break

  • Missing

    Missing

  • United

    United

  • Faith

    Faith

  • Being Eileen

    Being Eileen

  • Original Drama Shorts

    Original Drama Shorts

  • True Dare Kiss

    True Dare Kiss

  • Frankie

    Frankie

  • Missing: All Secrets Have a Price

    Missing: All Secrets Have a Price

  • Girl Shaped Love Drug

    Girl Shaped Love Drug

  • Dark River

    Dark River

  • Torvill & Dean

    Torvill & Dean