Dean Smith (actor)

Dean Smith
Born (1990-01-25) 25 January 1990 (age 34)
Leeds, England
Occupations

Dean Smith (born 25 January 1990) is an actor and comedian from Leeds, England. He is best known for playing Philip Ryan in the BBC 1 Drama Waterloo Road.[1] He also played Vinnie Dupe, the geek without chic, in STV's comedy Being Victor, and William, in BBC1's Last Tango in Halifax.[2] Most recently Smith revisited the role of Philip Ryan in the BBC online Drama Waterloo Road Reunited. This series followed seven ex-pupils on life after Waterloo Road.

In 2019, Smith took on the role of DS Yates in Hollyoaks, becoming a corrupt copper on local gangster Liam Donovans payroll. Also in 2019 he starred as Willis in the BBC 1 comedy Still Open All Hours.

Smith takes part in charity events including charity football matches.[3]

In 2011, Smith and fellow Waterloo Road cast members Jack McMullen, Ben-Ryan Davies, Will Ash and actor Tom Gibbons took on the National Three Peaks Challenge.

Smith is patron of 'Once Upon a Smile' charity and takes part in many of their charity football matches.

Smith completed the Great Yorkshire Run in 2011 running for Cancer Research UK.[4]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Awaydays Rugger Bugger 2 Film
2009 Cotton Stone Ian Short
2009 Casualty Tim TV series
2010 The Founding Unicorn Boy Short
2009–2011 Waterloo Road Philip Ryan TV series
2010 Doctors Spanner One episode of TV series
2010 Being Victor Vinnie Dupe TV & Online series
2011 Waterloo Road Reunited Philip Ryan Online
2013 The Great Train Robbery David Whitby TV series
2014 Common Hugo Davies TV movie
2014 The Village PC Derbyshire 1 episode
2015–2020 Last Tango in Halifax William 8 episodes
2017 The Last Kingdom Thief 1 episode
2018–2019 Hollyoaks DS Yates 26 episodes
2019 Still Open All Hours Willis Series 6 Regular
2019 Coronation Street Andy Wingfield 3 episodes
2022 Emmerdale Prison Officer Beeker Guest role[5]

References

  1. ^ "Character Profiles—Old". Waterloo Road. Archived from the original on 4 August 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Being Victor cast: Dean Smith aka Vinnie Dupe". stv.tv. 23 September 2010. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Celebrity soap stars take on top DJs in charity football match in Bradford". 1 June 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  4. ^ "A star-studded Bupa Great Yorkshire Run". 10 September 2011. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  5. ^ Seddon, Dan (4 April 2022). "Here's where Emmerdale fans recognised Meena's prison guard from". Digital Spy. (Hearst Communications). Retrieved 8 April 2022.