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Dustin Demri-Burns
Dustin Demri-Burns
Born	11 July 1978 (age 46); Lancaster, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Other names	Dustin Demri Burns
Education	London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Occupation(s)	Actor, comedian, writer
Years active	2006–present
Notable work	Cardinal Burns
Children	1

Dustin Demri-Burns (born 11 July 1978) is a British actor, comedian and writer. He is best known for his work in Cardinal Burns (2012–2014)^[1] and Slow Horses (2022).^[2]

He appeared in films as the roles of Danny Sinclair in Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013), Viktor in the action comedy film The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018) and Crazy Cedric in the comedy film Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans (2019).

In television, he appeared in shows as Julian in Stath Lets Flats, Will_5000 in Sick Note, Simon in GameFace, Daniel in Turn Up Charlie and Voltaire in The Great (2020–2023).

Early life

Demri-Burns was born in Lancaster, Lancashire on 11 July 1978. He attended Elliott School, Putney, Putney Heath, South West London (1989–1996). He graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art with a degree in acting.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Demri-Burns started his acting career when he played a minor character in the short film Nightswimming (2003).

His film credits include The Spy Who Dumped Me, Bridget Jones' Baby, The Brothers Grimsby and Kill Your Friends.

He played the role of Danny Sinclair in the 2013 film Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, featuring Steve Coogan, and has also played the role of Cedric in the 2019 film Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans. The same year, he also started in Abigail Blackmore's film Tales from the Lodge, alongside Kelly Wenham, Mackenzie Crook, Laura Fraser, Sophie Thompson and Johnny Vegas.^[3]

Along with his friend Sebastian Cardinal, he created and produced the sketch comedy programme Cardinal Burns.^[4]^[5]

Demri-Burns has provided voices of characters in animation, such as the voice of Grumpy in Digby Dragon and as the UK voice of Tread in Bob the Builder.

In 2020, he played the role of Voltaire in season 1 of the Hulu television series The Great, featuring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult.^[6] He reprised his role as a recurring character in seasons 2 (2021) and 3 (2023) of the show.

Personal life

Demri-Burns is of French descent and currently resides in England with his wife and child.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	I Give It a Year	Dove Violinist
2013	Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa	Danny Sinclair
2015	Kill Your Friends	David Schneider
2016	Grimsby	Analyst #2	Uncredited U.S. title: The Brothers Grimsby
2016	Bridget Jones's Baby	Interviewer	Uncredited
2017	Bob the Builder: Mega Machines	Tread, Thud (voices)	UK version
2018	The Spy Who Dumped Me	Viktor
2019	Tales from the Lodge	Paul
2019	Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans	Crazy Cedric
2021	All My Friends Hate Me	Harry
TBA	The Magic Faraway Tree	Saucepan Man	In production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Coming Up	Writer #1	Episode: "The Animator"
2007	Hyperdrive	Queppu Warrior	Episode: "Artefact" Credited as Dustin Demri Burns
2007	Saxondale	Brian May	Episode #2.1^[7]
2008	Love Soup	Kenny	Episode: "Home"
2009	10 Minute Tales	Clumsy Medic	Episode: "Ding Dong"
2011	Life's Too Short	Best Man	Episode #1.2
2012	Sam	Didier	Episode: "Codename: Double Oh"
2012–2014	Cardinal Burns	Various roles	Also writer^[8]
2013	The Mimic	Computer Geek / PC Universe Worker #2	2 episodes
2014	Psychobitches	Various	5 episodes
2014	Bad Education	Philip	Episode: "After School Clubs"
2015	Asylum	Ludo Backslash	Miniseries; 3 episodes
2015–2016	Drunk History	Various roles	7 episodes
2015–2018	Bob the Builder	Tread, Thud, Phil Lucas, Norm (UK voices) Alfred, Crunch and Sylvain (UK/U.S. voices)	15 episodes^[9]
2016	Peaky Blinders	Monsieur Silk	Episode #3.5
2016	Digby Dragon	Grumpy Goblin (voice)	9 episodes
2017	The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe	Gnomes (voices)	10 episodes
2017–2018	Urban Myths	Josef / Francis Rossi	Episodes: "Hitler the Artist" and "Backstage at Live Aid"
2017–2018	Sick Note	Will_5000	6 episodes
2017–2019	GameFace	Simon	Main cast
2018	A Discovery of Witches	Sean	Uncredited Episode #1.1
2018–2019	Stath Lets Flats	Julian	7 episodes
2019	Island of Dreams	Brian Cox	Television film
	Turn Up Charlie	Daniel Smith	3 episodes
	The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance	Daudran (voice)	Episodes: "End. Begin. All the Same." and "What Was Sundered and Undone"^[9]
	The Capture	Francis	Miniseries; 3 episodes
2020	King Gary	Fred	Episode: "Holiday Pals"
2020	Truth Seekers	Kettering / Doctor Kettering	Episode: "The Revenge of the Chichester Widow"
2020–2023	The Great	Voltaire	Recurring cast
2021	Bloods	Crackhead John	Episode: "Partners"
2021	Britannia	Blain	Episode #3.1
2022	Am I Being Unreasonable?	Dan	TV series
	The Flatshare	Phil	TV series
	Slow Horses	Min Harper	Recurring cast
2024	3 Body Problem	Ted	Episode: "The Stars Our Destination"
2024	The Decameron	Arriguccio	3 episodes
TBA	Dope Girls	Damaso Salucci	Post-production