Andrew Dunn (actor)

Andrew Dunn
Andrew Dunn
Born	12 April 1957 (age 67); Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1986–present
Spouse	Andrina Caroll
Children	1

Andrew Dunn (born 12 April 1957) is an English actor, best known for the role of Tony in the BBC sitcom Dinnerladies between 1998 and 2000. He later played Roger Stiles in Coronation Street from 2007 to 2008. He was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, but was brought up in North Shields, eight miles (13 km) east of Newcastle upon Tyne, before leaving for London at the age of 20. He trained as a teacher but decided he wanted to act. He later moved to York.

Early life

He was born in Leeds, but then the family moved to North Shields when he was nine. He attended Whitehouse Primary School and then Marden High School in Cullercoats, and then Tynemouth Sixth Form College, where he became interested in drama.^[1]

Career

Dunn has appeared in numerous television series including perhaps his best known role to date, as Tony in dinnerladies. In addition he has also appeared in The Bill, Holby City, 55 Degrees North, Heartbeat, and Coronation Street in 2003. He had a lead role playing Hardy in the British feature film Between Two Women (2000) and also appeared in the British feature film The Jealous God (2005).

In December 2006 he rejoined the cast of Coronation Street as Roger Stiles, a plumber and new love interest for Janice Battersby.^[2] On 29 September 2008 it was announced he was the latest character to be axed from Corrie and he made his final appearance on 8 October 2008.

From 1999 until at least 2006, Dunn played the recurring role of Alastair Campbell in the political satire, Bremner, Bird & Fortune. Dunn reprised his role as Alastair Campbell in the BBC Radio 4 play The Iraq Dossier, written by David Morley, which was broadcast on 2 March 2013.

Dunn joined old cast members of dinnerladies in March 2009 to perform a stage version of the hit show.^[3]

Dunn received an honorary degree of letters from York St John University on 13 November 2009.^[4]

Dunn appeared in the BBC series, Doctors, 24 March 2011. He played Owain Brumpton. In September 2014, Dunn began playing the role of Gerald in the touring production of The Full Monty.^[5]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	The Ritz	Skodge	6 episodes
1992	London's Burning	'Two Rods' Eddie	Episode: "#5.1"
1994	The Knock	Kevin Butcher	27 episodes
1998–2000	dinnerladies	Tony Martin
2003	Midsomer Murders	Constable Crabbe	Episode: "The Green Man"
2003	Gifted	DC Fairchild	Television film
2004	No Angels	Mr. Morgan	Episode: "#1.1"
2004–2005	55 Degrees North	Police Sergeant Rick Astel	14 episodes
2005–2018	Doctors	Owain Brumpton, P.C Mickey Bell, Des Broad, Dennis Hewitt, Tom Bowyer, Geoff Aspland, Martin Lightfoot	8 episodes
2006	Bremner, Bird and Fortune	Alistair Campbell	Episode: "#9.1"
2006	Dalziel and Pascoe	Jack Farraday	Episode: "Glory Days"
2006	Blue Murder	Eddie Carter	Episode: "Steady Eddie"
2007–2008	Coronation Street	Roger Stiles	66 episodes
2010	Law & Order: UK	Martin Douglas	Episode: "Masquerade"
2011	My Family	Martin	Episode: "Darts All, Folks"

Film

Year	Title	Role
2000	Between Two Women	Geoff Hardy
2002	Ali G Indahouse	Police Officer
2005	The Jealous God	Matthew
2007	Popcorn	Max
2009	Mr. Right	Alex's Father

Theatre

dinnerladies - 2009, stage adaptation of the popular BBC sitcom, York Theatre Royal and the Darlington Civic Theatre
'Art' - 2006, York Theatre Royal
iShandy - 2013, York Theatre Royal
The Railway Children - 2015, Kings Cross Theatre