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Dee Tails
Occupation(s)Actor, Creature performer
Years active1995-present
Known for

Dee Tails is an English actor/creature performer best known for his work in Star Wars: The Force Awakens[1] [2] [3] [4], Rogue One[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] and Star Wars: The Last Jedi [10] [11] [12].

Career

Dee Tails started his career as a member of the band MN8 [13] [14] [15] [16] where he achieved 7 top 25 hit singles in the UK[17] and international success in France[18], Australia[19], New Zealand[20] and the US[21]. Their debut single "I've Got A Little Something For You" featured on the Bad Boys soundtrack [22] [23] and was notably one of the first ever remixes by P.Diddy [24] [25] for his Bad Boy label. MN8 also supported Janet Jackson on the European leg of her tour in 1995. [26]

Since the band Dee Tails worked towards his acting career where he did theatre work for many years playing Tommy The Cat in Dick Whittington[27] [28] [29] [30] quoted by The Stage as a "a real standout performance"[31]. He also had a feature role in Batman Begins[32] [33] [34] as a Gotham City Police Officer in 2005. In 2013, he appeared in the film Captain Phillips[35] [36] as a UKMTO Operator. In 2015, he appeared in 4 episodes of Jekyll & Hyde [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] for ITV where he played The Harbinger [43] [44] alongside Richard E Grant. [45] [46]

Dee Tails also featured as a leading role in a Nescafe commercial in 2011[47], filmed in South Africa which featured Dee Tails alongside a piano in the commercial.

In 2015, Dee Tails landed the role of Cratinus[48] in Star Wars The Force Awakens, he then went on to perform as the character L-1[49] (also known as K-Ohn) in Rogue One A Star Wars Story in 2016. In 2017, he plays the role of Slowen Lo[50] in Star Wars The Last Jedi voiced by Joseph Gordon-Levitt[51] [52].

In 2004, he appeared as a mystery guest on the identity parade on Never Mind The Buzzcocks[53] [54].

Filmography

Year Title Role
2005 Batman Begins Gotham City Police Officer
2009 Barry Brown Jules
2013 Captain Phillips UKMTO Operator
2015 Art Ache Squid
2015 Jekyll & Hyde The Harbinger
2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Cratinus
2016 Rogue One A Star Wars Story L-1 (K-Ohn)
2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi Slowen Lo
2018 The Round Table Dee Tails

References

  1. ^ "All about celebrity Dee Tails". Fusion Movies.
  2. ^ "Star Wars - Episode Seven - The Force Awakens". The Dots.
  3. ^ "Actor Dee Tails". Tornado Movies.
  4. ^ "Exclusive interview with Dee Tails (K-OHN and Cratinus)". Star Wars awakens.
  5. ^ "All the people you never knew were in Star Wars". Cnet.
  6. ^ "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story". Movies Anywhere.
  7. ^ "DEE TAILS (K-OHN)". Star Wars interviews.
  8. ^ "Dee Tails". Rotten Tomatoes.
  9. ^ "Rogue One & The Force Awakens Creature Performer Dee Tails". Adventures by Daddy.
  10. ^ "Dee Tails – Tales from the set of The Last Jedi". Steelewars.com.
  11. ^ "Skywalking through Neverland". Jedi News.
  12. ^ "TALES FROM THE SET OF THE LAST JEDI". Planet Broadcasting.
  13. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 10 Jun 1995. p. 10.
  14. ^ "MN8 Biography and History". All Music.
  15. ^ "Whatever happened to... MN8?". Digital Spy.
  16. ^ "Forgotten '90s Boy Bands: Where Are They Now?". Buzzfeed.
  17. ^ "MN8 full chart history". Official charts.
  18. ^ "MN8 - To The Next Level". lescharts.com.
  19. ^ "Australian Charts". australiancharts.com.
  20. ^ "Top selling singles of 1995". NZ Music Charts.
  21. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 21 Jun 1997. p. 83.
  22. ^ "Bad Boys (1995) - Soundtrack". IMDB.
  23. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 10 Jun 1995. p. 10.
  24. ^ "I've Got a Little Something For You (Bad Boy Remix)". BBC.
  25. ^ "Remixes by Sean "Puffy" Combs". whosampledwho.
  26. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 10 June 1995. p. 80.
  27. ^ "Dick Whittington review at Queens Theatre Barnstaple". The Stage.
  28. ^ "Dick Whittington review at Garrick Lichfield". The Stage.
  29. ^ "Dick Whittington review at Millfield Arts Centre". The Stage.
  30. ^ "Panto Dick Whittington". Jeffrey Holland.
  31. ^ "Dick Whittington review at Riverfront Newport". The Stage.
  32. ^ "Batman Begins". Festival Focus.
  33. ^ "Batman Begins (2005)". Movies and media.
  34. ^ "Batman Begins". Batcave.com.
  35. ^ "Captain Phillips (2013) - Full Cast & Crew". IMDB.
  36. ^ "Umetnik: Dee-Tails". Zoki.com.
  37. ^ "Jekyll & Hyde review". The Guardian.
  38. ^ "Jekyll and Hyde - what time is it on TV". Radio times.
  39. ^ "Jekyll & Hyde (TV Mini-Series) Full cast and crew". IMDB.
  40. ^ "Dee Tails". tv.com.
  41. ^ "Harbinger Jekyll and Hyde". Jekyll and Hyde Wikia.
  42. ^ "FROM POP STAR TO MYSTICAL FIGURE IN TV SHOW". Kurrent Music.
  43. ^ "Jekyll and Hyde Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review". dvdfever.co.uk.
  44. ^ "JEKYLL AND HYDE "The Harbinger" Review". snappow.com tv reviews.
  45. ^ "Jekyll & Hyde - Season 1, Episode 1 The Harbinger". Tornado Movies.
  46. ^ "Jekyll and Hyde – En första titt". Onyanserat om film och tv.
  47. ^ "Nescafe Gold Tv Commercial". Egg films.
  48. ^ "Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) Full Cast & Crew". IMDB.
  49. ^ "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) Full Cast & Crew". IMDB.
  50. ^ "Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Full Cast & Crew". IMDB.
  51. ^ "Slowen Lo". Wookieepedia.
  52. ^ "Slowen Lo". biblioteka ossus.
  53. ^ ""Never Mind the Buzzcocks" Episode #14.6 (TV Episode 2004)". IMDB.
  54. ^ "Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Identity Parade". BBC.