Calvin Ainsley Dean (born 21 May 1985) is an English actor, best known for portraying Darren Mullet in the 2009 film '' Tormented'' and for his appearance in

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Background

Dean was born in

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. He grew up in

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, Cornwall, attending Polruan Primary School and later Fowey Community College. His mother, Lorraine, worked as a teaching assistant and nanny, and his father, Graham, worked for a local harbour commissioner and was a lighthouse keeper. He heard about the

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while in secondary school. After successfully auditioning, he stayed with the company from 2001 to 2005.Profile - Calvin Dean
''Mandy''. Retrieved on 2009-06-15. During this time, he appeared in productions including '' The Threepenny Opera'', '' Murder in the Cathedral'', and ''Hanging Around'' at the National Theatre. From 2004 to 2007, he trained at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London, graduating with a

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in Acting.

Career

Dean made his professional debut in '' The Duchess'' (2008), opposite Keira Knightley. He played Darren Mullet, his first lead role, in the comedy-

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'' Tormented'' (2009). Dean received critical acclaim for his performance in ''Tormented''. Sky Movies said, "Best of the bunch is Dean as the put-upon Darren Mullet, imbuing his tragic monster with a touch of Boris Karloff pathos in the online clips of his living torment, and coming across quite menacing when returning to slice up his victims."Sky Movies - Review - Tormented
Retrieved on 2009-05-28. Dean's television credits include the

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penned Cyberman episode of "

" alongside Warwick Davis, Tamzin Outhwaite & Jason Watkins. This was the first time Dean & Matt Smith (actor) had worked together since being members of The National Youth Theatre together in 2003. Dean's other credits include ''

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'', '' Casualty'', The Sarah Jane Adventures, Law & Order: UK and the BBC drama 'Dancing on the Edge' written and directed by

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. Dean starred in Kneehigh Theatre’s ''Fup'' in 2016,

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’s adaption of a novel by

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, it received a 4 star rating from The Times and was performed at the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall in 2016. Dean will return to Kneehigh in 2018 for a UK tour of FUP. Dean won Best Actor at the Eindhoven Film Festival, Brussels Short Film Festival and Hyperwave Film Awards, Los Angeles for his work in the short film ''Make Aliens Dance''. Dean appears in the

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Channel 4 drama

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and plays Young Ted in the BBC drama

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. Dean identifies as gay.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dean, Calvin 1985 births Alumni of the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts English male film actors English male stage actors National Youth Theatre members English male television actors Living people People from Truro