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 ''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced ...

'' from 2007 to 2008. He was born in

Leeds Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built aro ...

West Riding of Yorkshire The West Riding of Yorkshire was one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the riding was an administrative county named County of York, West Riding. The Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, lieu ...

, but was brought up in

North Shields North Shields ( ) is a town in the borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It is north-east of Newcastle upon Tyne and borders nearby Wallsend and Tynemouth. The population of North Shields at the 2021–2022 United Kingdom cens ...

, east of

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, before leaving for London at the age of 20. He trained as a teacher but decided he wanted to act. He later moved to

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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

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, and then Tynemouth Sixth Form College, where he became interested in drama.

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 ''

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'', ''

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'', '' 55 Degrees North'', '' Heartbeat'', and ''

'' 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 Janice Battersby (also Lee) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. Played by Vicky Entwistle, the character first appeared on-screen during the episode airing on 6 January 1997. On 2 August 2010, it was ...

. 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

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in the political satire, '' Bremner, Bird & Fortune''. Dunn reprised his role as

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. Dunn received an honorary degree of letters from

York St John University York St John University (originally established as York Diocesan College), often abbreviated to YSJ, is a public university located on a large urban campus in York, England. Established in 1841, it achieved university status in 2006 and in 2015 ...

on 13 November 2009. 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 ''The Full Monty'' is a 1997 comedy film directed by Peter Cattaneo, starring Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, William Snape, Steve Huison, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Barber and Hugo Speer. The screenplay was written by Simon Beaufoy. The film is set ...

''.

Filmography

Television

Film

Theatre

* ''dinnerladies'' - 2009, stage adaptation of the popular BBC sitcom, York Theatre Royal and the Darlington Civic Theatre * ''

'Art' ''Art'' is a French-language play by Yasmina Reza that premiered in 1994 at Comédie des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The play subsequently ran in London in 1996 and on Broadway in 1998. Overview The comedy, which raises questions about art and ...

'' - 2006, York Theatre Royal * ' - 2013, York Theatre Royal * ''The Railway Children'' - 2015, Kings Cross Theatre

Video games

* ''

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'' as Consul O

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunn, Andrew 1957 births Living people English male television actors Male actors from Leeds Male actors from County Durham Actors from North Shields Male actors from Tyne and Wear