Biography

Douglas Dean is an English actor, who also holds Italian citizenship. He is based in Rome.

He was born in Dover but grew up in south-east London, the eldest of eleven children. Having taken part in school productions he joined a few local amateur theatre groups, including the award-winning Miller Centre, where he played a range of roles before starting on his professional journey. His early professional credits were primarily in the theatre, with TIE tours, provincial theatre productions and appearances at theatre festivals, as well as a few low-budget films, student films , corporate videos and voiceover jobs.

His mainstream debut came when he was cast in the acclaimed HBO/BBC series 'Rome' and the British TV film 'Ghost Boat', which starred David Jason. However, in both instances his small roles were mostly sacrificed to the cutting-room floor! Since then though he has continued to build a respectable string of credits in films and TV shows, as well as in other areas of the industry. He appeared (as different characters) in the first two seasons of 'Medici', can be seen in the first season of 'Devils' which aired on Sky Atlantic and played a lead in Terry Gilliam's controversial, award-winning short film 'The Wholly Family'.

More recently he was cast in the opening episode of the second season of the popular 'Blood and Treasure' TV series, has filmed two short Christmas-themed projects, one with Michael Madsen and Tom Arnold, the other with Arnold and William Baldwin. He also shares screen time with John Lynch in the forthcoming 'Starting Tomorrow I'll Get Up Late', which pays homage to the great Italian actor Massimo Troisi.

Dean is a fluent Italian speaker, and has appeared in a number of popular Italian TV shows or films, enjoying scenes with well-known actors such as Pierfrancesco Favino, Ennio Fantastichini, Elena Sofia Ricci, Cristiana Capotondi and Filippo Nigro.

He is an experienced voiceover artist, and has narrated a number of award-winning documentaries.

For Italy-based projects he can be reached via his Italian agent Simone Oppi (English spoken as well as Italian) or for projects elsewhere through his London representative, Sandy at Mac & Jeal.
- IMDb mini biography by: Douglas Dean April 2021