Danny Dyer
Dyer at Upton Park, 2 October 2010
Born	Daniel John Dyer[1] (1977-07-24) 24 July 1977 (age 34) Custom House, East London, England
Years active	1993 – present
Partner	Joanne Mas
Website
www.dannydyer.com

Daniel John "Danny" Dyer (born 24 July 1977), is an English actor, media personality, and chairman of Greenwich Borough, a non-League football team.^[2]

Biography[link]

Dyer was born in Custom House, an area of East London, to Antony and Christine Dyer (née Meakin).^[3] He now lives in Debden, Loughton, Essex^[4] with his longtime girlfriend, Joanne Mas, and their daughters Dani and Sunnie.^[5]

A lifelong player and fan of football, Danny is a big West Ham United fan, in late December 2007, Dyer became the chairman of Kent League's Greenwich Borough in South East London, appointed by fellow actor Tamer Hassan, president of the Kent League football club, stating: "I just love football and the chance of being involved with a club is like a dream come true."^[2] The appointment was actually a publicity stunt to raise the profile for the club.^[6]

Dyer was discovered at a local school by an agent who auditioned him for the part of Martin Fletcher in the Granada Television series Prime Suspect 3 (1993), beginning his acting career at 16.^[3]

He also appeared on television in episodes of Cadfael (1994), A Touch of Frost (1995), Loved Up (1995), Thief Takers (1996) and Soldier Soldier (1997).^[3][7] In 1995, Dyer also appeared in a television commercial for Coca-Cola.^[8]

His many other television roles include appearances in the 2003 Channel 4 drama Second Generation, directed by John Sen;^[7] as Malcolm, main character Michelle's stepfather, in Skins;^[9] as a football player in the second series of Hotel Babylon on BBC television; and as Matt Costello in what was supposed to be the pilot episode for Breathless,^[7][10] a BBC two-part television series in development from BBC Northern Ireland, renamed first "Blood Rush" and then Kiss of Death, when it premiered on BBC One as a one-part drama on 26 May 2008.^[11]

Beginning in 2007, Dyer became the presenter of The Real Football Factories and The Real Football Factories International, a TV documentary series on Bravo, for which he travels, in the former throughout the United Kingdom and in the latter throughout the world, to meet and interview football club fans and hooligans. Danny Dyer's Deadliest Men, "a gritty and hard-hitting documentary series that sees him venturing into the dark depths of the British underworld and hunting down some of the most notorious and feared men in Britain today", began airing on Bravo in the United Kingdom on 20 October 2008.^[12][13]

In April 2009 he turned down a role in EastEnders, claiming that although he thought the role sounded good, he didn't think he could cope with the pressure.^[14]

Dyer was quoted in a May 2011 article in NME as wanting to headbutt film critic Mark Kermode.^[15] Kermode has been a regular critic of Dyer's output and often "impersonates" him on his BBC Radio 5 Live show with Simon Mayo.^[16]

Film[link]

Dyer's first film role was in Human Traffic (1999).^[17] His subsequent movie work includes Mel Smith's High Heels and Low Lifes (2001) and starring roles in Borstal Boy (2000), Mean Machine (2002) and in all four films by the British film director Nick Love: Goodbye Charlie Bright (2001); The Football Factory (2004); The Business (2005); and Outlaw (2007).^[17] Among other film roles, he also appeared as the character Steve in Christopher Smith's Severance (2006); as Hayden in Adulthood (2008); and as himself in the feature documentary Tattoos: A Scarred History.^{[citation needed]} In 2008 he finished filming his roles as Pete and Tom in City Rats and 7 Lives, respectively.^[18] April 2009 saw the straight to DVD release of City Rats. Danny has just completed filming Jack Said, a Brit noir thriller in which he played Nathan alongside Ashlie Walker, Terry Stone, David O'Hara and Simon Phillips which was released in November 2009 by Optimum Releasing. This film is the prequel to Jack Says which was released in 2008 and starred the late Mike Reid. In 2009 he shot several horror films including Doghouse under the direction from Jake West, Basement under the Direction from Asham Kamboj.^[19] He played one of the lead roles in the British vampire film Dead Cert.^[20] In June 2010 was cast for the lead role in the upcoming remake of the British horror film The Asphyx.^[21] Danny has just co-starred with Anna Walton in DEVIATION, a new British dark thriller written and directed by J.K. Amalou.^[22] He is currently (August 2011) filming Ray Cooney's Run For Your Wife in which he plays the lead role of John Smith.

Theatre[link]

Dyer has performed on stage, most notably in two plays written and directed by 2005 Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter: as the Waiter in the London première of Celebration (2000), at the Almeida Theatre, which transferred to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, in New York, as part of the Harold Pinter Festival held there in July and August 2001;^[23] and as Foster in the revival of No Man's Land (1975), at the Royal National Theatre, in London, during 2001 and 2002.^[24][25] In March 2008 he played Joey in a revival of Pinter's The Homecoming (1964), directed by Michael Attenborough, at the Almeida Theatre, in London.^[26] He also performed in Peter Gill's play Certain Young Men (1999) in London.^[27]

From 9 September 2009 to 3 October 2009, Danny Dyer appeared as Sid Vicious in a new play called Kurt and Sid in London's West End at the Trafalgar Studios.

Selected other work[link]

Dyer is the voice of Kent Paul in the video games Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004).^[27] He was also a regular columnist for Zoo Weekly until he wrote the following to a "heartbroken" Alex, from Manchester:

"I'd suggest going out on a rampage with the boys, getting on the booze and smashing anything that moves. Then, when some bird falls for you, you can turn the tables and break her heart. Of course, the other option is to cut your ex's face, and then no one will want her."^[28]

He also appears in The Twang's 2007 video for Two Lovers.^[29]

I Believe in UFOS: Danny Dyer, a documentary which sees Dyer journey to various 'UFO hotspots' in the UK and the US in hope of experiencing a UFO sighting, was broadcast on BBC Three on 26 January 2010.^[30]

2012–present[link]

In February 2012, Dyer appeared as a paramedic in an episode of Casualty.

Filmography[link]

Films[link]

TV[link]

Stage plays[link]

• Certain Young Men (1999), by Peter Gill
• Celebration (2000), by Harold Pinter
• No Man's Land (2001–2002 revival), by Harold Pinter
• The Homecoming (2008 revival), by Harold Pinter
• Kurt and Sid (2009), by Roy Smiles

Video games[link]

• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City as Kent Paul (2002)
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas as Kent Paul (2004)

Notes[link]

References[link]

• "Outlaw: The Movie". Gloucester.gov.uk 10 April 2007. Accessed 26 October 2008. (Hyperlinked video clip of interview with Dyer, Sean Bean, and Lennie James on filming Outlaw in Gloucester.)
• Tilly, Chris. "Danny Dyer/Chris Smith Q&A: Chris tilly [sic] Catches Up with the Star and Director of New Horror Flick 'Severance' ". Time Out New York 24 August 2006. Accessed 11 October 2008.
• Utichi, Joe. "Exclusive Interview with Danny Dyer – The Business (release date: 2 September 2005)". Filmfocus.co.uk. [September 2005.] Accessed 11 October 2008.

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Danny Dyer

• Official website
• Danny Dyer at the Internet Movie Database
• Danny Dyer "This is Who I Am" Interview Heat World June 2009
• dannydyerfilms.co.uk

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Francoise Boufhal (born on 18 December 1988) is an English model, actress and presenter.

Early life[link]

Born Françoise Boufhal on December 18, 1988, in Hexham, Northumberland, England,^[1] Boufhal grew up and spent most of her childhood in Stocksfield and attended Broomley First school before moving into Newcastle Upon Tyne. She attended Ponteland Middle school.

Acting[link]

Boufhal's acting career began at the age of 11 when she joined The Live Theatre company, a theatrical youth theatre based in Newcastle made famous by Robson Green.^[2] Boufhal's first major role was in the hit children's BBC 1 show Byker Grove, where she played Ellie Baines, Stumpy's girlfriend. Boufhal auditioned several times for a role in the show but was deemed 'too sexy', until eventually a part was made for the curvaceous actress.^[3] Her body grew very fast. At the age of 16 she became 'very curvy' and her chest size had increased rapidly. (At the age of 11, she was 28B. By the age of 14, 28D. By 16 she was her full size.) She had a slim figure but was not generally considered tall, which presented difficulty in her acting and modelling career. Boufhal was, however, in the pilot for GRUBBS, a children's cookery program scheduled to be regularly on the Discovery Kids channel.

Modeling[link]

At 5 feet 4 inches (1.63 m), and having a 28H chest,^[4] Boufhal was rejected by fashion houses for being too short and having an 'unusual' figure'.^[5]

Boufhal has appeared in Nuts as "Nuts Next Top Model",^[6] Zoo,^[7] and was Maxim's April 2009 cover girl.^[8] The Daily Star has claimed she is their "latest discovery" set to follow in the footsteps of Kelly Brook and Lucy Pinder.^{[citation needed]}

Francoise is featured in a non-pictorial article in the June 2010 issue of Playboy USA.^[9]

Presenting[link]

In April 2009, Rio Ferdinand signed Boufhal up to his digital magazine #5 as his co-presenter.^[10] Boufhal has interviewed the likes of Danny Dyer, Alan Carr, Ashley Cole and Tamer Hassan In April 2010, Boufhal interviewed the Inbetweeners for the third issue of 5 Magazine.^[11] Clips of the interviews can be seen at the official website.^[11]

In May 2010 she made her debut on MTV interviewing celebrities and super car collectors for the London Motor Museum.^[12][13][14]

Boufhal is currently the weekly "Bloke Counsellor" for Maxim UK, involving a heavy online presence.^[15]

References[link]

Rebecca Moore (born May 21, 1968 in New York City) is an American musician and actress. Notable for her participation in FLUXUS inspired theater productions and experimental music, she was also the lover and onetime muse of Jeff Buckley. She is the daughter of noted FLUXUS photographer, Peter Moore and his wife, Barbara, an art historian.

Rebecca Moore was born and raised amidst New York City's Avant-garde art scene of the 1970s. She spent many years performing in experimental theater works by artists such as John Jesurun, (including his plays Deep Sleep and Shatterhand Massacre, in the U.S. and Europe), Richard Foreman (I've Got the Shakes), Ridge Theater (notably the Obie-winning Everyday Newt Berman by composer John Moran and Jungle Movie), filmmaker/choreographer Jo Andres, Julia Heyward, David Patrick Kelly, Taj Mahal, Clarinda Mac Low and many others. Her own solo performance art work at small venues evolved into full-scale low-budget surrealistic musical theater pieces, labors of love that often includes her band, The Prevention of Blindness. She has two CD releases to her credit and is presently preparing her third for the Oracles series on John Zorn's Tzadik Records.

In recent years Moore has become vocal in several social groups concerned with maintaining the creative and cultural heritage of New York’s East Village and Lower East Side communities such as the HOWL Festival, Take It to the Bridge and LOCO (Ludlow-Orchard Community Organization) which Moore founded. Moore is also opposed to the pushing out of long-time, low income communities and citizens that she believes have made these particular neighborhoods so vibrant.

Discography[link]

• 1996 - Admiral Charcoal's Song (Knitting Factory Records)
• 2000 - Home Wreckordings 1997-1999 (Knitting Factory Records)

See also[link]

• Tonic (music venue)

External links[link]

• Official website
• http://theloco.org/index.html

Morgana Robinson is an English comedienne, writer and actress, who is probably best known for her eponymous comedy sketch programme The Morgana Show, and her appearance on The TNT Show. She currently stars in her own impressions show Very Important People.^[1]

Television career[link]

Her television debut came in 2007, as she played an Eastern European internet bride in BBC1's comedy The Green Green Grass. She then starred in the TV pilot Eight Steps to Enlightenment and a Nervous Breakdown, an improvised mockumentary playing Rachel, a self-obsessed glamour model, trying to rid herself of cellulite. In 2009 she appeared as Anna in the BBC1 comedy My Family in the episode "It's Training Men".

In 2009, she appeared in a running sketch segment (Gilbert's Special Report) in The TNT Show as Gilbert, a teenage 'special needs' boy who interviews celebrities, alongside his disabled crew members. In 2010, Channel 4 commissioned a five-part comedy sketch show - The Morgana Show. Channel 4's head of comedy, Shane Allen, said: "Discovering, supporting and nurturing new talent is at the heart of Channel 4 comedy’s remit, and in Morgana we really feel we’ve found a fresh performer with a huge amount of potential."^[2]

In 2012 Robinson starred in the Channel 4 sketch show Very Important People also starring Terry Mynott. In the show, she impersonates a variety of celebrities, including Frankie Boyle, Danny Dyer, Amy Childs and Adele.

Personal Life[link]

Robinson is the half-sister of Brody Dalle (born Bree Joanna Alice Robinson) of former American punk rock band The Distillers and her new alternative rock band Spinnerette, although neither were aware until 2004 when they met at one of one of Brody's concerts at the London Astoria ^[3].

Filmography[link]

Television[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Morgana Robinson at the Internet Movie Database
• The Morgana Show at The British Comedy Guide
• Morgana Robinson at John Noel Management