Danny Dyer

For his daughter, see Dani Dyer.

Danny Dyer
Dyer at Soccer Aid for UNICEF 2023
Born
Danial John Dyer

(1977-07-24) 24 July 1977 (age 47)
London, England
Occupations
Years active1993–present
Spouse
Joanne Mas
​
(m. 2016)​
Children3, including Dani
Websitedannydyer.com Edit this at Wikidata

Danial John Dyer (born 24 July 1977) is an English actor and presenter. Dyer's breakthrough role was as Moff in Human Traffic (1999), with other notable roles Billy the Limpet in Mean Machine (2001) and as Tommy Johnson in The Football Factory (2004). Following the success of The Football Factory, Dyer was often typecast in "hard man" roles, although it was this image that allowed him to present The Real Football Factories, its spin-off, The Real Football Factories International and Danny Dyer's Deadliest Men. Dyer has also worked in theatre, having appeared in three plays written by Harold Pinter, with whom he had a close friendship.[1]

In 2013, Dyer joined the cast of the BBC soap opera EastEnders, in the role of Mick Carter. He had previously turned down a role in 2009 and, in his 2010 autobiography Straight Up, said he would not join the cast until he was "fat, bald and fifty".[2] He won the Serial Drama Performance award at the National Television Awards in 2015,[3][4] 2016,[5] and 2019.[6] From 2019 until 2022, he presented the BBC game show The Wall.

  1. ^ Walton, James (24 September 2020). "How on earth did Harold Pinter and Danny Dyer become such good friends? | The Spectator". www.spectator.co.uk.
  2. ^ Pollard, Alexandra (6 February 2019). "'I'm gonna go save a couple of lepers': The cult of Danny Dyer". The Independent. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  3. ^ "National Television Awards 2015: Nominations in full as Mary Berry battles Simon Cowell". The Independent. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  4. ^ "EastEnders star Danny Dyer wins Serial Drama Performance award at the 2015 NTAs". Radio Times. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  5. ^ Adejobi, Alicia (21 January 2016). "National Television Awards 2016: EastEnders star Danny Dyer steals the show with hilarious speech". International Business Times. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  6. ^ Reporters, Telegraph (23 January 2019). "NTAs 2019: Ant and Dec in emotional win while Danny Dyer pays tribute to Harold Pinter". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2019.