Dan Starkey (actor)
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Dan Starkey (born 27 September) is a British actor known for making numerous appearances in the Doctor Who franchise as different Sontaran characters, most notably as Strax.
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Early life
He studied at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and graduated in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic before training at the Bristol Old Vic (graduating in 2006).
Career
He played the enraged loner Simon in Muswell Hill by Torben Betts at Richmond's Orange Tree Theatre (Feb/March 2012) and was nominated as Best Male Performance at the 2012 Off West End Theatre Awards (Offies). In November 2013 Starkey appeared in the one-off 50th anniversary comedy homage The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot.[1]
University Challenge
On 2 January 2015 Starkey was a member of the winning team on Christmas University Challenge, representing Trinity Hall, Cambridge who defeated Balliol College, Oxford, the University of Edinburgh and the University of Hull. His team-mates were international rower Tom James, world champion cyclist Emma Pooley and novelist Adam Mars-Jones.[2]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Fix | Drifter | Short film |
| 2015 | Alex the Vampire | Dan |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-present | Doctor Who | Strax, various Sontarans, Ian |
10 episodes (total) |
| 2011 | The Sarah Jane Adventures | Plark | The Man Who Never Was |
| 2012-14 | Wizards vs Aliens | Randal Moon | Series Regular |
| 2012 | Casualty | Wally St Clare | Episode: "Sixteen Candles" |
| 2013 | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Himself | |
| 2015 | Inside No. 9 | Blue Demon Dwarf | Episode 6 "Séance Time" |
| 2015 | Catherine Tate's Nan | Ian | Episode 1 "Nanger management" |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Doctor Who: The Adventure Games | Field Major Kaarsh, various Sontarans |
Episode: "The Gunpowder Plot" |
| 2015 | Lego Dimensions | Strax, |
doctor who world" |
Theatre credits
- The 39 Steps UK national tour
- The Fitzrovia Radio Hour
- Muswell Hill by Torben Betts, Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond
CD audio dramas
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Robophobia | Cravnet |
| Hexagora | Lord Zellenger | |
| The Five Companions | The Sontarans | |
| 2012 | The Foe from the Future | Historiographer Osin |
| Wirrn Isle | Sheer Jawn | |
| Energy of the Daleks | Kevin Winston, Robomen | |
| The First Sontarans | Jaka | |
| 2013 | Starlight Robbery | Marshall Stenn, Major Vlaar, Sergeant Gredd, Asallis |
| 2014 | The King of Sontar | Strang, Hutchins |
| 2015 | Terror of the Sontarans | Field-Major Kayste, Skegg, Stodd |
References
- ↑ "The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot", BBC programmes, retrieved 26 November 2013
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External links
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