Dee Tails
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Dee Tails | |
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| Occupation(s) | Actor, creature performer, rapper, dancer |
| Years active | 1995–present |
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Dee Tails is an English rapper, dancer and actor/creature performer best known for his work in the British boy band MN8, Star Wars: The Force Awakens,[1] Rogue One,[2] Star Wars: The Last Jedi[3] and Solo: A Star Wars Story.[4]
Career
Tails started his career as a member of the R&B group MN8[5][6] where he achieved 7 top 25 hit singles in the UK[7] and international success in France,[8] Australia,[9] New Zealand[10] and the US.[11] Their first single, "I've Got a Little Something for You", was used on the Bad Boys soundtrack[5] and was notably one of the first ever remixes by P.Diddy[12] for his Bad Boy label. MN8 also supported Janet Jackson on the European leg of her tour in 1995.[5]
After MN8, Tails focused on his acting career where he did theatre work for many years playing Tommy the Cat in Dick Whittington,[13] quoted by The Stage as a "a real standout performance".[14] He also had a role in Batman Begins[15] as a Gotham City Police Officer in 2005. In 2013, he appeared in the film Captain Phillips[16] as a UKMTO Operator. In 2015, he appeared in four episodes of Jekyll & Hyde[17] for ITV where he played The Harbinger[18] with Richard E. Grant.[19]
In 2004, he appeared as a mystery guest on the identity parade in Never Mind the Buzzcocks.[20]
Tails had as a leading role in a Nescafe commercial in 2011,[21] filmed in South Africa which showed Tails with a piano in the commercial.
In 2015, Tails landed the role of Cratinus in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He then went on to perform as the character L-1 (also known as K-Ohn) in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in 2016. In 2017, he played the role of Slowen Lo[22] in Star Wars: The Last Jedi voiced by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. In 2018, Tails played Quay Tolsite in the film Solo: A Star Wars Story.[23]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 2005 | Batman Begins | Gotham City Police Officer |
| 2009 | Barry Brown | Jules |
| 2013 | Captain Phillips | UKMTO Operator |
| 2015 | Art Ache | Squid |
| 2015 | Jekyll & Hyde | The Harbinger |
| 2015 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Cratinus |
| 2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | L-1 (K-Ohn) |
| 2017 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Slowen Lo |
| 2018 | The Round Table | Dee Tails |
| 2018 | Solo: A Star Wars Story | Quay Tolsite |
References
- ^ "Dee Tails". Fusion Movies.
- "Star Wars - Episode Seven - The Force Awakens". The Dots.
- "Exclusive interview with Dee Tails (K-OHN and Cratinus)". Star Wars awakens. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018. - ^ Richard Trenholm (25 May 2017). "All the people you never knew were in Star Wars". Cnet.
- "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story". Movies Anywhere.
- "DEE TAILS (K-OHN)". Star Wars interviews.
- "Dee Tails". Rotten Tomatoes.
- Richard & Sarah Woloski (2 June 2017). "Rogue One & The Force Awakens Creature Performer Dee Tails". Adventures by Daddy. - ^ "Dee Tails – Tales from the set of The Last Jedi". Steelewars. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018.
- James Burns (10 February 2018). "Skywalking Through Neverland: 'Solo' Teaser Talk With Creature Performer Dee Tails". Jedi News.
- "TALES FROM THE SET OF THE LAST JEDI". Planet Broadcasting. 25 February 2018. - ^ "Solo: A Star Wars Story". Uncut Movies (in German).
- "Solo: A Star Wars Story - Schauspieler, Cast & Crew". Movie Pilot (in German).
- "Solo: Priča iz Ratova zvijezda (2018)". Moj Film (in Croatian).
- "Solo: A Star Wars Story". Notre Cinema.
- "SOLO A STAR WARS STORY". Cine Region (in French). - ^ a b c J R Reynolds (10 June 1995). "Work Group's MN8 At 'Next Level'". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. p. 10 and 80.
- ^ "MN8 Biography". AllMusic.
- David Balls (13 April 2009). "Whatever happened to... MN8?". Digital Spy.
- Ailbhe Malone (26 March 2013). "Forgotten '90s Boy Bands: Where Are They Now?". BuzzFeed. - ^ "MN8 full chart history". Official charts.
- ^ "MN8 - To The Next Level". Les Charts (in French).
- ^ "MN8". Australian Charts.
- ^ "Top selling singles of 1995". NZ Music Charts.
- ^ Sally Stratton and Paul Sexton (21 June 1997). "U.K.'S FIRST VENUE TAKES A MORE 'AMERICAN' TACK". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. p. 83.
- ^ "I've Got a Little Something For You (Bad Boy Remix)". BBC Music. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019.
- "Sean "Puffy" Combs". Who Sampled. - ^ "Dick Whittington review at Queens Theatre Barnstaple". The Stage. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- "Dick Whittington review at Garrick Lichfield". The Stage. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- "Dick Whittington review at Millfield Arts Centre". The Stage. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- "Panto Dick Whittington". Jeffrey Holland. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018. - ^ "Dick Whittington review at Riverfront Newport". The Stage. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Batman Begins". Festival Focus.
- "Batman Begins (2005)". Movies and media.[permanent dead link]
- "Batman Begins :: Sceny Usunięte". Bat Cave (in Polish). - ^ "Umetnik: Dee-Tails". Zoki Games (in Bosnian). Archived from the original on 14 July 2018.
- ^ Sam Wollaston (26 October 2015). "Jekyll & Hyde review". The Guardian.
- Jack Seale. "Jekyll and Hyde". Radio Times.
- "Dee Tails". TV.com.
- Nora-Tol. "FROM POP STAR TO MYSTICAL FIGURE IN TV SHOW". Kurrent Music. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018. - ^ Dom Robinson (25 October 2015). "Jekyll and Hyde Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review". DVD Fever.
- "JEKYLL AND HYDE "The Harbinger" Review". Snappow.[dead link]
- Wilson, Carl. "Jekyll and Hyde: Series 1, Episode 2 - "Mr Hyde"". Pop Matters. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018. - ^ "Jekyll & Hyde - Season 1, Episode 1 The Harbinger". Tornado Movies.
- Emil Viksell (3 November 2015). "Jekyll and Hyde – En första titt". Onyanserat (in Swedish). - ^ "MN8's Dee Tails on Never Mind The Buzzcocks". YouTube. MN8 [The Band]. 7 April 2013.
- ^ "Dee Tails Nescafe Gold Tv Commercial Cape Town". YouTube. Dee-tails. 5 August 2011.
- ^ "Dee Tails Interview – The Man Behind Cratinus, K-OHN and Slowen Lo in the Star Wars Saga!". Hutt's Palace. 13 March 2018. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ^ "Solo : A Star Wars Story". Sens Critique (in French).
- "STAR WARS SOLO". Star Wars Fandefrance (in French).
- "Solo: A Star Wars Story (Series 1)". Jedi Template Archives.