DANNY
JOHN-JULES
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NAME
Danny John-Jules
BORN:
Daniel John-Jules
16 September, 1960
Paddington, London, UK
PROFESSION
Actor, singer, dancer
FAMILY
PARENTS:
Hyram and Veron Mary-Anne John-Jules
SIBLINGS:
Charles, Gillian
Macklin, Eric, Joseph & Paula (stepsiblings)
CHILDREN:
Danté Langlais-John-Jules, Danaè Langlais-John-Jules
EDUCATION
Lyon Park Primary School, Wembley, UK | |
Bevington Primary School, Notting Hill, UK | |
Wornington School, Notting Hill, UK | |
Rutherford Comprehensive School, Paddington, London, UK | |
Omnibus Theatre Company, | |
Anna Scher Children’s Theatre, London, UK |
CAREER
THEATRE | |
1982 | Flying trapeze artist in Barnum, London Palladium, London, |
Member of the company in Destry Rides Again, Donmar Warehouse, London, UK | |
1983 | "Mike" in Labelled With Love, Albany Empire, London, UK | "Coricopat"/"Gilbert" in Cats, New London Theatre, London, UK |
1984 | "Rocky I" in Starlight Express (musical), Victoria Apollo Theatre, London, UK |
1986 | "Captain Ebony” in Time (musical) Dominion Theatre, London, UK |
1991 | "Dink"in Carmen Jones (musical), Crucible Theatre, Sheffield & Old Vic, London, UK |
1993 | "Avery" in The Piano Lesson, Tricycle Theatre, London, UK |
year | Night And Day, Watford Palace Theatre, Watford, UK |
1994 | The Rover, Jacob Street Studios, London, UK | "Mac" in Playboy of the West Indies, Tricycle Theatre, London, UK |
1995 | "Neal" in Lonely Hearts, Oxford Fire Station, Oxford, UK | "Robert Sideway" in In Our Country’s Good, Theatr Clwyd, Mold, Wales |
1996 | "Cardiff Joe" in Beef, No Chicken, Tricycle Theatre, London, UK |
1997 | The Grapevine (musical), Derby Playhouse, Derby, UK |
1999 | Soul Train (musical), Victoria Palace Theatre, London, UK (originally The Grapevine) |
2000 | "Game Cat" in Vurt–The Remix, Contact Theatre, Manchester, UK |
2002 | "Jimi Hendrix" in The Devil’s Interval, The Handel Museum, London, UK |
2004 | "Mac" in Playboy of the West Indies, Tricycle Theatre, London, UK |
2005 | "Old Mac" in Playboy of the West Indies, Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham, UK |
2006–7 | Directed The House That Nat Built (musical), The Point, Eastleigh, UK, & at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa, UK |
TELEVISION | |
1977 | uncredited part in Scum (movie) |
1981 | dancer in Lena (series) |
1981–83 | Three of a Kind (series) |
1982 | Harry Carpenter Never Said It Was Like This (movie) |
1983 | dancer in The Hot Shoe Show (series) |
1984 | "Roy Lee" in Danger: Marmalade at Work (series) |
1988–2016 | "Cat"/"Duane Dibbley" in Red Dwarf (series) |
1989–94 | "Barrington" in Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (series) |
1991 | "Captain Electric" in Spatz (series) | "Cat" in Amnesty International’s Big 30 (variety show) |
1992 | "Lord Frittas" in Runaway Bay (series) | "Gary" in In Dreams (series) |
1994 | "Andy Brown" in The Bill (series) |
1995 | "Byron Lucifer" in The Tomorrow People (series) |
1996 | "Eddy Hair" in The Demon Headmaster (series) |
1997 | Computers Don’t Byte |
1998 | “Duane Dibbley"/"Cat" in Can’t Smeg Won’t Smeg (movie) | "Cat"/"Duane Dibbley" in Red Dwarf A-Z (movie) |
2002 | "Milton Wordsworth" in The Story Makers (series) |
2003 | "Trevor" in Kerching! (series) |
2003–05 | "Ed" in The Crouches (series) |
2004 | "Leon" in Casualty (series) |
2006 | "Bradley Patterson" in Doctors (series) |
2007–8 | "Lenny Bicknall" in M.I. High (series) |
2008 | Various voice roles in Chop Socky Chooks (animation) |
2009 | "Admiral Lenovo" in Starhyke (series) |
2011–16 | "Officer Dwayne Myers" in Death in Paradise (series) |
2012 | As himself on Motorbike Diaries: Mad in the Med (documentary series); also co-director/co-producer |
2013 | As himself on co-producer Motorbike Diaries: Dakar Dreams (documentary series); also co-producer |
2014 | "Nigel Rogers" in The Life of Rock with Brian Pern (series) | As himself on The Easy Riders: Challenge 125 (documentary series); also producer/writer/director | As himself on The Easy Riders: Viva Valencia (documentary series); also executive producer/producer/writer/ director |
2015 | "Captain Woods" in Top Coppers (series) | "Curtis" in Bob the Builder (series) | As himself on The Easy Riders: 5 Peaks Challenge (series); also producer/writer/director |
2016 | As himself on The Easy Riders: Wrong Way Round (documentary series); also producer/co-producer/writer | Co-producer on The Unlikely Bikers (documentary series) |
FILM | |
1975 | "Frog" in Seven Green Bottles (documentary) |
1979 | uncredited look-out in Scum |
1981 | uncredited street dancer in The Great Muppet Caper |
1986 | "Firey 3"/"Firey 4" (voice) in Labyrinth | Doo-wop street singer in Little Shop of Horrors |
1991 | Black man at party in London Kills Me |
1998 | "Barfly Jack" in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels |
1999 | "Neville" in Let the Good Times Roll (short) |
2002 | The Teacher in The Meeting (short) | "Asad" in Blade II | "Paul" in Sleep (short) |
2003 | Liquor shop owner in The Video Tape (short) |
2006 | Member of Parliament in A Goat’s Tail |
2007 | Wife Beater in Fallen Angels (short) | "Lamont Gaines" in Underground |
2008 | "Harley" in Sucker Punch |
2010 | “Collis” in Freestyle | "Duke" in The Whistleblower |
2011 | "Elf" (voice) in Arthur Christmas |
2012 | "Phil” in The Grind | "Peter" in Swap (short) |
2013 | "Dr. Stevens” in Amoc (not yet released) | "Wyclef" in Voodoo Magic |
2016 | "Wayne" in Bucky (short); also producer/writer/director |
VIDEO GAMES | |
1999 | "Gex" in Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko (voice) |
NOTABLE
Danny’s parent are from Gallion and Soufrière |
Toured America as a dancer with UK pop group Wham; appeared in their “The Edge Of Heaven” music video |
Sang backup vocals on the David Bowie song “Chilly Down” on the Labyrinth soundtrack (1986) |
Released the single “Tongue Tied” which got into the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart in 1993 |
Between 1994–2016, appeared in over 20 Red Dwarf video documentary shorts |
Is an avid motorcyclist who regularly participates in charity rides |
Appeared as “Cat” in the Aldershot’s Prince’s Hall theatre annual Christmas pantomime in the late 1990’s |