Dan Starkey
Dan Starkey (born 27 September 1977) is an English actor. He has appeared on the BBC One science-fiction TV series Doctor Who as a number of different Sontaran characters, most notably Strax during the Eleventh and Twelfth incarnations of the Doctor. In 2016, he joined the CBBC sketch show, Class Dismissed and has appeared in 36 episodes (every episode of Series 1, 2 & 3).
Dan Starkey
- Name
- Dan Starkey
- Born
- 27 September 1977
- Education
- Bristol Old Vic
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Known for
- Madame Vastra and Jenny Flint and Strax
- Languages
- English
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Dan Starkey (born 27 September 1977) is an English actor. He has appeared on the BBC One science-fiction TV series Doctor Who as a number of different Sontaran characters, most notably Strax during the Eleventh and Twelfth incarnations of the Doctor. In 2016, he joined the CBBC sketch show, Class Dismissed and has appeared in 36 episodes (every episode of Series 1, 2 & 3).
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Biography
Biography
He left the show after Series 3.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Dan Starkey • Born — 27 September 1977 • Education — Bristol Old Vic • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 2004–present
Early life
Early life
Dan Starkey was born on 27 September 1977. Starkey studied at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and graduated in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic before training at the Bristol Old Vic (graduating in 2006).
Career
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 for the 2012 Offie for Best Male Performance. In November 2013 Starkey appeared in the one-off 50th anniversary comedy homage The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot.
University Challenge
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.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2008–21 — Doctor Who — Various — 13 episodes • 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 — "Sixteen Candles" • 2013 — The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot — Himself • 2015 — Inside No. 9 — Blue Demon Dwarf — "Séance Time" • 2015 — Catherine Tate's Nan — Ian — Episode: "Nanger Management" • 2016–2018 — Class Dismissed — Various — 36 episodes • 2019 — Good Omens — Passerby — Episode: "Saturday Morning Funtime" • 2019 — Years and Years — Mr. Briscoe — Episode 5 • 2019, 2023 — Brassic — Glen Glenson — 2 Episodes
Video games
Video games
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2011 — Doctor Who: The Adventure Games — Field Major Kaarsh; various Sontarans — "The Gunpowder Plot" • 2015 — Lego Dimensions — Strax • 2022 — Warhammer 40,000: Darktide — The Seer
Theatre credits
Theatre credits
• Notes from Underground, The Arcola, 2007. • The 39 Steps, UK national tour • The Fitzrovia Radio Hour • Muswell Hill by Torben Betts, Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond • Making News by Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky, Pleasance One Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
CD audio dramas
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 • 2018 — The Coming of the Martians — Ogilvy • 2024 — Doctor Who: Rogue (Novelisation) — Reader
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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1977
Dan Starkey born at United Kingdom.
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2004 — Fix — Drifter — Short film • 2015 — Alex the Vampire — Dan • 2018 — Sherlock Gnomes — Teddy Gregson — Voice • 2023 — Mummies — Danny and Dennys — Voice
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