Dan Starkey (actor)

Starkey in 2016.

Dan Starkey (born 27 September) is an actor known for making numerous appearances in the BBC One science-fiction TV series Doctor Who. He has portrayed a number of different Sontaran characters, most notably Strax, who has come across the Eleventh and Twelfth incarnations of the Doctor, played by Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi respectively. Since 2016, he has appeared in all 36 episode of the sketch series Class Dismissed

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

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004FixDrifterShort film
2015Alex the VampireDan
2018Sherlock GnomesTeddy GregsonVoice

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008-2014Doctor WhoStrax
Various Sontarans		9 episodes (Total)
2011The Sarah Jane AdventuresPlarkThe Man Who Never Was
2012-14Wizards vs AliensRandal MoonSeries Regular
2012CasualtyWally St ClareEpisode: "Sixteen Candles"
2013The Five(ish) Doctors RebootHimself
2014Doctor WhoIan"Last Christmas"
2015Inside No. 9Blue Demon DwarfEpisode 6 "Séance Time"
2015Catherine Tate's NanIan1 episode
2016–presentClass DismissedVarious36 episodes

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011Doctor Who: The Adventure GamesField Major Kaarsh,
various Sontarans		Episode: "The Gunpowder Plot"
2015Lego DimensionsStrax,
doctor who world"

Theatre credits

CD audio dramas

YearTitleRole
2011RobophobiaCravnet
HexagoraLord Zellenger
The Five CompanionsThe Sontarans
2012The Foe from the FutureHistoriographer Osin
Wirrn IsleSheer Jawn
Energy of the DaleksKevin Winston, Robomen
The First SontaransJaka
2013Starlight RobberyMarshall Stenn, Major Vlaar, Sergeant Gredd, Asallis
2014The King of SontarStrang, Hutchins
2015Terror of the SontaransField-Major Kayste, Skegg, Stodd

References

  1. ↑ "The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot", BBC programmes, retrieved 26 November 2013
  2. ↑ "University Challenge Victory". Trinity Hall, Cambridge. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.



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