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Douglas Dean

Douglas Dean

Actor · Born January 20, 1973 (53) · Dover, Kent, England

Douglas Dean is an English actor, who also holds Italian citizenship. He is based in Rome. He was born in Dover but grew up in south-east London, the eldest of eleven children. Having taken part in school productions he joined a few local amateur theatre groups, including the award-winning Miller Centre, where he played a range of roles before starting on his professional journey. His early professional credits were primarily in the theatre, with TIE tours, provincial theatre productions and appearances at theatre festivals, as well as a few low-budget films, student films , corporate videos and voiceover jobs. His mainstream debut came when he was cast in the acclaimed HBO/BBC series 'Rome' and the British TV film 'Ghost Boat', which starred David Jason. However, in both instances his small roles were mostly sacrificed to the cutting-room floor! Since then though he has continued to build a respectable string of credits in films and TV shows, as well as in other areas of the industry. He appeared (as different characters) in the first two seasons of 'Medici', can be seen in the first season of 'Devils' which aired on Sky Atlantic and played a lead in Terry Gilliam's controversial, award-winning short film 'The Wholly Family'. More recently he was cast in the opening episode of the second season of the popular 'Blood and Treasure' TV series, has filmed two short Christmas-themed projects, one with Michael Madsen and Tom Arnold, the other with Arnold and William Baldwin. He also shares screen time with John Lynch in the forthcoming 'Starting Tomorrow I'll Get Up Late', which pays homage to the great Italian actor Massimo Troisi. Dean is a fluent Italian speaker, and has appeared in a number of popular Italian TV shows or films, enjoying scenes with well-known actors such as Pierfrancesco Favino, Ennio Fantastichini, Elena Sofia Ricci, Cristiana Capotondi and Filippo Nigro. He is an experienced voiceover artist, and has narrated a number of award-winning documentaries. For Italy-based projects he can be reached via his Italian agent Simone Oppi (English spoken as well as Italian) or for projects elsewhere through his London representative, Sandy at Mac & Jeal.

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Biography from IMDb.

Born
January 20, 1973 (53)
From
Dover, Kent, England
Works as
Actor
Titles
15 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Down 19% in 30 days

What are Douglas Dean's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 48th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 3rd percentile
: browse their Horror movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
33%
Self
19%
Morality
17%
Survival
15%
Society
9%
Ideas
7%
Family bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 5 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 4 · Intense 0

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 5 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
3
Warm
3
Dread
3
Contemplative
2
Tense
2
Other
5

How their films linger

Unsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCozy2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Douglas Dean's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Douglas Dean's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

25 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page.

  • Hotel Costiera(2025)

    Show 1 episode · as Auctioneer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows

  • The Forbidden City(2025)

    as Cliente inglese uomo

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Dead Bride(2022)

    as Dave

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • The Venice Murders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Inspector Santo

  • Citadel(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Alessandro

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows

  • Starting Tomorrow I'll Get Up Late (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Actor

  • The Good Witch of Christmas(2022)

    as Peter

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Promises (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Cottage Owner

  • Christmas Thieves(2021)

    as Peter

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Book of Vision(2020)

    as Tutor

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Eternity(2020)

    as Wedding Attendee

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Curse of the Blind Dead(2020)

    as Grand Master

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Mother Cabrini (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Actor

  • Blood & Treasure(2019)

    Show 1 episode · as Slick Lawyer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • The Champion(2019)

    as English Football Journalist

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Orchard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Larry

  • Memoirs of Giorgio Vasari: A Tuscan Artist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Actor

  • All You Ever Wished For(2018)

    as Hugo Galante

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Stalking Eva (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Orlando

  • Qualunque cosa succeda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · as Giudice americano

  • Barabbas(2012)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • I fantasmi del Terzo Reich(2012)

    as Narrator (English Version)

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Hemingway Unknown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Narrator (English Version)

  • Carnera: The Walking Mountain(2008)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Blue Jeans e gonne corte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as voce

Career shape

Star power in the 74th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 25 titles from 2008 to 2025; peak year 2020.

Biggest box office

The Champion (2019)

$1.2M worldwide

Highest rated

The Book of Vision (2020)

Midcredits 80th

Most popular right now

The Champion (2019)

Film career

20082025

Peak 2020 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 2008Screen debut· Carnera: The Walking Mountain

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting25 of 25: 25 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score36th

By decade

2000s2 · acting2010s11 · acting2020s12 · acting

Billing

usually 20th · top billed in 0% of 5 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Douglas Dean's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 37th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 13th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

13thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 15 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

6 of their 15 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Universally Panned1
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive2
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · actor

The Good Witch of Christmas (2022)

98th percentile spread · 36% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Book of Vision (2020)

Midcredits 80th · 96% liked

Reviewers score the acting 37/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 59, detractors 22. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Douglas Dean work with?

People who share at least 2 of Douglas Dean's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Francesco Cinquemani shares the most, 2.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers