Reece Dinsdale
Biography
Reece Dinsdale is an English actor and director who studied at Guildhall School of Music and Drama and began working in theater before moving into television. Born in Normanton, West Yorkshire, he got his first TV part in the 1981 Granada thriller Knife Edge. He played Jimmy Kemp in Threads (1984) and appeared in Alan Bennett's A Private Function (1984). Other film work includes the lead in I.D. (1995), which brought him a best actor honor from the international critics at the Geneva Film Festival, and Guildenstern in Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet (1996). On television he was Matthew Willows in Home to Roost and later Joe McIntyre in Coronation Street from 2008 to 2010 and Paul Ashdale in Emmerdale from 2020 to 2021. He has directed television drama, including episodes of Moving On, Emmerdale and Coronation Street, and wrote the short film Imaginary Friend.
67years old
Turns 68 on August 6in 298 days
- Born West Riding of Yorkshire
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 12 years1984 to 1996
Every film, newest first
- 1996HamletIMDb rating 7.7
- 1995I.D.IMDb rating 7.3
- 1984A Private FunctionIMDb rating 6.5
- 1984ThreadsIMDb rating 7.9
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A first
In 2015, Reece Dinsdale became an Associate Artist at The West Yorkshire Playhouse. He was the first actor to receive that title there.
First role
Dinsdale's first TV role came in 1981 in the Granada thriller Knife Edge, after he had worked in theater in Exeter, Nottingham and Birmingham and at the Edinburgh Festival.
Behind the camera
Dinsdale made his television directorial debut with "The Crossing," a 45-minute single drama that aired as part of BBC One's Secrets and Words series in January 2012.
Behind the camera
Dinsdale's short film Imaginary Friend, which he wrote in 2009, stars Maxine Peake and Zara Turner. It had its premiere at the 360/365 Film Festival in New York City on 8 May 2010.
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Worked with
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Films together
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All films by Kenneth Branagh
Mick JacksonDirector, 1 film, 1984
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