Dee Tails is an English rapper, dancer and actor/creature performer best known for his work in the British boy band

MN8 MN8 were a British R&B- pop group. They consisted of KG (co-founder, lead vocals), G-Man (co-founder, lead vocals), Kule T (lead vocals) and Dee Tails (rapper, backing vocalist, stylist and choreographer). Career MN8's 1995 debut hit singl ...

, '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'', ''

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'', '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi'' and '' Solo: A Star Wars Story''.

Career

Tails started his career as a member of the R&B group

where he achieved 7 top 25 hit singles in the UK and international success in France, Australia, New Zealand and the US. Their first single, "

I've Got a Little Something for You "I've Got a Little Something for You" is a song by British R&B group MN8. It was released on 23 January 1995 as the lead single from their debut album, '' To the Next Level'' (1995). The song was written by Mark Taylor and Denis Ingoldsby and ...

", was used on the ''Bad Boys'' soundtrack and was notably one of the first ever remixes by

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for his Bad Boy label. MN8 also supported Janet Jackson on the European leg of her tour in 1995. After MN8, Tails focused on his acting career where he did theatre work for many years playing Tommy the Cat in ''Dick Whittington'', quoted by ''

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'' as a "a real standout performance". He also had a role in ''

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'' as a Gotham City Police Officer in 2005. In 2013, he appeared in the film '' Captain Phillips'' as a UKMTO Operator. In 2015, he appeared in four episodes of ''

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'' for

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where he played The Harbinger with Richard E. Grant. In 2004, he appeared as a mystery guest on the identity parade in ''

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''. Tails had as a leading role in a Nescafe commercial in 2011, filmed in South Africa which showed Tails with a piano in the commercial. In 2015, Tails landed the role of Cratinus in ''Star Wars: The Force Awakens''. He then went on to perform as the character L-1 (also known as K-Ohn) in ''Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'' in 2016. In 2017, he played the role of Slowen Lo in ''Star Wars: The Last Jedi'' voiced by

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. In 2018, Tails played Quay Tolsite in the film '' Solo: A Star Wars Story''.
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* {{MN8 21st-century English male actors Black British male actors Black British male rappers Living people Year of birth missing (living people)