Dustin Demri-Burns (born 11 July 1978) is a British actor, comedian and writer. He is best known for his work in ''

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''. He appeared in films as the roles of Danny Sinclair in the 2013 film '' Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa'' (2013), Viktor in the 2018 action comedy film ''

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'' (2018) and Crazy Cedric in the 2019 comedy film '' Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans'' (2019). In television, he appeared in shows as Julian in '' Stath Lets Flats'', Will_5000 in ''

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'', Simon in ''

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'', Daniel in ''

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'' and

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in ''

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''.

Early life

Demri-Burns was born in

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on 11 July 1978. He attended

Elliott School, Putney Elliott School was a school in Putney, England, founded in 1904, which became the Ark Putney Academy in 2012. History Elliott School was a co-educational foundation school and sixth form college in Pullman Gardens, Putney, in the London Borou ...

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, South West London (1989–96). He graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art with a degree in acting.

Career

Demri-Burns started his acting career when he played a minor character in the 2003 short film ''Nightswimming'' (2003). His film credits include ''

'', ''

Bridget Jones' Baby ''Bridget Jones's Baby'' is a 2016 romantic comedy film directed by Sharon Maguire and written by Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer and Emma Thompson, based on the fictional columns by Fielding. It is the third film in the Bridget Jones (film series), f ...

'', ''

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'' and '' Kill Your Friends''. He played the role of Danny Sinclair in the 2013 film '' Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa'', featuring

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, and has also played the role Cedric in the 2019 film '' Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans''. The same year, he also started in Abigail Blackmore's film ''Tales from the Lodge'', alongside

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and

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. Along with his friend Sebastian Cardinal he created and produced the

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programme ''

''. Demri-Burns has provided voices of characters in animation, such as the voice of Grumpy in ''

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'' and as the UK voice of Tread in ''

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''. In 2020, he played the role of

in an episode of the

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television series ''

'', featuring

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and

Nicholas Hoult Nicholas Caradoc Hoult (born 7 December 1989) is an English actor. His List of roles and awards of Nicholas Hoult, body of work includes supporting work in big-budget mainstream productions and starring roles in Independent film, independent p ...

Personal life

Demri-Burns is of French descent and currently resides in England with his wife and child.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

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