Reece Dinsdale (born 6 August 1959) is an

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actor and director of stage, film and television. He is a Huddersfield Town fan. In 2017 he became a patron of the Square Chapel, an arts centre in Halifax. He is also an honorary patron of The Old Courts multi-arts centre in

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Acting career

Dinsdale trained at the

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from 1977 until 1980. After initially working in theatre in

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and at the

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, Dinsdale got his first TV role in the Granada thriller ''Knife Edge'' in 1981. He followed this up by appearing in ''Out on the Floor'' a single drama for the BBC in 1982. This led to him being cast as Albert in ''

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'' series for ITV in 1982. More theatre followed with ''Beethoven's Tenth'' with

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at the

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, London and the highly acclaimed ''Red Saturday'' at the

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. He played Jimmy Kemp in '' Threads'' (1984), a-soon-to-be-father and husband caught up in a nuclear attack on

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. 1984 also saw Dinsdale appearing in one of his first feature films,

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's ''

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'', and the TV movie '' Winter Flight'' opposite

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. ''Glamour Night'', another single drama for the BBC followed in 1984 before Dinsdale was cast as Matthew Willows in the British sitcom ''

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'' written by

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and co-starring

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. Dinsdale played Thaw's unruly teenaged son Matthew who comes to live with his estranged father after his mother throws him out. The show ran for four series between 1985 and 1990. Interspersed with this were many appearances on stage, including the award-winning play ''

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'' at the Hampstead Theatre, London, in 1986, ''Woundings'' and ''

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'' at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, and ''Old Year's Eve'' at the

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. On television he had leading roles in the three-part series ''Take Me Home'', and ''

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'', and the single drama ''Coppers'' opposite

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. He also played Fearnot in Jim Henson's "The Storyteller" which aired 26 October 1987. Dinsdale played the leading role of Jack Rover in ''Wild Oats'' in the inaugural production at the newly built

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in 1990. He then appeared in ''

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'', a miniseries in which he played the Grand Duke Peter. He then appeared at the National Theatre in David Hare's '' Racing Demon''. From 1990 to 1992 he co-starred in ''

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'', a comedy set in the late 18th century. In 1994, he played the leading role in '' ID'', a British feature film charting the demise of a police officer who goes undercover to root out a firm of football hooligans. Based on a true story, Dinsdale won the International Critics Award for best actor at the

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. Dinsdale has continued to play leading roles on both stage and screen. Highlights include two series of ''

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'' in which he played the central role of Charlie Scott, and

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's film of ''

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'' in which he played Guildenstern opposite

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's Rosencrantz. He guested in '' Spooks'', ''

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'', '' Murder in Mind'', ''

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'', and many others. Dinsdale starred opposite

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in the ITV drama '' Ahead of the Class'' and played Robert in ''

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'' for the BBC (directed by

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). He starred in two series of '' The Chase'' (also for the BBC) and in two thrillers for ITV, '' Love Lies Bleeding'' and '' Midnight Man''. In 2008, he joined the cast of ''

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'' to play the ill-fated Joe McIntyre, leaving of his own volition in February 2010. Since then he filmed leading guest roles in '' Waterloo Road'', ''

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'' and '' Moving On''. He played Doctor Wengel in Ibsen's ''The Lady From the Sea'' at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. In 2012 he appeared in the feature film ''The Knife That Killed Me''. In 2013, Dinsdale played the role of Walter Harrison in James Graham's smash hit play ''This House'' on the Olivier stage at the National Theatre - directed by Jeremy Herrin. In 2014, he played

in Bennett's autobiographical play ''Untold Stories'' at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. In 2015 Dinsdale played the central role of George Jones in Headlong's national tour of

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's play ''The Absence of War'', once again directed by Jeremy Herrin. In October 2015 Dinsdale played the title role in Shakespeare's ''

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'' at The West Yorkshire Playhouse for director Mark Rosenblatt. He has an extensive list of BBC Radio Drama credits and, in 2014, he was awarded a Yorkshire Award for Services to Arts and Entertainment. In 2015, he became the first actor to be named Associate Artist at The West Yorkshire Playhouse. In 2017, Dinsdale was made a patron of the Square Chapel Arts Centre in Halifax. In 2020, Dinsdale joined the ITV

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playing the villainous

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. Dinsdale left the soap after just a year in 2021 when his character was killed off in an explosion.

Directing

In January 2012 Dinsdale directed his first drama for television; a 45-minute single drama called "The Crossing" starring

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, Ramona Marquez and Susie Blake, in the ''Secrets and Words'' series for BBC1. In July and August 2014 he directed the episode "Madge" in the ''Moving On'' series starring

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and

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, again for BBC1. In May 2015, Dinsdale completed his third drama for BBC Television, "Scratch", starring Will Ash and Chris Coghill, once again for the ''Moving On'' series. Dinsdale thereafter directed a fourth TV drama, again in the ''Moving On'' series, for

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: "Eighteen", a story about the attempted deportation of an Afghan youth back to his native Kabul, starring

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and

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. The series was aired in November 2016. In 2017, Dinsdale directed

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in "Lost" by Shaun Duggan for the ''Moving On'' series. He has directed several episodes of Emmerdale and announced in spring 2022 that he is to direct episodes of Coronation Street.

Writing

In 2009, Dinsdale wrote the short film ''Imaginary Friend'' which was subsequently filmed and stars Maxine Peake and Zara Turner. The film premiered on 8 May 2010 at the 360/365 Film Festival in

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Credits (incomplete)

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'' (Green Screen Productions feature film) * 2011 " Moving On" (LA Productions for BBC1) * 2011 '' Waterloo Road'' (

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) * 2010 ''The Lady From The Sea'' (Theatre at the

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'' Midnight Man'' (ITV) * 2007 '' The Chase'' (BBC) * 2006 ''

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'' The Chase'' (BBC TV) * 2006 '' Love Lies Bleeding'' (ITV) * 2004 '' Ahead of the Class'' (ITV)
''The Trouble with George'' (BBC)
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''Rabbit on the Moon'' (Headgear Films feature film) * 2003 '' Spooks'' (BBC TV) * 2002 ''

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'' (BBC TV) * 2001 ''The Investigation'' (Canadian TV/BBC) * 2000 '' Murder in Mind'' (BBC TV)
''In Deep'' (BBC)
'' Visiting Mr. Green'' (West Yorkshire Playhouse) * 1999 ''

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) * 1998 ''Love You, Too'' (

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) * 1997 ''Romance and Rejection'', Feature Film * 1996 ''

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short film) * 1995 ''

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''Thief Takers'' (ITV) * 1994 ''Morning and Evening'' (

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theatre)
'' ID'' (Parallax Pictures feature film) * 1993 ''A Going Concern'' (Hampstead Theatre)
''Report Writing'' (Video Arts Ltd. instructional video) * 1992 ''

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) * 1991 '' Racing Demon'' (National Theatre)
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''Coppers'' (BBC)
''Home to Roost'' (series 3) (ITV) * 1986 ''

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'' (ITV) * 1984 ''Glamour Night'' (BBC)
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feature film)
''Winter Flight'' (Channel 4)
'' Threads'' (BBC TV) * 1983–1984 ''Red Saturday'' (

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