Danny Dyer Biography

Fast Facts

• Was spotted at Sunday School by an agent and began his acting career at the age of sixteen after auditioning for a role in Prime Suspect
• Appeared in an advert for Coca-Cola in 1995
• Voiced Kent Paul in the Grand Theft Auto franchise in 2002 and 2004
• Appeared in The Twang's music video for their song "Two Lovers" in 2007
• Became the Chairman of Greenwich Borough Football Club in 2007 and appointed friend and fellow The Business star Tamer Hassan as President
• In 2009, played Sid Vicious in the play Kurt and Sid on the London West End
• Published his autobiography, Straight Up, in 2011
• In 2016, travelled to Freetown, Sierra Leone to meet with people in need for the charity Sports Relief
• In a 2016 episode of Who Do You Think You Are?, research revealed his 15 x great grandfather to have been Thomas Cromwell, and his 14 x great grandmother to have been Elizabeth Seymour, who married Cromwell's son, Gregory
• Published The World According to Danny Dyer: Life Lessons from the East End in 2016