Dee Tails

Dee Tails is an English rapper, dancer and actor/creature performer best known for his work in the British boy band MN8, Star Wars: The Force Awakens,[1][2][3] Rogue One,[4][5][6][7][8] Star Wars: The Last Jedi,[9][10][11] and Solo: A Star Wars Story.[12][13][14][15][16]

Dee Tails
OccupationActor, creature performer, rapper, dancer
Years active1995–present
Known for

Career

Dee Tails started his career as a member of the R&B group MN8[17][18][19][20] where he achieved 7 top 25 hit singles in the UK[21] and international success in France,[22] Australia,[23] New Zealand[24] and the US.[25] Their debut single "I've Got a Little Something for You" featured on the Bad Boys soundtrack[26] and was notably one of the first ever remixes by P.Diddy[27][28] for his Bad Boy label. MN8 also supported Janet Jackson on the European leg of her tour in 1995.[29]

After MN8, Dee Tails focused on his acting career where he did theatre work for many years playing Tommy the Cat in Dick Whittington,[30][31][32][33] quoted by The Stage as a "a real standout performance".[34] He also had a feature role in Batman Begins[35][36][37] as a Gotham City Police Officer in 2005. In 2013, he appeared in the film Captain Phillips[38] as a UKMTO Operator. In 2015, he appeared in 4 episodes of Jekyll & Hyde[39][40][41][42] for ITV where he played The Harbinger[43][44][45] alongside Richard E. Grant.[46][47]

In 2004, he appeared as a mystery guest on the identity parade on Never Mind the Buzzcocks.[48]

Dee Tails also featured as a leading role in a Nescafe commercial in 2011,[49] filmed in South Africa which featured Dee Tails alongside a piano in the commercial.

In 2015, Dee 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[50] in Star Wars: The Last Jedi voiced by Joseph Gordon-Levitt.[51] In 2018, Tails played Quay Tolsite in the film Solo: A Star Wars Story.[52][53][54]

Filmography
YearTitleRole
2005Batman BeginsGotham City Police Officer
2009Barry BrownJules
2013Captain PhillipsUKMTO Operator
2015Art AcheSquid
2015Jekyll & HydeThe Harbinger
2015Star Wars: The Force AwakensCratinus
2016Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryL-1 (K-Ohn)
2017Star Wars: The Last JediSlowen Lo
2018The Round TableDee Tails
2018Solo: A Star Wars StoryQuay Tolsite

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  49. "Nescafe Gold Tv Commercial". Egg films.
  50. "Dee Tails Interview – The Man Behind Cratinus, K-OHN and Slowen Lo in the Star Wars Saga!". huttspalace. Archived from the original on 2018-05-03. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
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