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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] Rogue One,[2] Star Wars: The Last Jedi[3] and Solo: A Star Wars Story.[4]

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

Career


Tails started his career as a member of the R&B group MN8[5][6] where he achieved 7 top 25 hit singles in the UK[7] and international success in France,[8] Australia,[9] New Zealand[10] and the US.[11] Their first single, "I've Got a Little Something for You", was used on the Bad Boys soundtrack[5] and was notably one of the first ever remixes by P.Diddy[12] for his Bad Boy label. MN8 also supported Janet Jackson on the European leg of her tour in 1995.[5]

After MN8, Tails focused on his acting career where he did theatre work for many years playing Tommy the Cat in Dick Whittington,[13] quoted by The Stage as a "a real standout performance".[14] He also had a role in Batman Begins[15] as a Gotham City Police Officer in 2005. In 2013, he appeared in the film Captain Phillips[16] as a UKMTO Operator. In 2015, he appeared in four episodes of Jekyll & Hyde[17] for ITV where he played The Harbinger[18] with Richard E. Grant.[19]

In 2004, he appeared as a mystery guest on the identity parade in Never Mind the Buzzcocks.[20]

Tails had as a leading role in a Nescafe commercial in 2011,[21] 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[22] in Star Wars: The Last Jedi voiced by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. In 2018, Tails played Quay Tolsite in the film Solo: A Star Wars Story.[23]


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

References


  1. "Dee Tails". Fusion Movies.
    - "Star Wars - Episode Seven - The Force Awakens". The Dots.
    - "Exclusive interview with Dee Tails (K-OHN and Cratinus)". Star Wars awakens. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  2. Richard Trenholm (25 May 2017). "All the people you never knew were in Star Wars". Cnet.
    - "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story". Movies Anywhere.
    - "DEE TAILS (K-OHN)". Star Wars interviews.
    - "Dee Tails". Rotten Tomatoes.
    - Richard & Sarah Woloski (2 June 2017). "Rogue One & The Force Awakens Creature Performer Dee Tails". Adventures by Daddy.
  3. "Dee Tails – Tales from the set of The Last Jedi". Steelewars. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018.
    - James Burns (10 February 2018). "Skywalking Through Neverland: 'Solo' Teaser Talk With Creature Performer Dee Tails". Jedi News.
    - "TALES FROM THE SET OF THE LAST JEDI". Planet Broadcasting. 25 February 2018.
  4. "Solo: A Star Wars Story". Uncut Movies (in German).
    - "Solo: A Star Wars Story - Schauspieler, Cast & Crew". Movie Pilot (in German).
    - "Solo: Priča iz Ratova zvijezda (2018)". Moj Film (in Croatian).
    - "Solo: A Star Wars Story". Notre Cinema.
    - "SOLO A STAR WARS STORY". Cine Region (in French).
  5. J R Reynolds (10 June 1995). "Work Group's MN8 At 'Next Level'". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. p. 10 and 80.
  6. "MN8 Biography". AllMusic.
    - David Balls (13 April 2009). "Whatever happened to... MN8?". Digital Spy.
    - Ailbhe Malone (26 March 2013). "Forgotten '90s Boy Bands: Where Are They Now?". BuzzFeed.
  7. "MN8 full chart history". Official charts.
  8. "MN8 - To The Next Level". Les Charts (in French).
  9. "MN8". Australian Charts.
  10. "Top selling singles of 1995". NZ Music Charts.
  11. Sally Stratton and Paul Sexton (21 June 1997). "U.K.'S FIRST VENUE TAKES A MORE 'AMERICAN' TACK". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. p. 83.
  12. "I've Got a Little Something For You (Bad Boy Remix)". BBC Music. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019.
    - "Sean "Puffy" Combs". Who Sampled.
  13. "Dick Whittington review at Queens Theatre Barnstaple". The Stage. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
    - "Dick Whittington review at Garrick Lichfield". The Stage. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
    - "Dick Whittington review at Millfield Arts Centre". The Stage. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
    - "Panto Dick Whittington". Jeffrey Holland. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  14. "Dick Whittington review at Riverfront Newport". The Stage. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018.
  15. "Batman Begins". Festival Focus.
    - "Batman Begins (2005)". Movies and media.[permanent dead link]
    - "Batman Begins :: Sceny Usunięte". Bat Cave (in Polish).
  16. "Umetnik: Dee-Tails". Zoki Games (in Bosnian). Archived from the original on 14 July 2018.
  17. Sam Wollaston (26 October 2015). "Jekyll & Hyde review". The Guardian.
    - Jack Seale. "Jekyll and Hyde". Radio Times.
    - "Dee Tails". TV.com.
    - Nora-Tol. "FROM POP STAR TO MYSTICAL FIGURE IN TV SHOW". Kurrent Music.
  18. Dom Robinson (25 October 2015). "Jekyll and Hyde Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review". DVD Fever.
    - "JEKYLL AND HYDE "The Harbinger" Review". Snappow.[dead link]
    - Wilson, Carl. "Jekyll and Hyde: Series 1, Episode 2 - "Mr Hyde"". Pop Matters. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  19. "Jekyll & Hyde - Season 1, Episode 1 The Harbinger". Tornado Movies.
    - Emil Viksell (3 November 2015). "Jekyll and Hyde – En första titt". Onyanserat (in Swedish).
  20. "MN8's Dee Tails on Never Mind The Buzzcocks". YouTube. MN8 [The Band]. 7 April 2013.
  21. "Dee Tails Nescafe Gold Tv Commercial Cape Town". YouTube. Dee-tails. 5 August 2011.
  22. "Dee Tails Interview – The Man Behind Cratinus, K-OHN and Slowen Lo in the Star Wars Saga!". Hutt's Palace. 13 March 2018. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  23. "Solo : A Star Wars Story". Sens Critique (in French).
    - "STAR WARS SOLO". Star Wars Fandefrance (in French).
    - "Solo: A Star Wars Story (Series 1)". Jedi Template Archives.




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