Rotherham born actor Dean Andrew is probably best known for his Life on Mars role as Ray Carling, but in more recent times the star is recognised for playing former drug dealer Will Taylor in ITV's Emmerdale.
However, Dean's acting career actually started decades earlier and he has an impressive CV under his belt, The Mirror reports.
His first notable TV appearance was as Ken Loach in film The Navigators in 2001, it was shortly after this he bagged his first soap role with a brief stint in Eastenders.
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Dean appeared in an episode in 2002 and also featured in a TV movie called EastEnders: Ricky & Bianca.
Dean joined Emmerdale back in 2019 and has been embroiled in some pretty epic storylines as former drug dealer Will.
However, he's no longer rocking the mullet he sported many years ago - but he can certainly poke fun at his former look.
Posting a throwback snap on Twitter, Dean wrote: "My old mate has just posted this photo from my holiday camp singing days. So I thought I’d give you all a laugh to cheer you up a bit. This was 1988....... who could resist the mullet."
Dean's followers were delighted with the old photo and were quick to comment on it.
"What a looker," one person wrote, while another joked: "Michael Bolton called - he wants his hair back!"
A third fan added: "An impressive mullet you have there!"
These days, Dean prefers to have his hair a lot shorter and recently became a grandad.
He shared a snap of his granddaughter named Ida-Rae on Instagram at the beginning of August and was clearly smitten.
"So this is mine and @hbg_indiarose beautiful granddaughter Ida-Rae. She didn’t have the easiest of passages into this world but just look at her now…… stunning, healthy and loved," he wrote alongside the adorable picture.
"Her parents @alibumbum91 and @coburnfitness have done an amazing job to bring such a beauty into our lives. We are truly grateful xx."
But Dean has had a successful career, way before his appearance on Emmerdale.
In 2003, the 58-year-old actor appeared in television series Buried shortly followed by a mini series called Between the Sheets.
His career sky rocketed the following year when Dean appeared in several hit TV show's including Casualty, Blue Murder and a movie called My Summer of Love.
The next few years brought plenty of work too such as a stint in Shameless and then landing the role of Ray Carling in much-loved BBC series Life on Mars.
Last year, Dean revealed that Life on Mars could be making a comeback and that new episodes were currently being written for a third series.
The popular BBC show, which also starred John Simm and Philip Glenister, ended in 2007 after its second series - but was never cancelled.
Speaking during an appearance on This Morning in 2020, Dean said: "There's a very, very good chance of that happening.
"The writers Matt Graham and Ashley Pharoah are in the process of writing four or five episodes, and getting everybody back together who wants to come back.
"I believe Phil and John are very, very excited about it, Daniel Mays, myself... they are hoping everyone wants to come back, and they want to make the story back in the 70's and the 80's and the modern day.
"I’ve just got to try and beg Emmerdale at some point in my life, if they still want me," he added.
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