Lee Dainton (born 22 August 1973) is a Welsh stunt performer, skateboarder, and filmmaker best known as the star and co-creator of MTV UK's Dirty Sanchez.
Career Early life Dainton is a native of Pontypool, Wales. He attended Abersychan School and West Monmouth School. He studied carpentry at Pontypool College. He started skateboarding at the age of 12. He first met Mathew Pritchard in Cardiff in 1990. He met Michael "Pancho" Locke by participating in various skateboarding competitions. He met Dan Joyce after he saw him on The Vanessa Show and decided to film with him for a video he was making. He worked as a carpenter with Torfaen council before he left the job and bought a video camera to film the four skateboarding, doing stunts and practical jokes for 18 months. He then made a DVD out of the footage titled Pritchard vs Dainton, which was released in 2001. During, and a little after the first season of Dirty Sanchez, he worked for a skate store.
Dirty Sanchez When Dirty Sanchez first aired in 2003, it became clear that Dainton is the one who always messes with his friends, mainly with Pancho and Pritchard. The rivalry between Dainton and Pritchard got worse as the series went on. He is usually the one who performs stunts with piercings, most notably slamming his forehead on a lot of thumbtacks, and performing body suspension. He and Pritchard hosted the first Dirty Sanchez spin-off titled Wrecked in 2007. In 2008, they both starred in another spin-off titled Sanchez Get High.
Personal life Dainton proposed to his girlfriend Amy in 2017 after 22 years of dating. They got married in 2018 and have two daughters together. He has his own skate store called Kill City.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes2001Pritchard vs DaintonHimselfDirect-to-videoDirectorProducerEditor2003StupidityHimselfDocumentaryArchive footage2006Dirty Sanchez: The MovieHimselfWriterAssociate producerSecond unit directorAdditional camera operator2014Pritchard vs Dainton – The Rise and FallsHimselfDocumentaryDirectorProducerCinematographerEditorPhotographer2019Mathew vs PritchardHimselfCameoShort documentary2025The Road of ExcessHimselfDocumentary
Television Year Title Role Notes2003-2007Dirty SanchezHimselfCo-creatorWriter29 episodes2003MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2003HimselfPresenter2005TRL UKHimself1 episode2007WreckedHimselfCo-host2007MTV Australia Video Music Awards 2007HimselfPresenter2008Sanchez Get HighHimself8 episodes2008Nike: Put It Where You Want It TourHimselfCommercial series2009The Noughties... Was That It?HimselfTV documentary2010-2016The DudesonsHimself4 episodesCinematographer (1 episode)2011Snog Marry Avoid?Himself1 episode2013Gumball 3000: Number 13HimselfTV documentary2019Dirty VeganCamera operator1 episode
Web series Year Title Role Notes2020The Sanchez Story Vol. 1HimselfDocumentaryPodcastDirectorProducerEditor2021The Sanchez Story Vol. 2HimselfDocumentaryPodcastDirectorProducerEditor2021The Lazy GenerationHimself1 episodeGuest appearance2023Side Effects of BullshitHimselfHostPodcast
Music videos Year Artist Track Role Notes2006 Turbonegro"All My Friends Are Dead"Himself2021The Hunna"Bad Place"Behind-the-scenes cameraman and editor2022Chris de Sarandy"Like I Don't Know You"Director of photographyCameramanEditor2022Chris de Sarandy"How To Say Goodbye"Director of photographyCameramanEditor
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