Dan Starkey (born 27 September 1977) is an English actor. He has appeared on the BBC One science-fiction TV series Doctor Who as a number of different Sontaran characters, most notably Strax during the Eleventh and Twelfth incarnations of the Doctor. In 2016, he joined the CBBC sketch show, Class Dismissed and has appeared in 36 episodes (every episode of Series 1, 2 & 3). He left the show after Series 3.
Early life Dan Starkey was born on 27 September 1977. Starkey studied at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and graduated in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic'Appendix V. Candidates who Took the Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic Tripos between 1900 and 1999', in H. M. Chadwick and the Study of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic in Cambridge, ed. by Michael Lapidge [=Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies, 69–70] (Aberystwyth: Department of Welsh, Abersytwyth University, 2015), pp. 257–66 (pp. 265–66). before training at the Bristol Old Vic (graduating in 2006).
Career He played the enraged loner Simon in Muswell Hill by Torben Betts at Richmond's Orange Tree Theatre (Feb/March 2012) and was nominated for the 2012 Offie for Best Male Performance. In November 2013 Starkey appeared in the one-off 50th anniversary comedy homage The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot."The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot", BBC programmes, retrieved 26 November 2013
University Challenge On 2 January 2015, Starkey was a member of the winning team on Christmas University Challenge, representing Trinity Hall, Cambridge who defeated Balliol College, Oxford, the University of Edinburgh and the University of Hull. His team-mates were international rower Tom James, world champion cyclist Emma Pooley and novelist Adam Mars-Jones.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2004 Fix Drifter Short film 2015 Alex the Vampire Dan 2018 Sherlock Gnomes Teddy Gregson Voice 2023 Mummies Danny and Dennys Voice
Television Year Title Role Notes 2008–21 Doctor Who Various 13 episodes 2011 The Sarah Jane Adventures Plark The Man Who Never Was 2012–14 Wizards vs Aliens Randal Moon Series Regular 2012 Casualty Wally St Clare "Sixteen Candles" 2013 The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot Himself 2015 Inside No. 9 Blue Demon Dwarf "Séance Time" 2015 Catherine Tate's Nan Ian Episode: "Nanger Management" 2016–2018 Class Dismissed Various 36 episodes2019Good OmensPasserbyEpisode: "Saturday Morning Funtime"2019Years and YearsMr. BriscoeEpisode 52019, 2023BrassicGlen Glenson2 Episodes
Video games Year Title Role Notes 2011 Doctor Who: The Adventure Games Field Major Kaarsh; various Sontarans "The Gunpowder Plot" 2015 Lego Dimensions Strax 2022 Warhammer 40,000: Darktide The Seer
Theatre credits
Notes from Underground, The Arcola, 2007. The 39 Steps, UK national tour The Fitzrovia Radio Hour Muswell Hill by Torben Betts, Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond Making News by Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky, Pleasance One Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
CD audio dramas Year Title Role2011 Robophobia Cravnet Hexagora Lord Zellenger The Five Companions The Sontarans2012 The Foe from the Future Historiographer Osin Wirrn Isle Sheer Jawn Energy of the Daleks Kevin Winston, Robomen The First Sontarans Jaka 2013 Starlight Robbery Marshall Stenn, Major Vlaar, Sergeant Gredd, Asallis 2014 The King of Sontar Strang, Hutchins 2015 Terror of the Sontarans Field-Major Kayste, Skegg, Stodd 2018 The Coming of the Martians Ogilvy 2024 Doctor Who: Rogue (Novelisation) Reader
References
External links