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English actor, singer and dancer (born )

Daniel John-Jules (born 16 September )^[1] is a British actor, singer and dancer. He is best known for playing Cat in the sci-fi comedy series Red Dwarf, Barrington in the comic children's series Maid Marian and Her Merry Men, and policeman Dwayne Myers in the crime drama Death in Paradise.^[2] He was also a protagonist in the hit CBBC children's spy drama M.I.

High, in which he portrayed Lenny Bicknall, the caretaker.

Early life

John-Jules was born in St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London, brought up in Notting Hill^[3] and attended Rutherford School, Paddington, from to There he learnt gymnastics.^[3]

Both his parents are from Dominica, and arrived in the UK aboard HMT Empire Windrush.^[4][5] His mother worked in the courts; he has a brother who is a barrister.^[3]

Career

John-Jules has played the role of Cat in the science fiction comedy series Red Dwarf since its inception in He also starred in the children's spy series M.I.

High and played Barrington in the children's series Maid Marian and Her Merry Men. In addition to his acting career, he has made various appearances both as a dancer and a singer.^[6]

Before his television and film work, he was a dancer in a group called 'second generation'^[3] and in many productions in West End theatres.

Online biography for kids Daniel John-Jules born 16 September is a British actor, singer and dancer. High , in which he portrayed Lenny Bicknall, the caretaker. There he learnt gymnastics. His mother worked in the courts; he has a brother who is a barrister. John-Jules has played the role of Cat in the science fiction comedy series Red Dwarf since its inception in

He was a member of the original cast of Starlight Express, playing a boxcar called Rocky I. In , he released a song from Red Dwarf, "Tongue Tied", as a single, which entered the top 20, eventually reaching a high of John-Jules featured his Red Dwarf co-stars and backing singers in the video. For this release, he was billed as simply "The Cat"; a CD-EP release was also issued featuring this song along with a version of the Red Dwarf theme song.

Among other productions, John-Jules was the dancer from the crowd in the Wham!video for "The Edge of Heaven". He gets up partway through the instrumental section and dances alongside George Michael. John-Jules also danced on the Lena Zavaroni TV Series in , and has made a tribute to her on her website.^[7]

On television, John-Jules is best known for his portrayal of Cat and Cat's geeky alter egoDwayne Dibbley in the British comedy series Red Dwarf.

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The actor reprised his role as beloved character Dwayne Myers, who returns to Saint Marie to help the team following the departure of Marlon Pryce Tahj Miles in last week's episode. While fans are overjoyed to see Danny back on their screens, what about the actor's life away from the cameras? Keep reading to find out more about his home life, including his wife and actor children…. London native Danny, 63, was born in Paddington before moving to and growing up in Notting Hill with his brother and sister. His parents, who hail from Dominica, split up when he was six.

He got the part of Cat by turning up half an hour late for his audition, dressed in his father's old zoot suit. He was unaware that he was late and hence did not appear at all concerned about it. The producers immediately decided he was cool enough to be "the Cat". Craig Charles said at a Red Dwarf convention that John-Jules was a lot like the Cat in that he had a lot of clothes.

He said, "Danny John-Jules could change his clothes every four seconds for a year and he still wouldn't run out of clothes." Along with Charles, John-Jules is the only other cast member to appear in every episode of Red Dwarf to date.

His first acknowledged television and film roles were in Roy Minton's critically acclaimed Scum, where he played one of the inmates.

The TV version, which was part of the Play for Today strand, was banned prior to broadcast.

He has also played the parts of Barrington in Maid Marian and Her Merry Men, Byron Lucifer in The Tomorrow People and Milton Wordsworth, the original presenter of The Story Makers on CBeebies.

Since , he has had several guest appearances as himself in shows such as Comedy Connections, RI:SE and Night Fever.

Between and he played Milton Wordsworth in the CBeebies series The Story Makers, an educational children's television programme that was broadcast for four series. He appears in every series except series 2.

He has also appeared in at least one episode of CBBC's sitcom Kerching!, playing Michael's father, Trevor and appeared as Lenny Bicknall in series 1 and 2 of , also on CBBC. He has also appeared in The Crouches.

On 8 November , he made a brief appearance during BBC Two's coverage of the Valencian Moto Grand Prix.

In , he played Nigel Rogers in The Life of Rock with Brian Pern.

Biography for 2nd graders: Daniel John-Jules (born 16 September ) is a British actor, singer and dancer. He is best known for playing Cat in the sci-fi comedy series Red Dwarf, Barrington in the comic children's series Maid Marian and Her Merry Men, and policeman Dwayne Myers in the crime drama Death in Paradise.

In May , it was announced that he would, again, be returning to Red Dwarf for the eleventh and twelfth series.^[8]

In , Jules played a character on the SF comedy Starhyke, but the series remained in post-production for five years, being shown only privately in , the rights finally being bought by in and released in

He appeared in the BBC One series Death in Paradise as policeman Dwayne Myers^[2] from its start until He returned as a guest star for the Christmas Special in

It was announced that John-Jules plays the lead as Sir Leigh Teabing in the stage version of hit novel The Da Vinci Code's UK tour.^[9]

Film

John-Jules' film career began in playing Frog in the short film Seven Green Bottles, which was produced in conjunction with the Metropolitan Police and warned of the dangers and consequences of juvenile crime.

He supplied the voice for two characters in Labyrinth (), then appeared in the version of Little Shop of Horrors, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (), and Blade II (). He has also appeared, uncredited, in the British film Scum, playing a look-out during a fight scene.

He has appeared in the British films The Grind and Sucker Punch. He has a small role as Rachel Weisz' manager in the Lincoln, Nebraska police force in the film The Whistleblower.

John-Jules also played one of the dancers in the movie The Great Muppet Caper, which, like Little Shop Of Horrors, was directed by Frank Oz.

He is among the dancers in the restaurant where Kermit and Miss Piggy are dancing.

Other work

John-Jules provided his voice for the character of Gex in the UK and European release of Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko.^[10] For several years in the late s he appeared in the annual Christmas pantomime at Aldershot's Princes Hall theatre, playing his Cat character.

John-Jules has also provided voices for the British Canadian animated series Chop Socky Chooks for Cartoon Network, Teletoon and Aardman Animations and the remake of the British children's animated series Bob the Builder.

John-Jules participated in the 16th series of Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with professional dancer Amy Dowden.

In week 5 he topped the leaderboard with a total of 37 points for his jive. The couple were awarded the first 10 score of the series when Darcey Bussell marked their Jive to "Flip, Flop and Fly" in week 5. The couple were eliminated in Week 8 after losing a dance off to Graeme Swann and Oti Mabuse, their elimination came days after controversial bullying allegations, with tabloids reporting that John-Jules had reduced Dowden to tears.^[11]

Personal life

John-Jules is married to Petula Langlais; the couple have two children, both of whom have had minor acting roles alongside their father.^[12] He is also an avid motorcyclist and regularly participates in charity rides.^[13]

His nephew is former Arsenal and current Crawley Town footballer Tyreece John-Jules.^[14]

In November John-Jules was convicted of assaulting two bin men.

He was ordered to perform hours of community service. After the court hearing, John-Jules maintained he had a "clear conscience", saying "I've been doing community service for over 30 years, this is just another day."^[15]

Filmography

Film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
	Seven Green Bottles	Frog	Television short
–	The Hot Shoe Show	Dancer
	Danger: Marmalade At Work	Roy Lee	Episode: "Shame"
–	Red Dwarf	Cat	74 episodes
–	Maid Marian and Her Merry Men	Barrington	26 episodes
	Jackanory	Storyteller	Episode: "Surprises"
	Spatz	Captain Electric	Episode: "Loot"
	Runaway Bay	Lord Frittas	Episode: "Taking the Rap"
	Comic Relief: The Invasion of the Comic Tomatoes	The Cat
	The Bill	Andy Brown	Episode: "Backlash"
	Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups	Cat
	The Tomorrow People	Byron Lucifer	The Living Stones
	Red Dwarf: Smeg Outs	Cat
	The Demon Headmaster	Eddy Hair	2 episodes
	Let the Good Times Roll	Neville	Television short
	Sleep	Paul	Television short
	The Meeting	The Teacher	Television short
–	The Story Makers	Milton Wordsworth	74 episodes
	The Video Tape	Off Licence Owner	Television short
–	The Crouches	Ed	11 episodes
	Casualty	Leon	Episodes: "Emotional Rescue: Parts 1 & 2"
	Doctors	Bradley Patterson	Episode: "Junk Soul Brothers"
	Fallen Angels	Wife Beater	Television short
	Chute!	Lenny Bicknall	Credited as Danny John Jules
	Chop Socky Chooks	Voice role
–	M.I. High	Lenny Bicknall	23 episodes
	Starhyke	Admiral Lenovo	Episode: Disordered
–, , –	Death in Paradise	Officer Dwayne Myers	60 episodes
	Swap	Peter	Television short
	The Life of Rock with Brian Pern	Nile Rodgers	Episode: "Middle Age of Rock"
	Top Coppers	Captain Woods	Episode: "The Passion of the Chris"
–	Bob the Builder	Curtis (voice)	UK/US versions
	Bucky	Wayne	Television short
	Drunk History: UK	Angel Gabriel	Episode: "Christmas Special"
	Urban Myths	Don King	Episode: "The Greatest. Of All Time."
	Tim Vine Travels Through Time Christmas Special	Cardinal Wolsey
–	Robozuna	Niven & Spark (voice)	UK/US versions
	Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators	Ben Lovedon	Episode: "If Music Be the Food of Love"
	Dodger	Mr. Rossini	Episode: "Carnival"
	The Kemps: All Gold	Paul Human

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