---
name: "Dean Smith"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dean-smith-3709809"
fi1m_id: "dean-smith-3709809"
tmdb_id: 3709809
roles: []
born: "25 January 1990"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T17:10:25.781507+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dean Smith

## Identity

Dean Smith

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dean-smith-3709809
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dean-smith-3709809
- **TMDB ID:** 3709809
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3709809

Actor. Born 25 January 1990 in Leeds, England.

## Details

- **Born:** 25 January 1990, Leeds, England
- **Active:** 2012–2014
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3709809

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Last Tango in Halifax*](https://film.one/tv/last-tango-in-halifax.md) (79)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Dean Smith is an English actor and comedian from Leeds. He is best known for playing Philip Ryan in the BBC drama *Waterloo Road* (2009–2011) and its online spin-off *Waterloo Road Reunited*.

Smith has appeared in a range of British television series. He played William in *Last Tango in Halifax* (2015–2020), a thief in *The Last Kingdom* (2017), DS Yates in *Hollyoaks* (2018–2019), Willis in *Still Open All Hours* (2019), and DC Price in *Emmerdale* (2022–2026). Earlier credits include roles in *Casualty*, *Doctors* and *Coronation Street*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Common* (2014), Fi1m 70, as Hugo Davies — [page](https://film.one/film/common.md)
- *The Village* (2013), Fi1m 78, as PC Derbyshire — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-village-2013.md)
- *Last Tango in Halifax* (2012), Fi1m 79, as William (Replaced) — [page](https://film.one/tv/last-tango-in-halifax.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sober* (2025), as Dan · Writer, Co-Producer
- *House Hunters* (2024), as The Tenant
- *The Good Ship Murder* (2023), series, as Mark Plunkett
- *The Last Kingdom* (2015), series, as Thief — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-kingdom.md)
- *Still Open All Hours* (2014), series, as Willis
- *Common* (2014), as Hugo Davies — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/common.md)
- *The Village* (2013), series, as PC Derbyshire — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-village-2013.md)
- *Last Tango in Halifax* (2012), series, as William (Replaced) — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/last-tango-in-halifax.md)
- *Waterloo Road Reunited* (2011), series, as Philip Ryan
- *Being Victor* (2010), series, as Vinnie Dupe
- *Waterloo Road* (2006), series, as Philip Ryan
- *Hollyoaks* (1995), series, as DS Yates
- *Emmerdale* (1972), series, as DC Price

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