Danny John-Jules
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| Born | September 16, 1960  London, United Kingdom |
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| Occupation | Actor and dancer |
Daniel "Danny" John-Jules (born September 16, 1960) is a British actor and dancer.
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[edit] Early life
He was born in London and attended Rutherford comprehensive school, Penfold Street, Marylebone, from 1972 to 1977.
[edit] Television
John-Jules is best known for playing the Cat and that character's alter ego Duane Dibbley in the British comedy series Red Dwarf. He originally obtained the part of the Cat by turning up half an hour late for his audition, dressed in his father's old zoot suit. Jules was unaware that he was late and hence did not appear at all concerned with his tardiness. The producers immediately decided he was cool enough to be "The Cat". Craig Charles said of Danny at a Red Dwarf convention of being a lot like the cat as he had a lot of clothes. He said "If Danny changed his clothes every 10 seconds for the next 10 years he still wouldnt run out of clothes" .
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 1999, he had several guest appearances as "himself" in shows such as Comedy Connections, Casualty, RI:SE and Night Fever.
He also appeared in at least one episode of CBBC's sitcom, Kerching! playing Trevor, Michael's father and appears as Lenny Bicknall in M.I.High also on CBBC. He also appeared in The Crouches.
[edit] Film
In film, he supplied the voice for two characters in Labyrinth, then appeared in the 1986 version of Little Shop of Horrors, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and Blade II. He has also appeared uncredited in the 1979 British film Scum, playing a look-out during a fight scene. He is currently filming The Tournament produced by Shakabuku Films. He also appeared in the 2007 British film The Grind.
[edit] Dance and song
Before his television and film work, Danny John-Jules was a dancer in many productions at West End theatres. He was a member of the original cast of Starlight Express, playing a boxcar called Rocky I. In 1993, he released a song from Red Dwarf, "Tongue Tied", as a single, which got into the top 20 and featured his co stars Craig Charles and Chris Barrie. They played dancers and back up singers. Both mentioned how talented a singer he was. He is a tenor singer.
[edit] Other work
John-Jules also provided his voice for the character of Gex in the UK and European release of Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko. For several years in the late 1990s he appeared in the annual Christmas pantomime at Aldershot's Prince's Hall theatre, playing his Cat character.
[edit] Assault charge
On Saturday 16 February 2008, John-Jules was arrested on suspicion of assault. It was claimed he threatened and assaulted a 50-year-old bin man with a knife, after an altercation at approximately 9am.[1]
