Dee Tails

Tails started his career as a member of the R&B group MN8^[5][6] where he achieved 7 top 25 hit singles in the UK^[7] and international success in France,^[8] Australia,^[9] New Zealand^[10] and the US.^[11] Their first single, "I've Got a Little Something for You", was used on the Bad Boys soundtrack^[5] and was notably one of the first ever remixes by P.Diddy^[12] for his Bad Boy label. MN8 also supported Janet Jackson on the European leg of her tour in 1995.^[5]

After MN8, Tails focused on his acting career where he did theatre work for many years playing Tommy the Cat in Dick Whittington,^[13] quoted by The Stage as a "a real standout performance".^[14] He also had a role in Batman Begins^[15] as a Gotham City Police Officer in 2005. In 2013, he appeared in the film Captain Phillips^[16] as a UKMTO Operator. In 2015, he appeared in four episodes of Jekyll & Hyde^[17] for ITV where he played The Harbinger^[18] with Richard E. Grant.^[19]

In 2004, he appeared as a mystery guest on the identity parade in Never Mind the Buzzcocks.^[20]

Tails had as a leading role in a Nescafe commercial in 2011,^[21] filmed in South Africa which showed Tails with a piano in the commercial.

In 2015, Tails landed the role of Cratinus in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He then went on to perform as the character L-1 (also known as K-Ohn) in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in 2016. In 2017, he played the role of Slowen Lo^[22] in Star Wars: The Last Jedi voiced by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. In 2018, Tails played Quay Tolsite in the film Solo: A Star Wars Story.^[23]