Dee Tails

Tails started his career as a member of the R&B group MN8{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0QsEAAAAMBAJ&q=mn8+bad+boys+soundtrack&pg=PA10|author=J R Reynolds|title=Work Group's MN8 At 'Next Level'|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media|date=10 June 1995|page=10 and 80}}{{cite web|title=MN8 Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn8-mn0000184642|website=AllMusic}}
- {{cite web|title=Whatever happened to... MN8?|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a152343/whatever-happened-to-mn8/|website=Digital Spy|author=David Balls |date=13 April 2009 }}
- {{cite web|title=Forgotten '90s Boy Bands: Where Are They Now?|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/ailbhemalone/forgotten-90s-boy-bands-where-are-they-now|website=BuzzFeed|author=Ailbhe Malone|date=26 March 2013}} where he achieved 7 top 25 hit singles in the UK{{cite web|title=MN8 full chart history|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/31120/mn8/|website=Official charts}} and international success in France,{{cite web|title=MN8 - To The Next Level|url=http://www.lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=MN8&titel=To+the+Next+Level&cat=a|website=Les Charts|language=fr}} Australia,{{cite web|title=MN8|url=http://www.australian-charts.com/search.asp?search=mn8&cat=s|website=Australian Charts}} New Zealand{{cite web|title=Top selling singles of 1995|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/index.php/chart/?chart=3884|website=NZ Music Charts}} and the US.{{cite news|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_KBAEAAAAMBAJ/page/n82|title=U.K.'S FIRST VENUE TAKES A MORE 'AMERICAN' TACK|work=Billboard|author=Sally Stratton and Paul Sexton|page=83|date=21 June 1997|publisher=Nielsen Business Media}} Their first single, "I've Got a Little Something for You", was used on the Bad Boys soundtrack and was notably one of the first ever remixes by P.Diddy{{cite web|title=I've Got a Little Something For You (Bad Boy Remix)|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/tracks/n2h3np|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306055239/https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/tracks/n2h3np|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 March 2019|website=BBC Music}}
- {{cite web|title=Sean "Puffy" Combs|url=https://www.whosampled.com/Sean-%22Puffy%22-Combs/remixes/?sp=2&role=2|website=Who Sampled}} for his Bad Boy label. MN8 also supported Janet Jackson on the European leg of her tour in 1995.

After MN8, Tails focused on his acting career where he did theatre work for many years playing Tommy the Cat in Dick Whittington,{{cite web|title=Dick Whittington review at Queens Theatre Barnstaple|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2007/dick-whittington-review-at-queens-theatre-barnstaple/|website=The Stage|access-date=27 February 2018|archive-date=3 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503180138/https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2007/dick-whittington-review-at-queens-theatre-barnstaple/|url-status=dead}}
- {{cite web|title=Dick Whittington review at Garrick Lichfield|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2008/dick-whittington-review-at-garrick-lichfield/|website=The Stage|access-date=27 February 2018|archive-date=3 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503180250/https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2008/dick-whittington-review-at-garrick-lichfield/|url-status=dead}}
- {{cite web|title=Dick Whittington review at Millfield Arts Centre|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2004/dick-whittington-review-at-millfield-arts-centre/|website=The Stage|access-date=27 February 2018|archive-date=3 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503180323/https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2004/dick-whittington-review-at-millfield-arts-centre/|url-status=dead}}
- {{cite web|title=Panto Dick Whittington|url=http://www.jeffreyholland.co.uk/Jeffrey_Holland/Panto_Dick_Whittington_2006.html|website=Jeffrey Holland|access-date=27 February 2018|archive-date=3 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503180443/http://www.jeffreyholland.co.uk/Jeffrey_Holland/Panto_Dick_Whittington_2006.html|url-status=dead}} quoted by The Stage as a "a real standout performance".{{cite web|title=Dick Whittington review at Riverfront Newport|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2005/dick-whittington-review-at-riverfront-newport/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503180328/https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2005/dick-whittington-review-at-riverfront-newport/|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 May 2018|website=The Stage}} He also had a role in Batman Begins{{cite web|title=Batman Begins|url=https://www.festivalfocus.org/film/17388/batman-begins/|website=Festival Focus}}
- {{cite web|title=Batman Begins (2005)|url=http://moviesandmedia.com/movies/17-batman-begins|website=Movies and media}}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- {{cite web|title=Batman Begins :: Sceny Usunięte|url=http://www.batcave.com.pl/old/page_batb.php?id=batmanbegins_scenyusuniete|website=Bat Cave|language=pl}} as a Gotham City Police Officer in 2005. In 2013, he appeared in the film Captain Phillips{{cite web|title=Umetnik: Dee-Tails|url=https://www.zoki.com/cinema/actor/14288|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180714023749/https://www.zoki.com/cinema/actor/14288|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 July 2018|website=Zoki Games|language=bs}} as a UKMTO Operator. In 2015, he appeared in four episodes of Jekyll & Hyde{{cite web|title=Jekyll & Hyde review|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/oct/26/jekyll-and-hyde-review-charlie-higson|website=The Guardian|author=Sam Wollaston|date=26 October 2015}}
- {{cite web|title=Jekyll and Hyde|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/dtxmnd/jekyll-and-hyde--series-1---3-the-cutter/|website=Radio Times|author=Jack Seale}}
- {{cite web|title=Dee Tails|url=http://www.tv.com/people/dee-tails/|website=TV.com}}
- {{cite web|title=FROM POP STAR TO MYSTICAL FIGURE IN TV SHOW|url=http://www.kurrentmusic.com/blogviewer.html?blog-guid=a44ab849-a49c-4e1e-bfef-cfa6e84417b5|website=Kurrent Music|author=Nora-Tol|access-date=27 February 2018|archive-date=14 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614021431/http://www.kurrentmusic.com/blogviewer.html?blog-guid=a44ab849-a49c-4e1e-bfef-cfa6e84417b5|url-status=dead}} for ITV where he played The Harbinger{{cite web|title=Jekyll and Hyde Episode 1 – The DVDfever Review|url=http://dvd-fever.co.uk/jekyll-and-hyde-episode-1-the-dvdfever-review/|website=DVD Fever|author=Dom Robinson|date=25 October 2015}}
- {{cite web|title=JEKYLL AND HYDE "The Harbinger" Review|url=http://www.snappow.com/tv/tv-reviews/jekyll-and-hyde-the-harbinger-review/|website=Snappow}}{{dead link|date=March 2021 }}
- {{cite web|last1=Wilson|first1=Carl|title=Jekyll and Hyde: Series 1, Episode 2 - "Mr Hyde"|url=https://www.popmatters.com/jekyll-and-hyde-series-1-episode-2-mr-hyde-2495471979.html|website=Pop Matters|access-date=2 April 2018|archive-date=14 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614022754/https://www.popmatters.com/jekyll-and-hyde-series-1-episode-2-mr-hyde-2495471979.html|url-status=dead}} with Richard E. Grant.{{cite web|title=Jekyll & Hyde - Season 1, Episode 1 The Harbinger|url=https://tornadomovies.to/series/jekyll-hyde-season-1/YPk1hAsG/bVHtTF0J-watching.html#actors|website=Tornado Movies}}
- {{cite web|title=Jekyll and Hyde – En första titt|url=http://onyanserat.se/tv/jekyll-and-hyde-en-forsta-titt/|website=Onyanserat|author=Emil Viksell |date=3 November 2015|language=sv}}

In 2004, he appeared as a mystery guest on the identity parade in Never Mind the Buzzcocks.{{cite web|title=MN8's Dee Tails on Never Mind The Buzzcocks|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrVj4GjNwiI|publisher= MN8 [The Band]|date=7 April 2013|website=YouTube}}

Tails had as a leading role in a Nescafe commercial in 2011,{{cite web|title=Dee Tails Nescafe Gold Tv Commercial Cape Town

|date=5 August 2011|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHAvfFXmFlw|publisher=Dee-tails|website=YouTube}} 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{{cite web|title=Dee Tails Interview – The Man Behind Cratinus, K-OHN and Slowen Lo in the Star Wars Saga!|url=https://huttspalace.wordpress.com/2018/03/13/dee-tails-interview-the-man-behind-cratinus-k-ohn-and-slowen-lo-in-the-star-wars-saga/|website=Hutt's Palace|date=13 March 2018 |access-date=14 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503042305/https://huttspalace.wordpress.com/2018/03/13/dee-tails-interview-the-man-behind-cratinus-k-ohn-and-slowen-lo-in-the-star-wars-saga/|archive-date=3 May 2018|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web|title=Solo : A Star Wars Story|url=https://www.senscritique.com/film/Solo_A_Star_Wars_Story/11492374/details|website=Sens Critique|language=fr}}
- {{cite web|title=STAR WARS SOLO|url=http://starwars-fandefrance.over-blog.com/star-wars-han-solo.html|website=Star Wars Fandefrance|language=fr}}
- {{cite web|title=Solo: A Star Wars Story (Series 1)|url=http://www.jeditemplearchives.com/topps-trading-cards/2018-solo-a-star-wars-story-series-1/|website=Jedi Template Archives}}

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• {{IMDb name|2935586|Dee Tails}}
• Dee Tails at twitter.com/deetails
• Dee Tails at Instagram.com/dee_tails_official/

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