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Dylan Neal(I)

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Dylan Neal
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Dylan Neal is a well-recognized face on television having had series regular roles in eight American television series and many recurring roles and movie leads over a forty-year acting career. Most recently, Dylan finished a three-year run as the male lead opposite Andie MacDowell in the TV series Cedar Cove, the recurring villainous Dr. Ivo on Arrow as well as playing the role of Bob Adams, the father of Anastasia in the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy. in 2022, Dylan was offered the recurring role of Daniel Booker on RIDE.

As a writer, Dylan partnered with his wife, Becky Southwell in 2003 when they wrote and sold their first pilot, Westminster Dr. to Sony. Since then they have gone on to write and executive produce numerous TV movies and pilots, including the successful international murder mystery franchise, The Gourmet Detective (in which Dylan also stars) for the Hallmark Movies and Mysteries channel and Muse Entertainment. In 2023, they were hired to create and write a new original European-based murder mystery franchise, surrounding international art thieves and Interpol's Cultural Heritage Crime Unit.
BornOctober 8
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      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    Known for

    Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
    Fifty Shades of Grey
    4.2
    • Bob
    • 2015
    Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan in Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
    Fifty Shades Freed
    4.6
    • Bob
    • 2018
    Cedar Cove (2013)
    Cedar Cove
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Jack Griffith
    Stephen Amell in Arrow (2012)
    Arrow
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Dr. Anthony Ivo

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    Actor



    • Ride (2023)
      Ride
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Daniel Booker
      • 2023
    • Angela Bassett, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Kenneth Choi, Peter Krause, Aisha Hinds, Oliver Stark, and Ryan Guzman in 9-1-1 (2018)
      9-1-1
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Dr. Sampson
      • 2021
    • Danica McKellar and Dylan Neal in Christmas She Wrote (2020)
      Christmas She Wrote
      5.9
      TV Movie
      • Tripp
      • 2020
    • Brooke Burns and Dylan Neal in Roux the Day: A Gourmet Detective Mystery (2020)
      Roux the Day: A Gourmet Detective Mystery
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • Henry
      • 2020
    • Carmen Aguirre, David Bercovici-Artieda, Catherine Lough Haggquist, Dylan Neal, Ildy Modrovich, Stephan Miers, Nathanael Vass, Teagan Mann, Sia Foryoh, and Elsy Dagdug in Boulevard (2018)
      Boulevard
      Short
      • Hayden Glass
      • 2018
    • Nikki Deloach and Dylan Neal in Truly, Madly, Sweetly (2018)
      Truly, Madly, Sweetly
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • Eric
      • 2018
    • Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan in Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
      Fifty Shades Freed
      4.6
      • Bob
      • 2018
    • Yannick Bisson, Thomas Craig, Helene Joy, Jonny Harris, and Georgina Reilly in Murdoch Mysteries (2008)
      Murdoch Mysteries
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Jasper Linney
      • Sergeant Jasper Linney
      • 2009–2017
    • Brooke Burns and Dylan Neal in Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink, and Be Buried (2017)
      Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink, and Be Buried
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • Henry
      • 2017
    • Looks Like Christmas (2016)
      Looks Like Christmas
      5.9
      TV Movie
      • Terry
      • 2016
    • Dead of Summer (2016)
      Dead of Summer
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Keith
      • 2016
    • Brooke Burns and Dylan Neal in Death al Dente: A Gourmet Detective Mystery (2016)
      Death al Dente: A Gourmet Detective Mystery
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • Henry
      • 2016
    • Slammarang! (2014)
      Slammarang!
      TV Series
      • Lance Thompson
      • 2016
    • Cedar Cove (2013)
      Cedar Cove
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Jack Griffith
      • 2013–2015
    • Brooke Burns and Dylan Neal in Gourmet Detective (2015)
      Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • Henry
      • 2015

    Writer



    • Brooke Burns and Dylan Neal in Roux the Day: A Gourmet Detective Mystery (2020)
      Roux the Day: A Gourmet Detective Mystery
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • written by
      • 2020
    • Nikki Deloach and Dylan Neal in Truly, Madly, Sweetly (2018)
      Truly, Madly, Sweetly
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • teleplay
      • 2018
    • Brooke Burns and Dylan Neal in Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink, and Be Buried (2017)
      Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink, and Be Buried
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • written by
      • 2017
    • Brooke Burns and Dylan Neal in Death al Dente: A Gourmet Detective Mystery (2016)
      Death al Dente: A Gourmet Detective Mystery
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • written by
      • 2016
    • Eric Johnson and Autumn Reeser in Valentine Ever After (2016)
      Valentine Ever After
      6.7
      TV Movie
      • story
      • 2016
    • Brooke Burns and Dylan Neal in Gourmet Detective (2015)
      Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • teleplay by
      • 2015
    • Brooke Burns and Dylan Neal in Gourmet Detective (2015)
      Gourmet Detective
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • written by
      • created by
      • 2015

    Producer



    • Brooke Burns and Dylan Neal in Roux the Day: A Gourmet Detective Mystery (2020)
      Roux the Day: A Gourmet Detective Mystery
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2020
    • Nikki Deloach and Dylan Neal in Truly, Madly, Sweetly (2018)
      Truly, Madly, Sweetly
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2018
    • Brooke Burns and Dylan Neal in Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink, and Be Buried (2017)
      Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink, and Be Buried
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Brooke Burns and Dylan Neal in Death al Dente: A Gourmet Detective Mystery (2016)
      Death al Dente: A Gourmet Detective Mystery
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2016
    • Eric Johnson and Autumn Reeser in Valentine Ever After (2016)
      Valentine Ever After
      6.7
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2016
    • Brooke Burns and Dylan Neal in Gourmet Detective (2015)
      Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2015
    • Brooke Burns and Dylan Neal in Gourmet Detective (2015)
      Gourmet Detective
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2015
    • Taylor's Return (1997)
      Taylor's Return
      6.2
      • associate producer
      • 1997

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    The Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die
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    • Height
      • 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
    • Born
      • October 8
      • Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
    • Spouse
      • Becky SouthwellSeptember 21, 1996 - present (2 children)
    • Children
      • Bella Neal
    • Publicity listings
      • 1 Interview

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    • Gender / Gender identity
      • Male

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      He has become known for injuring himself with the filming crew for Gourmet Mysteries. He set his hair on fire during filming the first. Cut his face while filming the second. Sliced his finger during a food cutting scene in the third. And fell and hit a metal post during filming the fifth one. Which required seven stitches.

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    • Where was Dylan Neal born?
      Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
    • What is Dylan Neal's birth name?
      Dylan J. Neal
    • How tall is Dylan Neal?
      6 feet 2 inches, or 1.88 meters
    • What is Dylan Neal known for?
      Arrow, Fifty Shades of Grey, Cedar Cove, and Fifty Shades Freed
    • Is Dylan Neal married?
      Yes, to Becky Southwell since September 21, 1996

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