- Born
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Dean Denton was born in Dermott, Arkansas. He
was raised in McGehee and Conway, Arkansas. He attended the University
of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1981. During his freshman year, he
auditioned for and was cast in a minor role in a TV mini series, "The
Blue and the Gray" that was being shot around campus and Northwest
Arkansas. While working on this production, Dean met Stacy Keach. Stacy
encouraged Dean to move to Los Angeles or New York to break into
acting. Before taking Keach's advice, Dean moved to Dallas and studied
acting with Adam Roarke and Lou Diamond Phillips at the Film Actors
Lab. After several years of working on numerous commercials, films and
TV projects in Texas, Dean moved to Los Angeles in 1989. The first week
in LA, Dean booked his first acting role, which was a small role on the
TV show "Days of Our Lives." That role led to bigger roles and an
agent. Dean has appeared in over 55 TV, film and commercial projects.
Dean is married to Julie Denton, first cousin to the actor Josh Lucas
of "Sweet Home Alabama."- IMDb Mini Biography By: Blake Denton
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- He suffered from Bell's Palsy for almost 10 months in 2005.
- He worked as a bartender and waiter for a catering company in Los Angeles when he first moved to California. He bartended many private parties at Ronald Reagan's house in Beverly Hills, with guests including Jimmy Stewart, Kirk Douglas, Betsy Bloomingdale and many others.
- He worked at Motel 6 while he was in high school.
- He was an usher at Elizabeth Taylor's wedding in 1991. The wedding took place at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch.
- His father played football for the University of Oklahoma and played in the 1968 Orange Bowl, beating Tennessee, 26-24.
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