Dean Denton(I)
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
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."
