Dan Starkey (born 27 September 1977)[1] is an English actor known for making numerous appearances in the BBC One science-fiction TV series Doctor Who.

He has portrayed a number of different Sontaran characters, most notably Strax, who has come across the Eleventh and Twelfth incarnations of the Doctor, played by Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi respectively.

He played the enraged loner Simon in Muswell Hill by Torben Betts at Richmond's Orange Tree Theatre (Feb/March 2012) and was nominated as Best Male Performance at the 2012 Off West End Theatre Awards (Offies).

In November 2013 Starkey appeared in the one-off 50th anniversary comedy homage The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot.

His team-mates were international rower Tom James, world champion cyclist Emma Pooley and novelist Adam Mars-Jones.