[4][5] Dean Andrews started off as a mainstay of cruise ships as a talented entertainer and singer.
The following year, he appeared in another BBC drama, Life On Mars, as DS Ray Carling.
In 2011, Andrews appeared in: the BBC drama The Body Farm as Peter Collins; the BBC Two television film United, about the Manchester United "Busby Babes" team and the 1958 Munich air disaster; ITV's supernatural drama series Marchlands, playing one of the lead roles; and the five-part BBC One series The Case, in which he played the lead role as a man accused of murdering his terminally ill girlfriend.
In November 2012, Andrews appeared in all four series of the BBC drama Last Tango in Halifax as Robert "Robbie" Greenwood.
[8][9][10] Andrews played local hotel and barman Tom Asher in a 2015 episode of the popular series Midsomer Murders on ITV.