Editing Dylan Neal

{{short description|Canadian actor (born 1969)}}
{{Infobox person
| image       = Dylan Neal publicity shot.jpg
| caption     = 
| birthname   = Dylan Jeremy Neal
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1969|10|8}}
| birth_place = [[Richmond Hill, Ontario]], Canada
| occupation  = Actor
| yearsactive = 1987–present 
| spouse      = Becky Southwell (m. 1996)
| children    = 2
| website     = 
}}

'''Dylan Jeremy Neal''' (born October 8, 1969<ref name="Catching up...">"Catching up with....Dylan Neal". ''Soap Opera Digest''. July 22, 2013. p. 73.</ref>) is a Canadian actor. He is known for his portrayal of the character Dylan Shaw on the [[soap opera]] ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'', [[Doug Witter]] on ''[[Dawson's Creek]]'', and Detective Mike Celluci in the supernatural series ''[[Blood Ties (TV series)|Blood Ties]]''. He also played Aaron Jacobs on ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series)|Sabrina, the Teenage Witch]]''.

In 2013, Neal landed the lead role opposite [[Andie MacDowell]] in the [[Hallmark Channel]]'s first scripted TV series, ''[[Cedar Cove (TV series)|Cedar Cove]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Dylan-Neal-Joins-Cast-of-Hallmark-Channels-Original-Movie-CEDAR-COVE-20120612|title=Dylan Neal Joins Cast of Hallmark Channel's Original Movie CEDAR COVE|date=12 June 2012|publisher=Broadway World}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twnvZf7WOjg|title=Home & Family - Actor Dylan Neal talks about his on-screen Romance with Andie MacDowell|date=4 August 2014|website=Hallmark Channel's Youtube Channel}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT9yMeO3ep0|title=The People of Cedar Cove - Dylan Neal as Jack|date=1 July 2015|website=Hallmark Channel's Youtube Channel}}</ref> The series premiered on July 20, 2013, and is based on the [[Debbie Macomber bibliography#Cedar Cove series|series of books by the same name]], written by [[Debbie Macomber]]. 
In 2014, he sold a TV movie franchise to the newly rebranded Hallmark Movies and Mystery Channel and began writing, executive producing and starring as Henry Ross in Hallmark's original mystery series ''[[Gourmet Detective]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2015/01/bb-alum-dylan-neal-writes-stars-hallmarks-gourmet-detective|title='B&B' Alum Dylan Neal Writes And Stars In Hallmark's 'Gourmet Detective'|date=13 January 2015|website=Soap Opera Network}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldextra.com/entertainment/television/dylan-neal-stars-in-gourmet-detective-on-hallmark-movies-mysteries/article_961d12e2-12f4-54ad-b3c4-5e40086ab7e7.html|title=Dylan Neal stars in 'Gourmet Detective' on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries|date=16 May 2015|website=Herald Extra}}</ref> As of 2018, Dylan continues to write, produce and star in a variety of movies for Hallmark.

==Personal life==
Dylan Neal was born in [[Richmond Hill, Ontario]], in 1969. Four months after his birth, his family moved to [[Oakville, Ontario]]. He attended [[Appleby College]] in [[Oakville, Ontario|Oakville]] and initially wanted to become a professional [[Squash (sport)|squash]] player.<ref name="Dylan Neal Central">{{cite web|title=Dylan Neal Biography|url=http://www.dylannealcentral.com/1biog.shtml|access-date=2 May 2012|archive-date=22 January 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122081655/http://www.dylannealcentral.com/1biog.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Neal transferred to T. A. Blakelock High School in [[Oakville, Ontario|Oakville]] for his last two years of schooling. It was there that he gained an interest in the performing arts and participated in his school's drama program. On the advice of his drama teacher, Neal decided he wanted to make a career of acting.<ref name="Dylan Neal Central"/>

Before becoming an actor, Neal was a [[caterer]] and delivered lunch baskets to private businesses in industrial areas around Toronto.<ref name="Dylan Neal at RingCon">{{cite web|title=Dylan Neal at RingCon| website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpDNfxwcl0k|access-date=2 May 2012}}</ref>  He also delivered pizzas for a living before making it as an actor.<ref name="Catching up..."/><ref name="Dylan Neal at RingCon"/> He has been passionate about furniture making.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.woodworkingnetwork.com/furniture/%E2%80%9Ccedar-cove%E2%80%9D-actor-dylan-neal-passionate-about-furniture-making|title='Cedar Cove' Star Dylan Neal Is Passionate About Furniture Making|date=15 September 2015|website=Woodworking Network}}</ref>

Neal is married to TV writer and producer Becky Southwell who has co-written some of the ''[[Gourmet Detective]]'' films with him. They were married on 21 September 1996 and have two children together.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timescolonist.com/big-picture-dylan-neal-in-high-gear-1.2217151|title=Big Picture: Dylan Neal in high gear|date=24 March 2016|website=Times Colonist}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://frostsnow.com/50-shades-of-grey-star-dylan-neal-opens-up-about-his-married-life-wife-becky-southwell-and-family|title=50 Shades of Grey star Dylan Neal opens up about his married life, wife Becky Southwell, and family|access-date=11 January 2018|website=frostnow.com}}</ref>

==Career==
Neal has said that after finishing his work on ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'', he was initially concerned about his ability to find another acting job. "There are certain expectations--or a certain lack of expectations--of soap opera actors," he said.<ref name="Dylan Neal at RingCon"/>

From 1998 to 2003, he portrayed [[Doug Witter]], a small-town police officer, in the [[The WB|WB]] television drama ''[[Dawson's Creek]]''. In the final season of the series, his character was revealed to be homosexual.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insider.com/dawsons-creek-20-year-anniversary-2017-12|title=WHERE ARE THEY NOW: The cast of 'Dawson's Creek' 22 years later|work=[[Insider Inc.|Insider]]|publisher=[[Axel Springer SE|Axel Springer]]|first=Gabbi|last=Shaw|date=November 4, 2020|access-date=January 27, 2021}}</ref>

In 2000, Neal played a secret agent opposite [[Chuck Norris]] in the television film ''[[The President's Man]].''<ref>{{cite AV media|title=5 Film Chuck Norris Collection|date=2013|last1=Preece|first1=Michael|type=DVD|language=en|publisher=Echo Bridge Acquisition Corp LLC|time=''[[The President's Man]]''|id=09600922143|last2=Norris|first2=Eric|last3=Donner|first3=Richard|last4=Meyer|first4=Gerald}}</ref> It premiered on April 2 on [[CBS]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=April 1, 2000|title=Sunday Night|page=Tv-7|work=Herald and Review}}</ref>

In 2007, Neal played Detective Mike Celluci in [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]]'s [[Television in Canada|Canadian]] [[vampire]] fantasy show ''[[Blood Ties (TV series)|Blood Ties]]'', in which he starred alongside [[Christina Cox]] and [[Kyle Schmid]]. The producers of the show ultimately chose Neal, Cox, and Schmid as the three leads of the show over other auditioning actors after observing the natural chemistry among the trio.<ref name="Dylan Neal and Kyle Schmid at Fan Convention">{{cite web|title=Dylan Neal and Kyle Schmid at Fan Convention| website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e77hY6zXk-4|access-date=3 May 2012}}</ref>  Neal later commented that fans often compliment the three actors for their charming on-screen chemistry and camaraderie.<ref name="Dylan Neal and Kyle Schmid at Fan Convention"/>

Neal played the male lead opposite [[Andie MacDowell]] in the television series ''[[Cedar Cove (TV series)|Cedar Cove]]'' for the [[Hallmark Channel]]. Neal played Jack Griffith, a Philadelphia reporter. He played Bob Adams, stepfather to the main character Anastasia Steele ([[Dakota Johnson]]), in the film adaptation ''[[Fifty Shades of Grey (film)|Fifty Shades of Grey]]'' (2015).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.postcity.com/Eat-Shop-Do/Do/July-2014/On-the-Cover-Dylan-Neal-talks-about-starring-in-Fifty-Shades-of-Grey-and-his-Richmond-Hill-roots/|title=On the Cover: Dylan Neal talks about starring in Fifty Shades of Grey and his Richmond Hill roots|date=29 July 2014|publisher=Post City Toronto}}</ref>

Neal and his wife, Becky Southwell, write and produce their own projects through Southwell Neal Entertainment. They write and executive produce the ''[[Gourmet Detective]]'' original films for [[Hallmark Movies & Mysteries]], based on the novels by Peter King. As of February 2020, Neal has made five television movies based on the character.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hallmarkmoviesandmysteries.com/gourmet-detective-movies|title=Gourmet Detective Movies|access-date=1 February 2020|website=Hallmark Movies & Mysteries}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/looks-like-christmas/cast/dylan-neal|title=DYLAN NEAL|access-date=11 January 2018|website=Hallmark Channel}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Films===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1992|| ''I'll Never Get to Heaven'' || Carl || 
|-
| 1997|| ''Taylor's Return'' || Robert ||
|-
| 2001|| ''[[XCU: Extreme Close Up]]'' || Lew Constant || 
|-
|rowspan=2| 2002|| ''[[40 Days and 40 Nights]]'' || David || 
|-
|| ''[[Landspeed]]'' || Young Brian Sanger || 
|-
| rowspan=3|2005|| ''[[Locusts (2005 film)|Locusts]]'' || Dan Dryer || Main role
|-
|| [[Mute (2005 film)|''Mute'']] || James || Short film
|-
|| ''Extreme Dating'' || Sean ||
|-
| rowspan=3|2010|| ''[[Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief]]'' || Hermes || 
|-
| data-sort-value="Traveler, The" | ''[[The Traveler (2010 film)|The Traveler]]'' ||  Detective Alexander Black ||
|-
|| ''My Family's Secret'' || Jason Darcie ||
|-
| 2015|| ''[[Fifty Shades of Grey (film)|Fifty Shades of Grey]]'' ||rowspan=3| Bob Adams ||
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Fifty Shades Darker (film)|Fifty Shades Darker]]'' ||  Unrated Edition
|-
|rowspan=2| 2018 || ''[[Fifty Shades Freed (film)|Fifty Shades Freed]]'' || 
|-
|| ''BOULEVARD'' || Hayden Glass || short film
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| rowspan=3|1988|| ''[[Learning the Ropes]]'' || Student Hunk || 
|-
|| ''[[Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future]]'' || Jon Power || 2 episodes
|-
|| ''Summer Storm'' || || TV miniseries
|-
|  rowspan=2|1989|| ''[[War of the Worlds (1988 TV series)|War of the Worlds]]'' || Scavenger 1 ||
|-
|| ''[[My Secret Identity]]'' || Sean Casey || 
|-
|  rowspan=3|1990|| ''[[E.N.G.]]'' || Kevin Wilkes ||
|-
|| ''[[Prom Night III: The Last Kiss]]'' || Andrew Douglas || video
|-
|| ''[[Maniac Mansion (TV series)|Maniac Mansion]]'' || Bo Riddley ||
|-
| 1991|| ''[[Top Cops]]'' || Robert Schaller/Ricky Grim/Corky || 
|-
| 1992|| ''[[Catwalk (Canadian TV series)|Catwalk]]'' || || 
|-
| rowspan=3| 1993|| ''[[Tropical Heat|Sweating Bullets]]'' || River Rhodes ||
|-
|| ''[[Class of '96]]'' || Phillip || 
|-
|| ''[[Kung Fu: The Legend Continues]]'' || Jim Reardon || 
|-
| 1996|| ''Golden Will: The Silken Laumann Story'' || John Wallace || TV movie
|-
| 1994–1996|| data-sort-value="Bold and the Beautiful, The" | ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'' || Dylan Shaw || 119 episodes
|-
| rowspan=3| 1997|| ''[[Moloney (TV series)|Moloney]]'' || || 
|-
|| ''[[Life with Roger]]'' || Collin, the Exterminator || 
|-
|| ''[[Pacific Palisades (TV series)|Pacific Palisades]]'' || Cory Robbins || 7 episodes
|-
| rowspan=4| 1998|| ''[[Profiler (TV series)|Profiler]]'' || Philip Nichols ||
|-
|| ''[[Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show]]'' || Roger Persimmons || 
|-
|| ''[[Working (TV series)|Working]]'' || Royce || 
|-
|| ''[[You Wish (TV series)|You Wish]]'' || Ken || 
|-
| 1998–1999|| ''[[Hyperion Bay]]'' || Nick Sweeny || 17 episodes
|-
| 1998–2003|| ''[[Dawson's Creek]]'' || Doug Witter || 20 episodes
|-
|  rowspan=2|1999|| ''[[JAG (TV series)|JAG]]'' || Lt. Dalton "Boomer" Jonas || 3 episodes
|-
|| ''[[It's Like, You Know...]]'' || Kevin || 
|-
| 2000|| data-sort-value="President's Man, The" | ''[[The President's Man]]'' || Sgt. Deke Slater ||  TV movie
|-
| 2001|| ''Thieves'' || Drew ||
|-
|  rowspan=4|2002|| ''Flatland'' || David White || 
|-
|| ''[[Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers]]'' || David Martell || TV movie
|-
|| ''[[Relic Hunter]]'' || Zack || 
|-
|| ''[[She Spies]]'' || Dr. Ellison || 
|-
| rowspan=2| 2003|| ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series)|Sabrina, the Teenage Witch]]'' || Aaron Jacobs || 10 episodes
|-
|| ''[[I'm with Her (TV series)|I'm with Her]]'' || John || 
|-
| rowspan=2| 2004|| ''[[LAX (TV series)|LAX]]'' || Harley's Date || 
|-
|| ''[[Kevin Hill (TV series)|Kevin Hill]]'' || Trevor Mallard || 
|-
| rowspan=3| 2005|| ''[[Chupacabra: Dark Seas|Chupacabra Terror]]'' || Lance Thompson || video
|-
|| ''[[CSI: Miami]]'' || Patrick Hale || 
|-
|| ''[[Vampire Bats (film)|Vampire Bats]]'' || Dan Dryer || TV movie
|-
|  rowspan=3|2006|| data-sort-value="War at Home, The" | ''[[The War at Home (TV series)|The War at Home]]'' || Dr. Jonathan Vogel || 
|-
|| ''Cradle of Lies'' || Jack Collins || TV movie
|-
|data-sort-value="Jake Effect, The" | ''[[The Jake Effect]]'' || Robert || 2 episodes
|-
|  rowspan=2|2007|| ''No Brother of Mine'' || Stuart St. Clair ||  rowspan=2|TV movie
|-
|| ''[[Matters of Life and Dating]]'' || Guy DeMayo
|-
| 2007–2008|| ''[[Blood Ties (TV series)|Blood Ties]]'' || Detective Mike Celluci || Main role, 22 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2| 2008|| ''[[Psych]]'' || Jann || 
|-
|| ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' || Dave Sheppard || 
|-
| rowspan=3| 2009|| data-sort-value="L Word, The" | ''[[The L Word]]'' || Caleb Cooper || 2 episodes
|-
|| ''[[Wild Roses (TV series)|Wild Roses]]'' || Dillon Parker || 8 episodes
|-
|| ''[[Storm Seekers]]'' || Ryan Stewart || TV movie
|-
|2009 & 2017 || ''[[Murdoch Mysteries]]'' || Sergeant Jasper Linney || rowspan=2|2 episodes
|-
| 2009–2010|| ''[[Smallville]]'' || Ray Sacks
|-
|rowspan=2| 2010|| ''[[Human Target (2010 TV series)|Human Target]]'' || Wes Gibson || 
|-
|| ''[[Life Unexpected]]'' || Bruce Jackson || 
|-
| rowspan=8|2011|| ''He Loves Me'' || Nick || TV movie
|-
|| ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' || Mr. Culver || 
|-
|| ''Another Man's Wife'' || Brian Warner || rowspan=2|TV movie
|-
|| ''Ice Road Terror'' || Neil Conroy
|-
|| ''[[Rizzoli & Isles]]'' || Dr. Hanson/Russell Dempsey || 
|-
| data-sort-value="Trusted Man, A" | ''A Trusted Man'' || Tom || TV movie
|-
|| ''[[Haven (TV series)|Haven]]'' || Hugh Underwood || 
|-
|| ''[[Flashpoint (TV series)|Flashpoint]]'' || Cpt. Simon Griggs || 
|-
| rowspan=2|2012|| ''[[90210 (TV series)|90210]]'' || William Paddington ||
|-
|| ''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]'' || Lt. Col. Ben Fordham ||Season 8 Episode 6
|-
|2012
|''[[Ringer (TV series)|Ringer]]'' || Washburn Milter || Season 1 episode 21
|-
| 2013–2015|| ''[[Cedar Cove (TV series)|Cedar Cove]]'' || Jack Griffith || Main role; [[Hallmark Channel]] series
|-
| 2013|| ''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]'' || Ben Fordham || 
|-
| 2013–2014|| ''[[Arrow (TV series)|Arrow]]'' || [[Professor Ivo]] || 7 episodes
|-
| 2014|| data-sort-value="Wife's Nightmare, A" | ''A Wife's Nightmare'' || Gabe || Lifetime TV movie
|-
| 2015–2017; 2020|| ''[[Gourmet Detective]]'' film series|| Henry Ross || Also writer and executive producer; Hallmark movies 
|-
| 2016|| ''Looks Like Christmas''|| Terry Evans || rowspan="3"|Hallmark movie
|-
| 2018 || ''Truly, Madly, Sweetly'' || Eric
|-
| 2020 || ''Christmas She Wrote'' || Tripp
|- 
| 2021 || ''[[9-1-1 (TV series)|9-1-1]]'' || Dr. Sampson || 1 episode
|-
| 2023 || ''[[Ride (2023 TV series)|Ride]]'' || Daniel Booker || 4 episodes
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|623604}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041009195244/http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-1685 TV tome page]
*[http://www.dylannealstudio.com/ Dylan Neal Acting Studio]
*{{Twitter}}

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