Dylan Neal

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. He also played Aaron Jacobs on 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The series premiered on July 20, 2013, and is based on the 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>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</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 and initially wanted to become a professional squash player.<ref name="Dylan Neal Central">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Neal transferred to T. A. Blakelock High School in 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">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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 WB television drama Dawson's Creek. In the final season of the series, his character was revealed to be homosexual.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2000, Neal played a secret agent opposite Chuck Norris in the television film The President's Man.<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref> It premiered on April 2 on CBS.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2007, Neal played Detective Mike Celluci in Lifetime's Canadian vampire fantasy show 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">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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 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 (2015).<ref>Template:Cite news</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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	I'll Never Get to Heaven	Carl
1997	Taylor's Return	Robert
2001	XCU: Extreme Close Up	Lew Constant
2002	40 Days and 40 Nights	David
	Landspeed	Young Brian Sanger
2005	Locusts	Dan Dryer	Main role
	Mute	James	Short film
	Extreme Dating	Sean
2010	Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief	Hermes
	The Traveler	Detective Alexander Black
	My Family's Secret	Jason Darcie
2015	Fifty Shades of Grey	Bob Adams
2017	Fifty Shades Darker		Unrated Edition
2018	Fifty Shades Freed
	BOULEVARD	Hayden Glass	short film

Television

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

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