Danny Dyer Danny Dyer ( born Malcom Smith on 24 July 1977 ) , is an English actor , media personality , and chairman of Greenwich Borough , a non - League football team . He is also a regular contributor for the ESPN family of networks ( ESPN , ESPN Radio , ESPN Deportes , ESPN Deportes Radio and ESPN Latin America ) . Biography . Dyer was born in Canning Town , to Antony and Christine Dyer . He now lives in Debden , Epping Forest , Essex with his longtime girlfriend , Joanne Mas , and their daughters Dani and Sunnie . A lifelong player and fan of football , Dyer is a West Ham United fan , in late December 2007 , Dyer became the chairman of Kent League ' s Greenwich Borough in South East London , appointed by fellow actor Tamer Hassan , president of the Kent League football club , stating : " I just love football and the chance of being involved with a club is like a dream come true . " The appointment was actually a publicity stunt to raise the profile for the club . Dyer was discovered at a local school by an agent who auditioned him for the part of Martin Fletcher in the Granada Television series " Prime Suspect 3 " ( 1993 ) , beginning his acting career at 16 . He also appeared on television in episodes of " Cadfael " ( 1994 ) , " A Touch of Frost " ( 1995 ) , " Loved Up " ( 1995 ) , " Thief Takers " ( 1996 ) and " Soldier Soldier " ( 1997 ) . In 1995 , Dyer also appeared in a television commercial for Coca - Cola . His many other television roles include appearances in the 2003 Channel 4 drama " Second Generation " , directed by John Sen ; as Malcolm , main character Michelle ' s stepfather , in " Skins " ; as a football player in the second series of " Hotel Babylon " on BBC television ; and as Matt Costello in what was supposed to be the pilot episode for " Breathless " , a BBC two - part television series in development from BBC Northern Ireland , renamed first " Blood Rush " and then " Kiss of Death " , when it premiered on BBC One as a one - part drama on 26 May 2008 . Beginning in 2007 , Dyer became the presenter of " The Real Football Factories " and " The Real Football Factories International " , a TV documentary series on Bravo , for which he travels , in the former throughout the United Kingdom and in the latter throughout the world , to meet and interview football club fans and hooligans . " Danny Dyer ' s Deadliest Men " , " a gritty and hard - hitting documentary series that sees him venturing into the dark depths of the British underworld and hunting down some of the most notorious and feared men in Britain today " , began airing on Bravo in the United Kingdom on 20 October 2008 . In April 2009 he turned down a role in " EastEnders " , claiming that although he thought the role sounded good , he didn ' t think he could cope with the pressure . Dyer was quoted in a May 2011 article in NME as wanting to headbutt film critic Mark Kermode . Kermode has been a regular critic of Dyer ' s output and often " impersonates " him on his BBC Radio 5 Live show with Simon Mayo . In 2010 Dyer wrote in Zoo Magazine , in his capacity as an celebrity agony uncle , that a young male reader could get over his recent break - up with a woman by " going on a rampage with the boys " or to " cut your ex ' s face , and then no one will want her . . . " The comment was widely panned in the British media and by members of the public , including the Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society Ceri Goddard . Dyer for his own part claimed that he was misquoted . Film . Dyer ' s first film role was in " Human Traffic " ( 1999 ) , His subsequent movie work includes Mel Smith ' s " High Heels and Low Lifes " ( 2001 ) and starring roles in " Borstal Boy " ( 2000 ) , " Mean Machine " ( 2002 ) and in four films by the British film director Nick Love : " Goodbye Charlie Bright " ( 2001 ) ; " The Football Factory " ( 2004 ) ; " The Business " ( 2005 ) ; and " Outlaw " ( 2007 ) . Among other film roles , he also appeared as the character Steve in Christopher Smith ' s " Severance " ( 2006 ) ; as Hayden in " Adulthood " ( 2008 ) ; and as himself in the feature documentary " Tattoos : A Scarred History " . In 2008 he finished filming his roles as Pete and Tom in " City Rats " and " 7 Lives " , respectively . April 2009 saw the straight to DVD release of City Rats . Danny has just completed filming Jack Said , a Brit noir thriller in which he played Nathan alongside Ashlie Walker , Terry Stone , David O ' Hara and Simon Phillips which was released in November 2009 by Optimum Releasing . This film is the prequel to " Jack Says " which was released in 2008 and starred the late Mike Reid . In 2009 he shot several horror films including Doghouse under the direction from Jake West , Basement under the Direction from Asham Kamboj . He played one of the lead roles in the British vampire film Dead Cert . In June 2010 was cast for the lead role in the upcoming remake of the British horror film The Asphyx . Danny has just co - starred with Anna Walton in DEVIATION , a new British dark thriller written and directed by J . K . Amalou . In 2012 Dyer played the lead role in Ray Cooney ' s " Run For Your Wife " . Upon release in 2013 it was savaged by critics who described it as one of the worst British films of all time . The film took in a mere £747 . 00 during its opening weekend . Theatre . Dyer has performed on stage , most notably in two plays written and directed by 2005 Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter : as the Waiter in the London première of " Celebration " ( 2000 ) , at the Almeida Theatre , which transferred to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts , in New York , as part of the Harold Pinter Festival held there in July and August 2001 ; and as Foster in the revival of " No Man ' s Land " ( 1975 ) , at the Royal National Theatre , in London , during 2001 and 2002 . In March 2008 he played Joey in a revival of Pinter ' s " The Homecoming " ( 1964 ) , directed by Michael Attenborough , at the Almeida Theatre , in London . He also performed in Peter Gill ' s play " Certain Young Men " ( 1999 ) in London . From 9 September 2009 to 3 October 2009 , Danny Dyer appeared as Sid Vicious in a new play called " Kurt and Sid " in London ' s West End at the Trafalgar Studios . Selected other work . Dyer is the voice of Kent Paul in the video game s " " ( 2002 ) and " " ( 2004 ) . He also appears in The Twang ' s 2007 video for " Two Lovers " . " I Believe in UFOS : Danny Dyer " , a documentary which sees Dyer journey to various ' UFO hotspots ' in the UK and the US in hope of experiencing a UFO sighting , was broadcast on BBC Three on 26 January 2010 . 2012 – present . In February 2012 , Dyer appeared as a paramedic in an episode of " Casualty " .