Dustin Demri-Burns

Acting

Dustin Demri-Burns

Born 1978-07-11 · Lancaster, Lancashire, England, UK

Dustin Demri-Burns (born 11 July 1978) is a British actor, comedian and writer. He is best known for his work in Cardinal Burns (2012–2014) and Slow Horses (2022). He appeared in films as the roles of Danny Sinclair in Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013), Viktor in the action comedy film The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018), and Crazy Cedric in the comedy film Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans (2019). In television, he appeared in shows as Julian in Stath Lets Flats, Will_5000 in Sick Note, Simon in GameFace, Daniel in Turn Up Charlie, and Voltaire in The Great. Demri-Burns was born in Lancaster, Lancashire on 11 July 1978. He attended Elliott School, Putney, Putney Heath, southwest London (1989–1996). He graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art with a degree in acting

Acting credits

The Magic Faraway Tree poster
6.2

A modern family relocates to the countryside where the children discover a magical tree with eccentric residents. They're transported to fantastical lands, rekindling their family bond through adventures.

The Magic Faraway Tree

2026

Grimsby poster
6.0

Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plot.

Grimsby

2016

The Spy Who Dumped Me poster
6.4

A couple of thirtysomething best friends unwittingly become entangled in an international conspiracy when one’s ex-boyfriend shows up at their apartment with a team of deadly assassins on his trail.

The Spy Who Dumped Me

2018

Bob the Builder: Mega Machines poster
8.3

Bob's team just got BIGGER with the most mega build EVER! Meet new team members Thud, Crunch, and former TV star Ace. They help Scoop, Muck, and Lofty clear the quarry to make room for an exciting new dam and reservoir. However, a rival contractor tries to undermine Bob and it's up to the team to save Spring City. Will they be up to this mega challenge or will it all end up washed away?

Bob the Builder: Mega Machines

2017

I Give It a Year poster
5.5

After a quick courtship, two lovers hastily decide to tie the knot. As their first year of marriage unfolds, temptation and incompatibility put their relationship in jeopardy.

I Give It a Year

2013

Kill Your Friends poster
6.0

A&R man Steven Stelfox is slashing and burning his way through the music business, a world where 'no one knows anything' and where careers are made and broken by chance and the fickle tastes of the general public. Fuelled by greed, ambition and inhuman quantities of drugs, Stelfox lives the dream, as he searches for his next hit record.

Kill Your Friends

2015

No artwork available
NR

Socialites Emily and Max Fisher invite their equally wealthy friends to their new French chateau for the night. Among them are people who really can’t stand each other: Holly, a struggling diversity consultant who continuously clashes with everyone until she gets a migraine, and Danny, a quick-witted talent agent that name-drops his clientele every chance he gets. As the evening begins to unravel and dark secrets are revealed, waitress Niamh finds herself in the middle of their dysfunctional chaos.

The Worst

Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans poster
5.2

Brainy Roman teenager Atti is always coming up with schemes, but one ultimately goes too far, angering Emperor Nero. As punishment, the lad is exiled to the cold wet province of Roman Britain on the fringe of the Roman Empire. Whilst there, Atti is captured by—and eventually befriends—Orla, a feisty Celt. When he's returned to his regiment, he's horrified to find himself pitted against Orla and her tribe at the Boudican revolt's Battle of Watling Street.

Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans

2019

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa poster
6.6

When famous DJ Alan Partridge’s radio station is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan having to work with the police to defuse a potentially violent siege.

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

2013

No artwork available
NR

An amateur production of A Christmas Carol at a retirement home is reluctantly directed by reclusive man on community service.

Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint

2026

Close Personal Friends poster
NR

A couple meets and befriends a celebrity couple while on a trip to Santa Barbara. Personal lines get crossed, among other things, and awkward hilarity ensues.

Close Personal Friends

All My Friends Hate Me poster
5.9

A college reunion goes awry when Pete suspects his friends may be out to get him... As their weekend getaway grows more and more uncomfortable, should Pete be worried about his safety, or is it all in his head?

All My Friends Hate Me

2022

The Orgy poster
4.2

A heartbroken guy throws caution to the wind and goes to an orgy.

The Orgy

2018

No artwork available
8.0

A young man prefers to play chess rather than taking a swim. Only by moonlight does he go for a swim alone. Or so he thinks.

Nightswimming

2003

Tales from the Lodge poster
5.4

Tales From The Lodge is a fresh take on the portmanteau horror-comedy genre. An isolated lodge somewhere in England. Five old university pals, now nudging 40, gather for a weekend to scatter the ashes of their friend, Jonesy, who drowned himself in the lake three years earlier. They settle in for a fun evening, entertaining each other with stories of murders, ghosts, zombies and possessions, but as day turns to night, the gang become aware of another horror story unfolding around them - And this one is real.

Tales from the Lodge

2019

Backstage At Live Aid poster
NR

Live Aid was not only “the day rock’n’roll changed the world,” it was also the source of countless backstage music industry rumors. These are the stories of what went on behind the scenes on that unforgettable summer’s afternoon in 1985 as egos clash, hair is sprayed, double denim is completely acceptable and Bob Geldof and long-time personal assistant Marsha Hunt struggle to keep control of the most famous faces of the 80s.

Backstage At Live Aid

2018