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Dustin Demri-Burns

Dustin Demri-Burns is a British actor, comedian and writer. He is best known for his work in Cardinal Burns (2012–2014) and Slow Horses (2022).

Dustin Demri-Burns

Dustin Demri-Burns is a British actor, comedian and writer. He is best known for his work in Cardinal Burns (2012–2014) and Slow Horses (2022).

Dustin Demri-Burns 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 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.

Demri-Burns started his acting career when he played a minor character in the short film Nightswimming (2003).

His film credits include The Spy Who Dumped Me, Bridget Jones' Baby, Grimsby, and Kill Your Friends.

He played the role of Danny Sinclair in the 2013 film Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, featuring Steve Coogan, and has also played the role of Cedric in the 2019 film Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans. The same year, he also started in Abigail Blackmore's film Tales from the Lodge, alongside Kelly Wenham, Mackenzie Crook, Laura Fraser, Sophie Thompson and Johnny Vegas.

Along with his friend Sebastian Cardinal, he created and produced the sketch comedy programme Cardinal Burns.

Demri-Burns has provided voices of characters in animation, such as the voice of Grumpy in Digby Dragon and as the UK/U.S. voice of Tread in Bob the Builder.

In 2020, he played the role of Voltaire in season 1 of the Hulu television series The Great, featuring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult. He reprised his role as a recurring character in seasons 2 (2021) and 3 (2023) of the show.

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Nightswimming	Young Man	Short film
2004	Shade	–	Short film. Director
Out of the Shadows	Boy in Graveyard	Short film
2007	Prada & Prejudice	Clown	Short film. Also writer
2009	HIV: The Musical	Jolian	Short film
2013	I Give It a Year	Dove Violinist
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa	Danny Sinclair
2014	Chandide	Pangloss	Short film
2015	Kill Your Friends	David Schneider
2016	Grimsby	Analyst #2	Also known as: The Brothers Grimsby (U.S. & Canada). Uncredited role
Bridget Jones's Baby	Interviewer	Uncredited role
2017	Bob the Builder: Mega Machines	Tread / Thud (voices)	UK/U.S. versions
2018	The Short of It	Man	Short film
The Spy Who Dumped Me	Viktor
The Orgy	Gary	Short film
Diane's New Boyfriend	Jerry	Short film
2019	Tales from the Lodge	Paul
Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans	Crazy Cedric
2021	All My Friends Hate Me	Harry
2026	The Magic Faraway Tree	Saucepan Man
TBA	Close Personal Friends	TBA	Post-production
Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint	TBA	Post-production

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Coming Up	Writer 1	Series 4; episode 8: "The Animator"
2007	Hyperdrive	Queppu Warrior	Series 2; episode 2: "Artefact"
Saxondale	Brian May	Series 2; episode 1
2008	Love Soup	Kenny	Series 2; episode 12: "Home"
2009	10 Minute Tales	Clumsy Medic	Episode 3: "Ding Dong"
2010	The Persuasionists	Focus Group member	Episode 5: "Being Creative"
2011	Life's Too Short	Best Man	Series 1; episode 2
2012	Spy	Didier	Series 2; episode 8: "Codename: Double Oh"
2012–2014	Cardinal Burns	Various roles	Series 1 & 2; 12 episodes. Also writer
2013	The Mimic	Computer Geek / PC Universe Worker 2	Series 1; episodes 1 & 3
2014	Bad Education	Philip	Series 3; episode 2: "After School Clubs"
Psychobitches	Various roles	Mini-series 2; episodes 1 & 3–6. Also writer on 3 episodes
2015	Asylum	Ludo Backslash	Mini-series; episodes 1–3
2015–2017	Drunk History: UK	Various roles	Series 1–3; 9 episodes
2015–2018	Bob the Builder	Sylvain / Phil Lucas / Tread / Thud / Crunch / Norm (voices)	Series 1–3; 15 episodes. UK/U.S. versions
2016	Peaky Blinders	Monsieur Silk	Series 3; episode 6
Digby Dragon	Grumpy Goblin (voice)	Series 1; 11 episodes
2017–2018	Doodlebugs	Various characters (voices)	Episodes 1–5
Urban Myths	Josef Francis Rossi	Series 1; episode 3: "Hitler the Artist" (2017) Series 2; episode 2: "Backstage at Live Aid" (2018)
Sick Note	Will_5000	Series 1; episode 6, & series 2; episodes 1–5
2017–2019	GameFace	Simon	Main cast. Series 1 & 2; 8 episodes
2018	A Discovery of Witches	Sean	Series 1; episode 1. Uncredited role
2018–2019	Stath Lets Flats	Julian	Series 1 & 2; 8 episodes
2019	Island of Dreams	Brian Cox	Television film
Turn Up Charlie	Daniel Smith	Episodes 4, 6 & 7
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance	Daudran (voice)	Episodes 1 & 3: "End. Begin. All the Same" & "What Was Sundered and Undone"
The Capture	Francis	Series 1; episodes 2, 3 & 6
2020	King Gary	Fred	Series 1; episode 6: "Holiday Pals"
Truth Seekers	Kettering / Doctor Kettering	Episode 6: "The Revenge of the Chichester Widow"
2020–2023	The Great	Voltaire	Recurring cast. Series 1–3; 7 episodes
2021	Bloods	Crackhead John	Series 1; episode 1: "Partners"
Britannia	Blain	Series 3; episodes 1–7
2022	Ellie & Natasia	Various characters	Series 1; episode 2
The Flatshare	Phil	Episodes 1–4 & 6
Live at the Moth Club	Dustin	Episodes 1, 2 & 5. Credited as Cardinal Burns. Also writer on 2 episodes
Slow Horses	Min Harper	Recurring cast
The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe	(voices)	Series 2; episode 16: "The Prince and the Playdate: Part 2"
2022, 2025	Am I Being Unreasonable?	Dan	Series 1 & 2; 12 episodes
2024	3 Body Problem	Ted	Series 1; episode 6: "The Stars Our Destination"
The Decameron	Arriguccio	Episodes 6–8
Sweetpea	Jeff	Series 1; episodes 1–5
2025	Dope Girls	Damaso Salucci	Episodes 1–6

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Harry Potter for Kinect	Professor Flitwick (voice)

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