John Dye

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birthname = John Carroll Dye
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location = Amory, Mississippi, USA
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occupation = Actor
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John Carroll Dye (born January 31 1963) is an American film and television actor known for his role as Andrew in the television series "Touched by an Angel".

Biography

Early life

John Dye was born in Amory, Mississippi to James and Lynn Dye. His father worked as a furniture manufacturer, while his mother worked as a homemaker. The couple raised their children as devout Methodists. [http://www.nndb.com/people/828/000110498/] While performing at Tupelo High School [http://movies.nytimes.com/person/20886/John-Dye/biography] in a play as Friedrich von Trapp, the eldest son, in "The Sound of Music" Dye found himself bitten by the acting bug. After graduation, he enrolled in the University of Memphis in hopes of becoming a civil rights lawyer. He would later change his major from law to theater. After his first year of college, he traveled to New York, where he auditioned and won a place in a classical theatre company. However, because the company would conflict with his studies, Dye turned it down.

Career

When he returned to Memphis, Tennessee, he discovered that a Judd Nelson film called "Making the Grade" (1984) was filming in the area. Dye landed his first film role as Skip, one of Nelson's on-screen friends. Two years later, he starred alongside actresses Virginia Madsen and Cynthia Gibb in the comedy film "Modern Girls". It was not until 1987 that Dye would win his first leading role in "Campus Man", where he played Todd Barrett, a scheming college student, who manages to persuade the handsomest men on campus to pose for a calendar, in order to pay for his college tuition. That same year, he re-teamed with Nelson in the television miniseries "Billionaire Boys Club". In 1989 he starred alongside actors James Earl Jones and Eric Roberts in the martial-arts drama "Best of the Best".

By the time the 90's came around, Dye decided to make a move towards television. He was cast as Private Francis "Doc Hoc" Hockenbury in the last season of "Tour of Duty". When the series finished, he moved on to short-lived series such as "Jack's Place" (1992) and "Hotel Malibu" (1994). In 1995, he appeared as Andrew, an Angel of Death. Initially, producers cast him as a recurring character. However, by season three he was made a regular. The show ran for nine seasons before ending. In 2000, he starred in the highest rated original PAX-TV television movie "Once Upon a Christmas". The following year Dye appeared in the sequel "Twice Upon a Christmas" which was screened at the White House.

Personal life

Dye has two brothers: Jamey and Jerre Dye.

For a short period of time, Dye dated actress Gail O'Grady. [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800043698/bio]

In 1999, Dye appeared on the first episode of the televised "Di Palma Forum" at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he and fellow celebrities such as Shirley Jones and Elliott Gould discussed social issues. That same year, he and fellow "Touched by an Angel" co-star Roma Downey narrated the documentary "Journey to a Hate Free Millenium".

Filmography

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