Tim Dry

Tim Dry is a writer, mime, actor, musician and photographic artist, best known for playing two characters in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (‘J’Quille – Whiphid’ and ‘Mon Calamari Officer’), the alien in cult ’80s Sci Fi/horror movie Xtro and for being half of a duo, Tik and Tok, that popularized robotic mime in the UK in the 1980s.They appeared on 26 TV shows in the UK (The most notable being The Royal Variety Performance 1983 in the presence of HRH Queen Elizabeth), recorded 5 singles and 2 albums and performed with Duran Duran, Gary Numan, Ultravox, Adam & The Ants, Cliff Richard and Depeche Mode amongst others. Tim’s TV appearances include Father Ted, The Bill, Eastenders, The 10th Kingdom (Cable TV series) Casualty and Goodbye Mr Steadman. He co-presented the Channel 4 food and drink series Feast in 1997.Tim has been featured in over 90 TV Commercials and played the leads in Steven Berkoff’s Harry’s Christmas, John Bowen’s After The Rain and Moliere’s School For Wives on the London Stage. His film roles include the title role in the short SON Of Nosferatu, Entourage 7 in Steven Berkoff’s Decadence,The Death Provider in Le Accelerator and Melvyn in the short Pier Pressure.