Star Profile

Dean Gaffney

Eastenders star Dean Gaffney is well known as an actor, reality television performer and entertainer whose career has continued to flourish thanks to the strategic management provided by neon.

After a ten year stint on the popular BBC soap ‘Eastenders,' Dean secured a place on the top rating ITV reality TV series ‘The Club.' Dean competed with Samantha Fox and Richard Blackwood to run the top London Club, Nylon, with Dean being named the eventual winner. Dean then went on to secure a guest star role on the long-running ITV serial drama The Bill. It saw Gaffney playing Gavin Josef, a cocky wide-boy connected to an assault investigation.

"Thanks to neon's advice I have been able to show the British public my different abilities and remain in the public eye," says Dean.

Working closely with Dean, the neon team continued to increase the actor's profile and  Dean created some of the funniest ever reality TV moments whilst appearing on the 2006 series of the ITV show,' I'm a Celebrity, Get Me out of Here!'  Dean progressed and won a coveted role in the highly regarded and highly rated Ricky Gervais's "Extra's" Christmas special.

neon provided Dean with a complete image control package handling photographs, organizing involvement in magazine and newspaper stories and TV and radio talk show appearances.