Jeremy Dyson

Jeremy Dyson
Dyson at the Fantastic Films Weekend in 2010
Born	(1966-06-14) 14 June 1966 (age 50) Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Occupation	Writer, screenwriter, author, actor, musician
Years active	Since 1993
Spouse(s)	Nicola Clarke (m. 2002)
Children	2

Jeremy Dyson (born 14 June 1966) is an English author, actor, musician and screenwriter and, along with Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, one of the League of Gentlemen. He also created and co-wrote the popular West End show Ghost Stories.

Dyson was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, son of Elaine Saville and Melvin Dyson. He has one older brother, Andrew Dyson, and a younger sister, Jayne Dyson. He was educated at Leeds Grammar School, now The Grammar School at Leeds. He studied Philosophy at the University of Leeds and later completed an MA in screenwriting at the Northern School of Film and Television. He lived in Highbury, London, but now lives in Ilkley, West Yorkshire.

Dyson is best known as co-creator of the hit West End play Ghost Stories, and as a member of the sketch comedy team The League of Gentlemen, along with fellow performers Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, and Reece Shearsmith, all of whom he met while they were studying at Bretton Hall drama school.

The League of Gentlemen initially began as a stage act in 1995, which then was transferred to BBC Radio 4 in 1997 as On the Town with the League of Gentlemen, and then became a television series on BBC Two in 1999. The latter saw Dyson and his colleagues awarded a British Academy Television Award, a Royal Television Society Award, and the prestigious Golden Rose of Montreux.

Dyson has written several books including Bright Darkness: Lost Art of the Supernatural Horror Film, a non-fiction guide to horror films, and two collections of short stories entitled Never Trust a Rabbit - short-listed for the Macmillan Silver Pen award - and The Cranes That Build The Cranes which won the 2010 Edge Hill award. His novel What Happens Now was published on 6 April 2006 to favourable reviews and was nominated for the Goss first novel award.