Dean Allen Jones was born on April 3, 1974, to parents, Doyle, a factory worker in Marion, North Carolina, and Bonita Jones, an elementary school teacher in the Avery County school system. He grew up with one brother and two sisters in western North Carolina and graduated from Avery County High School in the summer of 1992. He went on to study Journalism and Mass Communication with a concentration in Advertising at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, obtaining a Bachelor of Art's degree in 1996. Early in Dean's childhood he dreamed of being an author, writing many short stories, novellas and a couple of young adult novels. He also participated in small dramatic productions at his church. It wasn't until 1999 when Dean was cast as the Ghost of Jacob Marley in "A Christmas Carol" did the acting bug really take hold. He spent the next 10 years on various theatre productions with Plumb Line Players as well as a seven year (and holding) stint with the comedy improvisation group, The Un-Intentionals, both based in the Raleigh/Durham area. Dean began acting professionally in 2010 and has worked on such productions as "The Hunger Games," "Iron Man 3" and "Homeland." Dean continues to work diligently in the film and television industry as a character actor. He resides in Cary, North Carolina.