Director of Armstrong Acting Studios, Dean is one of North America’s most sought after episodic and feature film preproduction and on set acting coaches.  Some of his alumni include Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana), Nina Dobrev (Vampire Diaries), Devon Bostick (Diary of a Wimpy Kid), Miriam McDonald (Degrassi: The Next Generation), Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (Final Destination, The Bold and the Beautiful)and Daytime Emmy award winner Brittany Allen (All My Children).

Acting credits include starring roles in HIDING, ALPHAS, WRONG TURN 4, THE LISTENER, HAVEN, SAW 3D, 5 seasons on Showtime’s QUEER AS FOLK, Broadway’s RENT + the CBC 6 part mini-series TRIPLE SENSATION II.

Dean is also the Founder and Executive Producer of APPULSE FILMS.

The company’s first feature entitled VERONA is currently in production (veronathemovie.com).  VERONA (The Short), directed by Laurie Lynd (BREAKFAST WITH SCOT), was shot in the fall of ’09.

Dean is a graduate of Queen’s University with degrees in both Theater Arts and Education.

For more on Dean, please visit www.deanarmstrong.ca.