Dean Christy – Actor    UBCP/ACTRA

Dean Christy is a Canadian born actor on film, TV, and stage. Dean is a veteran of live stage performance and was the managing director for Play with your Food Theatre company, in Victoria BC for 12 years. During the PWYF days Dean became known for his roles as Ryan O’Brien (Cement Shoes), Max Von Giegercounter (Hollywood S.L.E.A.S.E.), Hickory (Dorothy gets Scrooged), and Bubba/Chance/Mama (Murder on a Hot Tin Roof).

Starting late in live with film, Dean continues to pursue acting roles, and commercials while working as a background actor in various TV and movies filmed in the Victoria and Vancouver area. Dean’s  projects include Richard in Octavian Kaul’s short film “LGBTQless”, the UVIC student film “Witch Doctor”, “Closing Walls, and “The World’s Greatest Director.   Most recently He appeared as       Mr. Garvey in VC Secrets Production: “Twilight’s Child”.

Dean Christy – Poet

 

Born with a pen in his hand and a muse on his mind, Dean has been writing as long as he can remember. Recognizing early the we all speak in poetry, he has been telling his stories in the richness, he believes, only the poem does justice.

 

Dean has self-published 2 collections of poetry: “Thirteen chairs” & “Still.  Both are available on line at Blub.com or directly through Dean.

Just Sand

Sometimes sand is just sand.

Lingering on beaches remembering 

footprints of great and small, 

stories too many to tell, washed by time carried in memories of the not so still 

sands of time

sneaking into boots, 

taking refuge between toes.

-dean

Mackenzie Beach/tinwis