Dean was born and raised in the islands of Fiji and moved to the United States at the age of 14. Though he currently resides in Los Angeles, he spent most of his life in the San Francisco Bay Area.

His dream of being an actor began around the age of 12, long before he knew that he and his family would be emigrating to the US. He spent his high school years taking drama classes and appearing in school plays, with the goal of going to acting school after he graduated. Instead he ended up taking a very very long detour that involved getting a Bachelors degree in Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz; and working for about eight and a half years at a tech company in Silicon Valley.

Dean returned to the world of acting at the age of 28, taking classes at Studio ACT in San Francisco, not knowing if he would still like that world, or if it would like him. After about a year and a half of classes, it became clear that there was nothing else he wanted to do. He left his tech job, took the plunge into the world of professional acting and never looked back.

Dean has appeared in commercials, short films, student films and was even fortunate enough to appear in six stage productions in a row in the San Francisco Bay Area!

But film and television are his first loves, and that world has always called to him. And so in 2021, he moved to LA with his partner (who is also an actor) to pursue a career as a film and TV actor.

Dean is grateful everyday for the opportunities that are available to him - opportunities that would almost certainly have been out of reach in his faraway homeland of Fiji. He hopes to do work that leaves a lasting positive impact in the world and looks forward with anticipation at what lies ahead!