You might think Danny Dyer is a limited actor, but you're wrong. He is a shining star of the British film industry, and deserves to be considered in the same breath as former BAFTA rising stars Noel Clarke and Adam Deacon, who have gone on to worldwide success as the guy that died at the start of Star Trek Into Darkness and that one who's in all those films you haven't seen. In a career that has lasted almost 25 years, Dyer is just about hitting the zenith of his achievements, following the likes of Barbara Windsor, Shane Ritchie and the bassist out of Spandau Ballet into the most important role in Eastenders - the landlord of the Queen Vic. There he will pull pints, commit adultery with everyone in a skirt and then be murdered horribly, if past events are anything to go by - and all of those requirements are perfectly suited to the star of big hitters like Pimp and The All Together. With the big fish heading into the small pond that is Eastenders, 2014 should be the year that Dyer gets the recognition he truly deserves as one of the shining lights of the British industry. He is the champion elect, having already rubbed shoulders with Hollywood royalty like Vinnie Jones and 50 Cent. You might think the suggestion that Danny Dyer is England's Al Pacino is nothing more than the wild ravings of someone who probably huffed a lot of bleach fumes while growing up, but the evidence is all there, as you will soon see in this run-down of the movie moments that confirm that he should be BAFTA Rising Star of 2014. He's already ours, even if BAFTA panel member Mark Kermode (who Dyer playfully confessed he wants to head butt) probably disagrees...
