Lee Dainton

Lee Dainton
Born (1973-08-22) 22 August 1973 (age 51)
Other namesDaint
EducationAbersychan School
West Monmouth School
Pontypool College
Occupation(s)Stunt performer, skateboarder, filmmaker
Years active1990-present
Notable workDirty Sanchez
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Spouse
Amy Vaughan
(m. 2018)
Children2
Websitewww.daintonlee.com

Lee Dainton (born 22 August 1973)[1][2] is a Welsh stunt performer, skateboarder, and filmmaker best known as the star and co-creator of MTV UK's Dirty Sanchez.

Career

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Early life

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Dainton is a native of Pontypool, Wales.[2] He attended Abersychan School and West Monmouth School.[3] He studied carpentry at Pontypool College. He started skateboarding at the age of 12. He first met Mathew Pritchard in Cardiff in 1990.[4] He met Michael "Pancho" Locke by participating in various skateboarding competitions. He met Dan Joyce after he saw him on The Vanessa Show and decided to film with him for a video he was making. He worked as a carpenter with Torfaen council before he left the job and bought a video camera to film the four skateboarding, doing stunts and practical jokes for 18 months. He then made a DVD out of the footage titled Pritchard vs Dainton, which was released in 2001.[3][5] During, and a little after the first season of Dirty Sanchez, he worked for a skate store.[4]

Dirty Sanchez

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When Dirty Sanchez first aired in 2003, it became clear that Dainton is the one who always messes with his friends, mainly with Pancho and Pritchard. The rivalry between Dainton and Pritchard got worse as the series went on. He is usually the one who performs stunts with piercings, most notably slamming his forehead on a lot of thumbtacks, and performing body suspension. He and Pritchard hosted the first Dirty Sanchez spin-off titled Wrecked in 2007. In 2008, they both starred in another spin-off titled Sanchez Get High.

Personal life

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Dainton proposed to his girlfriend Amy in 2017 after 22 years of dating.[6] They got married in 2018 and have two daughters together. He has his own skate store called Kill City.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2001 Pritchard vs Dainton Himself Direct-to-video
Director
Producer
Editor
2003 Stupidity Himself Documentary
Archive footage
2006 Dirty Sanchez: The Movie Himself Writer
Associate producer
Second unit director
Additional camera operator
2014 Pritchard vs Dainton – The Rise and Falls Himself Documentary
Director
Producer
Cinematographer
Editor
Photographer
2019 Mathew vs Pritchard Himself Cameo
Short documentary

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2003-2007 Dirty Sanchez Himself Co-creator
Writer
29 episodes
2003 MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2003 Himself Presenter
2005 TRL UK Himself 1 episode
2007 Wrecked Himself Co-host
2007 MTV Australia Video Music Awards 2007 Himself Presenter
2008 Sanchez Get High Himself 8 episodes
2008 Nike: Put It Where You Want It Tour Himself Commercial series
2009 The Noughties... Was That It? Himself TV documentary
2010-2016 The Dudesons Himself 4 episodes
Cinematographer (1 episode)
2011 Snog Marry Avoid? Himself 1 episode
2013 Gumball 3000: Number 13 Himself TV documentary
2019 Dirty Vegan Camera operator
1 episode

Web series

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Year Title Role Notes
2020 The Sanchez Story Vol. 1 Himself Documentary
Podcast
Director
Producer
Editor
2021 The Sanchez Story Vol. 2 Himself Documentary
Podcast
Director
Producer
Editor
2021 The Lazy Generation[7][8] Himself 1 episode
Guest appearance
2023 Side Effects of Bullshit Himself Host
Podcast

Music videos

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Year Artist Track Role Notes
2006 Turbonegro "All My Friends Are Dead" Himself
2021 The Hunna "Bad Place" Behind-the-scenes cameraman and editor
2022 Chris de Sarandy "Like I Don't Know You" Director of photography
Cameraman
Editor
2022 Chris de Sarandy "How To Say Goodbye" Director of photography
Cameraman
Editor

References

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  1. ^ Dainton, Lee (22 August 2019). "Thank you for all the birthday well wishes! I was lucky enough to spend some time with my little Miles homie!! ⚡️❤️⚡️ 7 years old now my little man 👊👊👊". Instagram. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b Stocks, Matt (30 July 2021). "#028 Lee Dainton (Dirty Sanchez)". YouTube. Event occurs at 2:57. Retrieved 7 July 2022. I was born in 1973
  3. ^ a b "Dirty laugh at toeing the line". South Wales Argus. 23 December 2005.
  4. ^ a b Bevan, Nathan (13 July 2018). "An oral history of Dirty Sanchez: 15 years of madness, mayhem and mischief as told in their own words". WalesOnline. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Pritchard vs Dainton – pre-Dirty Sanchez". 20 September 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021 – via YouTube.
  6. ^ McCarthy, James (7 October 2017). "The lovely moment Dirty Sanchez star Lee Dainton proposed to his long-time girlfriend". WalesOnline. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  7. ^ "The Lazy Generation Webisode 2: "Basics" ft. Treadmill High Dive, Lazy Low Card & Special Guests". 11 April 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021 – via YouTube.
  8. ^ "Webisode 2 – The Lazy Generation". thelazygeneration.co.uk. 11 April 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
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