Dean Travis Clarke
- Actor
Dean Travis Clarke comes from a family of watermen. His grandfather was
a boat builder, his father a captain. Dean got his first professional
captain's job at age 14 running a private Hatteras sport fisherman out
of Montauk, N.Y. during the summers. A licensed captain, Dean has
hundreds of thousands of sea miles on both power and sailing vessels
around the world. He was a member of the crew of Courageous in the 1983
America's Cup and has sailed in numerous one-design national and world
championships. For the past 25 years, Dean has been a marine
journalist, holding the position of executive editor at Bonnier
Corporation for the past 20 years. At Bonnier, Dean works with Sport
Fishing, Marlin, Fly-Fishing in Saltwaters, Boating, Motorboating and
Yachting magazines. He also hosts the popular and award-winning Sport
Fishing TV show on the Versus and SunSports Networks. Recently, after
21 years with the company, Dean left Bonnier to start his own marine
multimedia creative agency called DTC-Marine Multimedia. In 1999, Dean
received the prestigious National Marine Manufacturers Association's
Directors Award for being the foremost marine journalist in North
America. Dean received an appointment from the Secretary of Homeland
Security to serve on the on the National Safe Boating Advisory Council
and he also sits on the National Advisory Board of BOAT/US. Dean is
also an active, licensed Judge Referee with the US Rowing Association.
Growing up, he worked in professional children's theater, summer stock,
toured with The Madrigals and acted in local rep companies.