Jon Iles was born 17 May, 1954 in Ripon. He is an English actor who played DC Mike Dashwood in The Bill, he has also been in Doctors, Never the Twain, Fresh Fields, Crown Court, and Law and Disorder.
In 2017, Jon Iles became the first star of The Bill to be interviewed for The Bill Podcast
In 2019, he also became the first cast member to record an Audio Commentary for The Bill episodes Zigzag and Against the Odds, the latter reuniting him with camera operator Alison Chapman. Both commentaries were released in September 2019 on The Bill Podcast Patreon Channel