Face from The A Team

Arguably the ultimate cult 80s action TV show, this tale of former miltary prisoners gone AWOL to help those in need spawned A Team DVD, A Team toys and now an A Team movie, with Hangover star Bradley Cooper as suave ladies man 1st Lieutenant Templeton Peck AKA 'Face'.

But what about original star Dirk Benedict? Where is he now?

As 'Face' on The A Team he was the man with a lady in every port. In fact he had a lady in every episode.

With his charm, sharp wit and air of danger that comes with being in The A Team, he made being on the run for a crime you didn't commit somehow look...sexy.

Benedict did not enter the acting profession until his thirties. In his late twenties he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, which he allegedly 'cured' through following a macrobiotic diet.

With a clean slate of health, Dirk threw himself into his work and worked his way through a variety of TV roles before hitting the big time with Battlestar Galactica in 1978.

His role of Lt Starbuck - a dashing, adventurous do-righter was basically Face in space ('Face in Space' I quite like that, I just made it up).

Anyway, 1983 saw the launch of The A Team - the show that ruled our screens for the next 5 years.

Since it's demise, Benedict has continued to appear in TV productions including the kids TV movie Waking Up Horton and the movie Strike!, which of course, we all saw several times.

And finally, his birth name was Dirk Niewoehner but he changed it to Benedict having ordered Eggs Benedict that morning on his way to sign up with the Screen Actors Guild.

In 2007 Dirk appeared as a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother, arriving in a replica of The A-Team van, smoking a cigar and accompanied by the theme tune, as you would. Overall he aquitted himself quite well, finishing in third place overall.

Most recently Dirk was outspokenly critical about his cameo in the big screen A Team remake.

He said, “If you blink, you'll miss me. I kind of regret doing it because it's a non-part.

"They wanted to be able to say, 'Oh yeah, the original cast are in it', but we're not. I'm on for a mere three seconds and I find that kind of insulting."

Click here to see what Dirk Benedict looks like now, and for all things Dirk Benedict-related, click here to visit his official website.