Dean Wendt is an American actor. He was born on February 17, 1968 in Elgin, Illinois. He was a co founder/creator and Disc jockey on Radio Disney from 1994-1999 Season 4-11, but left the company in order to dedicate his time to voicing Barney the Dinosaur in 2001 after Bob West retired in 1999. Dean started voicing the purple pal in 2002 of Season 7.