Who Plays Missy’s Date Dean On Young Sheldon? – Looper

In the Season 6 episode “College Dropouts and the Medford Miracle,” Dean is portrayed by a young actor named Travis Burnett. When the audience is first made aware of Dean, he seems normal enough. Missy is excited to invite Dean over to watch a movie, though she asks Meemaw (Annie Potts) to host, fearing that her other family members would embarrass her. Unfortunately, her plan backfires a bit. Dean just lost his own grandmother and he devotes all his attention to Meemaw. Missy quickly realizes that he’s more interested in reliving his relationship with his own grandmother than he is in getting to know her, so she breaks it off with Dean, much to Meemaw’s relief.

After the way things ended, it doesn’t seem like we’ll be seeing Dean anytime soon. However, Burnett does a great job of coaxing the humor out of an incredibly awkward situation. Funnily enough, it was Burnett’s grandmother who inspired his love of acting and live theater (via Young Entertainment). He has been working professionally as an actor since 2018, with his credits including roles in “Raven’s Home,” “Bunk’d,” “Dispatches from Elsewhere,” “Diary of a Future President,” and “The Connors” (via IMDb). 

While his appearance on “Young Sheldon” was brief, Burnett’s sincere portrayal of Dean provided a prime opportunity for Missy to demonstrate her decisiveness and dry sense of humor. Burnett clearly has great comedic timing, a skill that served the episode well.