Daniel Mays

Daniel Alan Mays (born March 31, 1978 in Epping , Essex ) is a British actor .

life and career

Daniel Mays was born in 1978 in Epping, the third of four sons of an electrician and a bank clerk. He grew up in Buckhurst Hill, also in Essex . He attended the Italia Conti Academy of Theater Arts. He later trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London , which he graduated in 2000.

Daniel Mays then appeared in numerous supporting roles in film and television. He made his cinema debut in 2001 as a pilot in the Hollywood drama Pearl Harbor . His portrayal of the heroin addict Adam in the BBC television film Rehab earned him an award for Best Actor at the Palmare-Reims Television Festival in 2003 . His role in the independent film Shifty earned him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 2008 British Independent Film Awards .

The unmarried Daniel Mays has one son and lives in Crouch End in north London. In his spare time he is an avid Leyton Orient football fan .

Filmography (selection)

Movies

• 2001: Pearl Harbor
• 2002: All or Nothing
• 2004: Vera Drake
• 2005: The Secret Life of Words
• 2005: A best man to fall in love with (The Best Man)
• 2006: A Good Year (A Good Year)
• 2007: Atonement (Atonement)
• 2008: Bank Job (The Bank Job)
• 2008: Shifty
• 2009: Mr. Nobody
• 2009: The Firm - 3rd half (The Firm)
• 2010: We Want Sex (Made in Dagenham)
• 2010: Nanny McPhee - all of a sudden in a new adventure (Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang)
• 2012: Byzantium
• 2013: Enemies - Welcome to the Punch (Welcome to the Punch)
• 2015: Victor Frankenstein - Genius and Madness (Victor Frankenstein)
• 2016: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
• 2017: The Limehouse Golem - The Monster of London
• 2019: Fisherman's Friends - From the cutter to the charts (Fisherman's Friends)
• 2019: 1917
• 2020: The Rhythm Section - Zeit der Rache (The Rhythm Section)

watch TV

• 2000: EastEnders (TV series)
• 2001: The Bill (TV series)
• 2001: Manchild (TV series)
• 2003: Rehab (TV movie)
• 2005: Beneath the Skin (TV movie)
• 2005: Funland (TV series)
• 2007: Saddam's Tribe (TV movie)
• 2007: Half Broken Things (TV movie)
• 2008: White Girl (TV movie)
• 2009: Plus One (TV series)
• 2010: Hustle (TV series)
• 2010: Ashes to Ashes - Back to the 80s ( Ashes to Ashes , TV series)
• 2011: Doctor Who (TV series)
• 2011: Outcasts (TV series)
• 2012: Public Enemies (TV movie)
• 2012: Mrs Biggs (TV movie)
• 2016: Line of Duty (TV series)
• 2020: White Lines (Netflix)

Web links

• Daniel Mays in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Agency profile of Daniel Mays (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Interview with Daniel Mays