Ben Daniels
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 10, 1964 (age 62)
- Birthplace
- Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK
Biography
Ben Daniels (born 10 June 1964) is a British actor. A graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), he has taken on roles in numerous productions. On television he has appeared in, among other shows, The Lost Language of Cranes (1991), Conspiracy (2001), Cutting It (2002–2005), Ian Fleming: Bondmaker (2005), The Virgin Queen (2005) and The State Within (2006). On the silver screen, Daniels has appeared mostly in supporting roles, including parts in The Bridge (1992), Beautiful Thing (1996), I Want You (1998), Madeline (1998) and Doom (2005). An exception was the 1997 independent film Passion in the Desert, based on a short story by novelist Honoré de Balzac. Daniels was born on 10 June 1964 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.[6] His father was an engineer at Rolls-Royce and later a grocer, while his mother owned a children's clothes shop. He has recalled: "I was quite a shy child, but quite disruptive as well. "I was very sneaky and underhanded." Daniels was educated at Manor Park School, a state comprehensive school in Nuneaton, near Coventry, in Warwickshire (since closed). According to Daniels, drama lessons at O-levels gave him a voice, and when he attended sixth form studies at Stratford College between 1980 and 1982, doing A-levels in theatre studies and English literature, he attended Royal Shakespeare Company performances. A fellow student recalled that Daniels, whom he knew as Dave, "was very serious about his work, and struck me as incredibly intelligent... you got the sense his mind was working; the cogs were ticking over". Daniels subsequently trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) for three years. Daniels has had most success with theatre work. He was nominated for Best Actor at the Evening Standard Awards for 900 Oneonta (1994), for Best Actor in the M.E.N. Theatre Awards for Martin Yesterday (1998), and for Best Supporting Actor in the 15th Laurence Olivier Awards for Never the Sinner (1991). He eventually won the latter award at the 25th Laurence Olivier Awards (2001), as well as the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2001 Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Theatre Awards, for his performance in the Arthur Miller play All My Sons. Other theatre credits include Tales From Hollywood (2001), Three Sisters (2003), Iphigenia at Aulis (2004), The God of Hell (2005), The Wild Duck (2005–2006) and Thérèse Raquin (2006). In 2008 Daniels made his Broadway début with American actress Laura Linney in a revival of Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons), for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play.
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Filmography
National Theatre at Home: Man and Boy
Movie · as Gregor Antonescu
Argylle
Movie · as Bartender
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Movie · as Antoc Merrick (archive footage) (uncredited)
Interview with the Vampire
TV · as Santiago · 8 eps
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
TV · as Círdan · 2 eps
Benediction
Movie · as Dr. Rivers
Foundation
TV · as Bel Riose · 6 eps
Jupiter's Legacy
TV · as Walter Sampson / Brainwave · 8 eps
Captive State
Movie · as Daniel
Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
Movie · as Pontius Pilate
The Exception
Movie · as Col Sigurd von Ilsemann
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Movie · as General Merrick
The Exorcist: Making the Demons
Movie · as Self
The Crown
TV · as Lord Snowdon · 10 eps
The Exorcist
TV · as Father Marcus Brennan · 20 eps
Lunacy: The Making of Luna
Movie
Casanova
Movie · as Francois-Joachim de Bernis
Flesh and Bone
TV · as Paul · 8 eps
Casanova
TV · as Francois-Joachim de Bernis · 1 ep
Locke
Movie · as Gareth (voice)
Luna
Movie · as Grant
Jamaica Inn
TV · as Francis Davey · 3 eps
Jack the Giant Slayer
Movie · as Fumm
The Wipers Times
Movie · as Lieutenant Colonel Howfield
House of Cards
TV · as Adam Galloway · 6 eps
The Hollow Crown
TV · as Buckingham · 2 eps
The Paradise
TV · as Tom Weston · 8 eps
Women in Love
TV · as Will Brangwen · 2 eps
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
Movie · as John Thain
Law & Order: UK
TV · as James Steel · 26 eps
Moving On
TV · as John Murphy · 1 ep
The Passion
TV · as Caiaphas · 6 eps
Lark Rise to Candleford
TV · 1 ep
Merlin
TV · as Tristan · 2 eps
Who Killed Mrs De Ropp?
Movie · as Saki
The State Within
TV · as Nicholas Brocklehurst · 6 eps
The Virgin Queen
TV · as Francis Walsingham · 3 eps
Doom
Movie · as Goat
Ian Fleming: Bondmaker
Movie · as Ian Fleming
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV · as Alfred Crackenthorpe · 1 ep
Real Men
Movie · as DI Matthew Fenton
Fogbound
Movie · as Leo
Cutting It
TV · as Finn Bevan · 19 eps
Spooks
TV · as Oleg Korsakov · 1 ep
Real Men
TV · 2 eps
Married/Unmarried
Movie · as Danny
Conspiracy
Movie · as Josef Bühler
Britannic
Movie · as Townsend
Fanny & Elvis
Movie · as Andrew
I Want You
Movie · as Bob
Madeline
Movie · as Leopold the Tutor
David
Movie · as Jonatan
Passion in the Desert
Movie · as Augustin Robert
Beautiful Thing
Movie · as Tony
Truth or Dare
Movie · as Ben
Silent Witness
TV · 1 ep
W.S.H.: The Myth of the Urban Myth
Movie
Romeo and Juliet
Movie · as Mercutio
Outside Edge
TV · as Alex Harrington · 5 eps
The Bridge
Movie · as Rogers
The Lost Language of Cranes
Movie · as Robin Bradley
A Touch of Frost
TV · as Roger Massie · 1 ep
Soldier Soldier
TV · as Capt Andy Wright · 1 ep
Drop the Dead Donkey
TV · as Jack · 1 ep
The Paradise Club
TV · as DC Webster · 2 eps
The Simpsons
TV · as Irish Priest (voice) · 1 ep
Wall of Tyranny
Movie · as Striemer
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
TV · as Hans Castorp · 1 ep
Wish You Were Here
Movie · as Maisie Mathews
The Fourth Protocol
Movie · as Boy in Photo (uncredited)
Casualty
TV · as Graham Marda · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep