Daniel Mays
Birthplace: Epping
Born: 1978-03-31
Occupations recorded in source
actor; film actor; stage actor; television actor
Biography from Wikipedia
Daniel Mays (born 31 March 1978) is an English actor who has had television roles in EastEnders (2000), Rehab (2005), Red Riding (2008), Ashes to Ashes (2010), Outcasts (2011), Mrs Biggs, Line of Duty, Des and White Lines (2020), and film roles in Pearl Harbor (2001), All or Nothing (2002), Vera Drake (2004), Shifty, Made in Dagenham, Byzantium (2012), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) and The Thursday Murder Club (2025).
Mays has been nominated as Best Supporting Actor for the BIFA and the BAFTA TV, as well as having extensive experience in theatre. In 2024, he was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre.
Sources & attribution
Wikidata · revision
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- The Thursday Murder Club (2025) — DCI Chris Hudson
- Your Christmas or Mine 2 (2023) — Geoff Taylor
- Maryland (2022)
- Your Christmas or Mine? (2022) — Geoff Taylor
- The Rhythm Section (2020) — Dean West
- 1917 (2019) — Sergeant Sanders
- Fisherman's Friends (2019) — Danny
- Swimming with Men (2018) — Colin
- Against the Law (2017) — Peter Wildeblood
- Dad's Army (2016) — Private Walker
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) — Tivik
- The Infiltrator (2016) — Frankie
- The Limehouse Golem (2016) — Constable George Flood
- Victor Frankenstein (2015) — Barnaby
- The Great Fire (2014)
- Welcome to the Punch (2013) — Nathan Bartnick
- Byzantium (2012) — Noel
- Treasure Island (2012) — Dr. Livesey
- The Adventures of Tintin (2011) — Allen
- Hippie Hippie Shake (2010) — Widgery
- Made in Dagenham (2010) — Eddie O'Grady
- Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010) — Blenkinsop
- Red Riding: 1974 (2009)
- The Firm (2009) — Yeti
- Consuming Passion (2008) — Charles Boon
- Shifty (2008) — Chris
- The Bank Job (2008) — Dave Shilling
- White Girl (2008) — Stevie
- Half Broken Things (2007) — Michael
- A Good Year (2006) — Bert the Doorman
- La Vida Secreta De Las Palabras (2005) — Martin
- The Best Man (2005) — Pool Guy
- All or Nothing (2002) — Jason
- Tipping the Velvet (2002)
- Pearl Harbor (2001) — Pilot #3
Frequent collaborators
Shared films in this catalogue.
- Geoff Bell · 4 films
- Alistair Petrie · 3 films
- Asa Butterfield · 3 films
- Bronson Webb · 3 films
- Eddie Marsan · 3 films
- Jay Simpson · 3 films
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.