Daniel Mays
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Daniel Mays was born on March 31, 1978 in Epping, Essex, England as Daniel Alan Mays. He is an actor, known for The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011), The Bank Job (2008) and Atonement (2007). He has performed five plays at the Royal Court Theatre in London including two in the theatre's 50th Anniversary year in parts that were specifically written for him. He won the Best Actor prize at the Palmare Television Festival 2003 for his performance in the hard hitting improvised ...
Known For
Filmography
Shelter
2026
as Booth
Making of Lord of the Flies
2026
as Self - Fred
National Theatre Live: Golden Boy
2026
as Moody
Lord of the Flies
2026
as Fred
Believe Me
2026
as John Worboys
The Thursday Murder Club
2025
as Chris Hudson
A Thousand Blows
2025
as William 'Punch' Lewis
Lynley
2025
as DCI Brian Nies
VE Day 80
2025
as Self
Bookish
2025
as Eric Wellbeloved
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
2025
as Cliff Todd
The Awakening
2024
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
2024
as Self - Guest
Franklin
2024
as Edward Bancroft
Moonflower Murders
2024
as Chubb / Locke
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
2023
as Fetcher (voice)
Your Christmas or Mine 2
2023
as Geoff
The Long Shadow
2023
as Sydney Jackson
Maryland
2022
as PC Moody
Your Christmas or Mine?
2022
as Geoff
Magpie Murders
2022
as Locke / Chubb
Blankety Blank
2021
as Self - Panellist
The Rhythm Section
2020
as Dean West
The Kemps: All True
2020
as Self
White Lines
2020
as Marcus
Des
2020
as DCI Peter Jay
Code 404
2020
as DI John Major
Fisherman's Friends
2019
as Danny
1917
2019
as Sergeant Sanders
Good Omens
2019
as Arthur Young
Temple
2019
as Lee
Two for Joy
2018
as Lias
Swimming with Men
2018
as Colin
Mother's Day
2018
as Colin Parry
My Dinner with Hervé
2018
as Casey
The Interrogation of Tony Martin
2018
as DC Peters
Against the Law
2017
as Peter Wildeblood
Born to Kill
2017
as Bill
Guerrilla
2017
as Cullen
Urban Myths
2017
as Mike Housego
Porters
2017
as Anthony De La Mer
The Infiltrator
2016
as Frankie
Dad's Army
2016
as Private Walker
The Limehouse Golem
2016
as George Flood
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
as Tivik
Victor Frankenstein
2015
as Barnaby
Common
2014
as Tommy Ward
The Great War: The People's Story
2014
as Reg Evans
Inside No. 9
2014
as Shane
The Great Fire
2014
as Samuel Pepys
Welcome to the Punch
2013
as Nathan Bartnick
Byzantium
2013
as Noel
Mrs Biggs
2012
as Ronald Biggs
Treasure Island
2012
as Dr. Livesey
Treasure Island
2012
as Dr. David Livesey
Public Enemies
2012
as Eddie Mottram
Mrs Biggs
2012
as Ronald Biggs
Line of Duty
2012
as Sgt Danny Waldron
Playhouse Presents
2012
as Guv
The Adventures of Tintin
2011
as Allan / Pirate Flunky #1 (voice)
Outcasts
2011
as Cass Cromwell
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010
as Blenkinsop
Made in Dagenham
2010
as Eddie O'Grady
The Firm
2009
as Yeti
Mr. Nobody
2009
as Young Journalist
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
2009
as Michael Myshkin
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
2009
as Michael Myshikin
Plus One
2009
as Rob Black
Red Riding
2009
as Michael Myshkin
Shifty
2008
as Chris
The Bank Job
2008
as Dave Shilling
Consuming Passion
2008
as Charles Boon
White Girl
2008
as Stevie
Ashes to Ashes
2008
as Jim Keats
Middletown
2007
as Jim Hunter
Atonement
2007
as Tommy Nettle
Half Broken Things
2007
as Michael
Consent
2007
as Steve
Saddam's Tribe
2007
as Uday
A Good Year
2006
as Bert the Doorman
The Secret Life of Words
2005
as Martin
Class of '76
2005
as DS Steven Grant
Beneath the Skin
2005
as Moz Burnside
The Best Man
2005
as Pool Guy
Doctor Who
2005
as Alex
Class of '76
2005
as DS Steven Grant
Funland
2005
as Carter Krantz
Vera Drake
2004
as Sid
Top Buzzer
2004
Hustle
2004
as Mervyn Lloyd
Rehab
2003
as Adam
Keen Eddie
2003
All or Nothing
2002
as Jason
Dead Casual
2002
Manchild
2002
Tipping the Velvet
2002
as Jimmy Burns
Bodily Harm
2002
as Trader
Pearl Harbor
2001
as Pilot #3
In Deep
2001
as Dave Street