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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 31, 1978
Place of Birth
Epping, Essex, England, UK
Also Known As
- Daniel Alan Mays
- Danny Mays
- 丹尼爾·梅斯
- 丹尼爾.梅斯
- دانیل میز
Daniel Mays
2.0 Popularity
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 BBC film Rehab. He has made two films with the acclaimed British director Mike Leigh. All or Nothing (2002) and the 1950s abortion drama, Vera Drake (2004), which received 3 Academy Award Nominations, the Golden Lion Award for Best Film, 3 Bafta Awards and 6 British Independent Film Awards including Best British Independent Film. Son of Toni Mays.
Known For
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Shelter
2026
5.5
DCI Brian Nies
Lynley
2025
6.6
Chris Hudson
The Thursday Murder Club
2025
6.7
Eric Wellbeloved
Bookish
2025
7.0
Self
VE Day 80
2025
6.9
Cliff Todd
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
2025
6.7
William 'Punch' Lewis
A Thousand Blows
2025
7.5
Locke / Chubb
Moonflower Murders
2024
0.0
The Awakening
2024
7.6
Edward Bancroft
Franklin
2024
Credits
Shelter
2026
0.0
Lynley
as DCI Brian Nies
2025
5.5
The Thursday Murder Club
as Chris Hudson
2025
6.6
Bookish
as Eric Wellbeloved
2025
6.7
VE Day 80
as Self
2025
7.0
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
as Cliff Todd
2025
6.9
A Thousand Blows
as William 'Punch' Lewis
2025
6.7
Moonflower Murders
as Locke / Chubb
2024
7.5
The Awakening
2024
0.0
Franklin
as Edward Bancroft
2024
7.6
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
as Self - Guest
2024
5.4
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
as Fetcher (voice)
2023
7.0
Your Christmas or Mine 2
as Geoff
2023
6.2
The Long Shadow
as Sydney Jackson
2023
7.5
Your Christmas or Mine?
as Geoff
2022
6.4
Maryland
as PC Moody
2022
7.0
Magpie Murders
as Locke / Chubb
2022
7.0
Blankety Blank
as Self - Panellist
2021
7.0
Des
as DCI Peter Jay
2020
7.2
The Kemps: All True
as Self
2020
9.0
White Lines
as Marcus
2020
6.6
Code 404
as DI John Major
2020
6.7
The Rhythm Section
as Dean West
2020
5.5
1917
as Sergeant Sanders
2019
8.0
Temple
as Lee
2019
6.5
Good Omens
as Arthur Young
2019
8.0
Do Not Disturb
2019
0.0
Fisherman's Friends
as Danny
2019
6.7
The Interrogation of Tony Martin
as DC Peters
2018
6.2
My Dinner with Hervé
as Casey
2018
6.2
Two for Joy
as Lias
2018
7.5
Mother's Day
as Colin Parry
2018
7.6
Swimming with Men
as Colin
2018
6.1
Porters
as Anthony De La Mer
2017
8.3
Born to Kill
as Bill
2017
6.9
Guerrilla
as Cullen
2017
4.6
Against the Law
as Peter Wildeblood
2017
6.8
Urban Myths
as Mike Housego
2017
7.4
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Tivik
2016
7.5
The Limehouse Golem
as George Flood
2016
6.2
The Infiltrator
as Frankie
2016
6.7
Dad's Army
as Private Walker
2016
5.0
Victor Frankenstein
as Barnaby
2015
6.0
The Great Fire
as Samuel Pepys
2014
6.9
The Great War: The People's Story
as Reg Evans
2014
6.6
Common
as Tommy Ward
2014
6.5
Inside No. 9
as Shane
2014
8.0
Byzantium
as Noel
2013
6.3
Welcome to the Punch
as Nathan Bartnick
2013
5.9
Mrs Biggs
as Ronald Biggs
2012
8.0
Mrs Biggs
as Ronald Biggs
2012
7.8
Line of Duty
as Sgt Danny Waldron
2012
8.2
Line of Duty
as Danny (uncredited)
2012
8.2
Playhouse Presents
as Guv
2012
6.0
Public Enemies
as Eddie Mottram
2012
6.6
Treasure Island
as Dr. David Livesey
2012
6.2
Treasure Island
as Dr. David Livesey
2012
0.0
The Adventures of Tintin
as Allan / Pirate Flunky #1 (voice)
2011
6.9
Outcasts
as Cass Cromwell
2011
6.3
Made in Dagenham
as Eddie O'Grady
2010
6.7
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
as Blenkinsop
2010
6.3
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
as Michael Myshkin
2009
6.7
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
as Michael Myshikin
2009
7.0
Mr. Nobody
as Young Journalist
2009
7.8
The Firm
as Yeti
2009
5.8
Red Riding
as Michael Myshkin
2009
6.7
Plus One
as Rob Black
2009
6.2
Consuming Passion
as Charles Boon
2008
6.4
Shifty
as Chris
2008
5.7
White Girl
as Stevie
2008
5.6
The Bank Job
as Dave Shilling
2008
6.8
Ashes to Ashes
as Jim Keats
2008
7.7
Half Broken Things
as Michael
2007
6.5
Saddam's Tribe
as Uday
2007
0.0
Middletown
as Jim Hunter
2007
4.2
Atonement
as Tommy Nettle
2007
7.6
Consent
as Steve
2007
7.0
A Good Year
as Bert the Doorman
2006
6.7
The Secret Life of Words
as Martin
2005
7.0
Funland
2005
5.7
Class of '76
as DS Steven Grant
2005
5.4
Class of '76
as DS Steven Grant
2005
10.0
The Best Man
as Pool Guy
2005
5.3
Beneath the Skin
as Moz Burnside
2005
6.1
Doctor Who
as Alex
2005
7.6
Vera Drake
as Sid
2004
7.2
Top Buzzer
2004
6.5
Hustle
as Mervyn Lloyd
2004
7.7
Keen Eddie
2003
8.0
Rehab
as Adam
2003
0.0
Tipping the Velvet
as Jimmy Burns
2002
6.8
All or Nothing
as Jason
2002
7.0
Bodily Harm
as Trader
2002
4.0
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Dead Casual
2002
0.0
🎬
Manchild
2002
3.4
Pearl Harbor
as Pilot
2001
6.9
In Deep
as Dave Street
2001
10.0
🎬
Lord of the Flies
as Fred
N/A
0.0
🎬
Believe Me
as John Worboys
N/A
0.0