Daniel Mays
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.
98 acting credits
Acting · 98
Doctor Who
2005
Shelter
2026
Line of Duty
2012
Good Omens
2019
Hustle
2004
Inside No. 9
2014
Lord of the Flies
2026
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
Pearl Harbor
2001
1917
2019
Playhouse Presents
2012
Atonement
2007
The Adventures of Tintin
2011
Ashes to Ashes
2008
Urban Myths
2017
A Thousand Blows
2025
Franklin
2024
Magpie Murders
2022
The Long Shadow
2023
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010
The Bank Job
2008
Bookish
2025
The Thursday Murder Club
2025
Blankety Blank
2021
Keen Eddie
2003
Mr. Nobody
2009
Moonflower Murders
2024
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
2023
A Good Year
2006
White Lines
2020
Code 404
2020
Funland
2005
Tipping the Velvet
2002
Lynley
2025
Red Riding
2009
Guerrilla
2017
In Deep
2001
Des
2020
Treasure Island
2012
Porters
2017
Believe Me
2026
The Great Fire
2014
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
2025
Temple
2019
Born to Kill
2017
Victor Frankenstein
2015
The Great War: The People's Story
2014
Outcasts
2011
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
2024
VE Day 80
2025
The Rhythm Section
2020
Manchild
2002
Mrs Biggs
2012
The Infiltrator
2016
Byzantium
2013
Fisherman's Friends
2019
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
2009
Made in Dagenham
2010
Dad's Army
2016
All or Nothing
2002
Bodily Harm
2002
The Limehouse Golem
2016
Top Buzzer
2004
Vera Drake
2004
Public Enemies
2012
Welcome to the Punch
2013
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
2009
My Dinner with Hervé
2018
Your Christmas or Mine?
2022
The Firm
2009
The Secret Life of Words
2005
Swimming with Men
2018
Do Not Disturb
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Your Christmas or Mine 2
2023
Common
2014
The Best Man
2005
Shifty
2008
Consuming Passion
2008
Class of '76
2005
Rehab
2003
Plus One
2009
Mother's Day
2018
Middletown
2007
White Girl
2008
Two for Joy
2018
Against the Law
2017
Dead Casual
2002
Beneath the Skin
2005
Mrs Biggs
2012
Maryland
2022
Half Broken Things
2007
The Interrogation of Tony Martin
2018
Consent
2007
The Kemps: All True
2020
Making of Lord of the Flies
2026
Class of '76
2005
Saddam's Tribe
2007
The Awakening
2024