Acting credits
99
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Daniel Mays
Acting
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Movies: 55Series: 44
TMDB ID: 1670
IMDb ID: nm0990547
Known for: Acting
Born: March 31, 1978
Age: 48
Place of birth: Epping, Essex, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2001 - 2026
Years active: 26
Average TMDB rating: 6.83
Wikidata: Q579571
Also known as
Daniel Alan Mays • Danny Mays • 丹尼爾·梅斯 • 丹尼爾.梅斯 • دانیل میز
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Daniel Mays.
Nov 5
National Theatre Live: Golden Boy
as Moody
2026 Movie
Wild
as Lou
2026 Movie
Making of Lord of the Flies
as Self - Fred
2026 Movie
Shelter
as Booth
2026 Movie
The Thursday Murder Club
as Chris Hudson
2025 Movie
The Awakening
2024 Movie
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
as Fetcher (voice)
2023 Movie
Your Christmas or Mine 2
as Geoff
2023 Movie
Your Christmas or Mine?
as Geoff
2022 Movie
Maryland
as PC Moody
2022 Movie
The Kemps: All True
as Self
2020 Movie
The Rhythm Section
as Dean West
2020 Movie
1917
as Sergeant Sanders
2019 Movie
Fisherman's Friends
as Danny
2019 Movie
The Interrogation of Tony Martin
as DC Peters
2018 Movie
My Dinner with Hervé
as Casey
2018 Movie
Two for Joy
as Lias
2018 Movie
Mother's Day
as Colin Parry
2018 Movie
Swimming with Men
as Colin
2018 Movie
Against the Law
as Peter Wildeblood
2017 Movie
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Tivik
2016 Movie
The Limehouse Golem
as George Flood
2016 Movie
The Infiltrator
as Frankie
2016 Movie
Dad's Army
as Private Walker
2016 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Daniel Mays.
Believe Me
as John Worboys • 4 eps
2026 Series
Lord of the Flies
as Fred • 4 eps
2026 Series
Lynley
as DCI Brian Nies • 4 eps
2025 Series
Bookish
as Eric Wellbeloved • 2 eps
2025 Series
VE Day 80
as Self • 1 eps
2025 Series
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
as Cliff Todd • 2 eps
2025 Series
A Thousand Blows
as William 'Punch' Lewis • 12 eps
2025 Series
Moonflower Murders
as Chubb / Locke • 6 eps
2024 Series
Franklin
as Edward Bancroft • 8 eps
2024 Series
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2024 Series
The Long Shadow
as Sydney Jackson • 3 eps
2023 Series
Magpie Murders
as Locke / Chubb • 5 eps
2022 Series
Blankety Blank
as Self - Panellist • 1 eps
2021 Series
Des
as DCI Peter Jay • 3 eps
2020 Series
White Lines
as Marcus • 10 eps
2020 Series
Code 404
as DI John Major • 18 eps
2020 Series
Temple
as Lee • 15 eps
2019 Series
Good Omens
as Arthur Young • 6 eps
2019 Series
Porters
as Anthony De La Mer • 6 eps
2017 Series
Born to Kill
as Bill • 4 eps
2017 Series
Guerrilla
as Cullen • 6 eps
2017 Series
Urban Myths
as Mike Housego • 1 eps
2017 Series
The Great Fire
as Samuel Pepys • 4 eps
2014 Series
The Great War: The People's Story
as Reg Evans • 2 eps
2014 Series