Acting credits
97
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Daniel Mays
Acting
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TMDB popularity
2.8
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Movies: 53Series: 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
as Moody
National Theatre Live: Golden Boy
2026 • Movie
as Self - Fred
Making of Lord of the Flies
2026 • Movie
as Booth
Shelter
2026 • Movie
as Chris Hudson
The Thursday Murder Club
2025 • Movie
The Awakening
2024 • Movie
as Fetcher (voice)
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
2023 • Movie
as Geoff
Your Christmas or Mine 2
2023 • Movie
as Geoff
Your Christmas or Mine?
2022 • Movie
as PC Moody
Maryland
2022 • Movie
as Self
The Kemps: All True
2020 • Movie
as Dean West
The Rhythm Section
2020 • Movie
as Sergeant Sanders
1917
2019 • Movie
as Danny
Fisherman's Friends
2019 • Movie
as DC Peters
The Interrogation of Tony Martin
2018 • Movie
as Casey
My Dinner with Hervé
2018 • Movie
as Lias
Two for Joy
2018 • Movie
as Colin Parry
Mother's Day
2018 • Movie
as Colin
Swimming with Men
2018 • Movie
as Peter Wildeblood
Against the Law
2017 • Movie
as Tivik
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016 • Movie
as George Flood
The Limehouse Golem
2016 • Movie
as Frankie
The Infiltrator
2016 • Movie
as Private Walker
Dad's Army
2016 • Movie
as Barnaby
Victor Frankenstein
2015 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Daniel Mays.
as John Worboys • 4 eps
Believe Me
2026 • Series
as Fred • 4 eps
Lord of the Flies
2026 • Series
as DCI Brian Nies • 4 eps
Lynley
2025 • Series
as Eric Wellbeloved • 2 eps
Bookish
2025 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
VE Day 80
2025 • Series
as Cliff Todd • 4 eps
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
2025 • Series
as William 'Punch' Lewis • 12 eps
A Thousand Blows
2025 • Series
as Chubb / Locke • 6 eps
Moonflower Murders
2024 • Series
as Edward Bancroft • 8 eps
Franklin
2024 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
2024 • Series
as Sydney Jackson • 3 eps
The Long Shadow
2023 • Series
as Locke / Chubb • 6 eps
Magpie Murders
2022 • Series
as Self - Panellist • 1 eps
Blankety Blank
2021 • Series
as DCI Peter Jay • 3 eps
Des
2020 • Series
as Marcus • 10 eps
White Lines
2020 • Series
as DI John Major • 18 eps
Code 404
2020 • Series
as Lee • 15 eps
Temple
2019 • Series
as Arthur Young • 6 eps
Good Omens
2019 • Series
as Anthony De La Mer • 6 eps
Porters
2017 • Series
as Bill • 4 eps
Born to Kill
2017 • Series
as Cullen • 6 eps
Guerrilla
2017 • Series
as Mike Housego • 1 eps
Urban Myths
2017 • Series
as Samuel Pepys • 4 eps
The Great Fire
2014 • Series
as Reg Evans • 2 eps
The Great War: The People's Story
2014 • Series