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Daniel Mays (born 31 March 1978) is an English actor.

Daniel Mays
Born	(1978-03-31) 31 March 1978 (age 44) Epping, Essex, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1995–present
Spouse	Louise Burton
Children	2
Website	danielmays.co.uk

Early life

Born in Epping, Essex, the third of four boys, Mays was brought up in Buckhurst Hill, Essex, by his electrician father and bank cashier mother. He attended the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts before going on to win a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).[1][2]

Acting career

Mays graduated from RADA in 2000.[3] Mike Leigh cast him in both All or Nothing and Vera Drake and Mays has said that working with Leigh was decisive in making him the kind of actor he wanted to be. "You leave no stone unturned in the pursuit of truthful, believable characters."[4] In 2005 he was cast in the BBC drama Rehab[5] and in 2008 played the role of Michael Myshkin in Channel 4's adaptation of David Peace's Red Riding trilogy.[6]

His appearance in the independent British film Shifty, co-starring Riz Ahmed, earned him a nomination for best supporting actor at the British Independent Film Awards.[7]

Mays starred as Eddie O'Grady in the 2010 film Made in Dagenham. In the same year, he played DCI Jim Keats in the third series of Ashes to Ashes, in which he portrayed a character that was the antagonist of Philip Glenister's Gene Hunt.[8][9]

Mays appeared in the BBC sci-fi series Outcasts.[10]

He had roles in No One Gets Off in This Town and a supporting role in the Steven Spielberg film The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. He then played a criminal on a curfew after serving a 10-year sentence for the murder of his girlfriend when he was 19 in the programme Public Enemies, which aired on BBC One in early January 2012. He played Ronnie Biggs in a 5-part drama called Mrs Biggs.

For much of the latter half of 2013, Mays performed on stage. Performing in Nick Payne's Same Deep Water As Me at the Donmar Warehouse alongside Nigel Lindsay [11] and in the first major revival of Jez Butterworth's debut play Mojo at the Harold Pinter Theatre. He starred alongside Ben Whishaw, Brendan Coyle, Rupert Grint and Colin Morgan.[12]

Mays starred in Series 3 of BBC drama Line of Duty as Sergeant Danny Waldron, an armed response officer whose troubled and abusive childhood comes under investigation as part of wider investigation of police corruption throughout the serial. He was nominated for a BAFTA Television Award for Supporting Actor for his role.[13]

In 2016 Mays played the part of Aston in Harold Pinter's play The Caretaker directed by Matthew Warchus at The Old Vic Theatre in London opposite Timothy Spall and George MacKay.

Mays portrayed Tivik in the film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.[14]

He starred as lead investigator Detective Chief Inspector Peter Jay in the three-part television drama miniseries Des, about the 1983 arrest of Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen, first screened on ITV on 14 September 2020 in the UK.

Personal life

Mays has a son and a daughter with makeup artist Louise Burton.[15] As of 2005, he was living in Crouch End, an area in the London Borough of Haringey.[5] A keen football fan, he is a supporter of Leyton Orient.[16]

He is a friend of Grant Nicholas, lead singer of rock band Feeder, and appeared in the 2012 music video for the band's single "Idaho".[17]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Skin Deep	Flashback youth	Short film
	Pearl Harbor	Pilot No. 3
2002	All or Nothing	Jason
2004	Vera Drake	Sid
2005	The Secret Life of Words	Martin
	The Best Man	Pool Guy
2006	Middletown	Jim Hunter
	A Good Year	Bert the Doorman
2007	Atonement	Tommy Nettle
2007	Saddam’s Tribe: Bound By Blood	Uday Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti
2008	The Bank Job	Dave Shilling
	Shifty	Chris
	Bitter	Unknown	Short film
2009	Mr. Nobody	Young Journalist
	The Firm	Yeti
2010	Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang	Blenkinsop
	Hippie Hippie Shake	Widgery
	Made in Dagenham	Eddie
	No One Gets Off in This Town
2011	The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn	Allan
2012	Byzantium	Noel
2013	Welcome to the Punch	Nathan Bartnick
2015	Victor Frankenstein	Barnaby
2016	Dad's Army[18]	Private Joe Walker
	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story[19]	Tivik	Cameo
	The Infiltrator	Frankie
2017	The Limehouse Golem	George Flood
2018	Swimming with Men	Colin
	Two for Joy	Lias
	Shaun	William
2019	Fisherman's Friends	Danny
	1917	Sergeant Sanders
2020	The Rhythm Section	Dean West
2022	Your Christmas or Mine?
2023	Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget	Fetcher	Voice; in production, replacing Phil Daniels[20]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Fist of Fun	Patrick Nuffy	Episode 2.5–2.6
2000	EastEnders	Kevin	Four episodes
2001	In Deep	Dave Street	Episode 1.5: "Ghost Squad: Part 1"
	The Bill	Warren Debdale	Episode 17.46: "Temptation"
2002	Manchild	Mechanic	Episode 1.1: "Fiftysomething"
	NCS: Manhunt	Danny Bird	Episodes 1.1 and 1.6
	Dead Casual	Unknown	TV film
	Tipping the Velvet	Jimmy Burns	TV serial
2003	Rehab	Adam	TV film
2004	Top Buzzer	Carlton	Appeared in ten episodes
	Keen Eddie	Ronnie Wiggensey Jr.	Episode 1.8: "Sticky Fingers"
2005	Beneath the Skin	Moz Burnside	TV film
	Class of '76	DS Steven Grant	TV film
	Funland	Carter Krantz	Appeared in all 11 episodes
2007	Consent	Steve	TV film
	Saddam's Tribe	Uday	TV film
	Half Broken Things	Michael	TV film[21]
2008	White Girl	Steve	TV film
	Consuming Passion	Charles Boon	TV film
2009	Plus One	Rob Black	Appeared in all five episodes
	Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1983	Michael Myshkin
	The Street	Mark	Episode 3.2
2010	Hustle	Mervyn Lloyd	Episode 6.5: "Conned Out of Luck"
	Ashes to Ashes	Jim Keats	Appeared in eight episodes
2011	Outcasts	Cass Cromwell
	Doctor Who	Alex	Series 6 Episode 9: "Night Terrors"
2012	Treasure Island	Doctor Livesey	Miniseries
	Public Enemies	Eddie Mottram
	Mrs Biggs	Ronnie Biggs
2014	The Great Fire	Samuel Pepys	TV series 4 episodes
	Common	Tommy Ward	TV film
2016	Line of Duty	Sergeant Danny Waldron	Series 3
2017	Guerrilla	Cullen	TV Series
	Born to Kill	Bill	TV Series
	Against the Law	Peter Wildeblood	Docu-drama
2018	Urban Myths: The Sex Pistols Vs. Bill Grundy	Mike Housego	TV Series 1 episode
	My Dinner with Hervé	Casey	TV Movie
2019	Porters	Anthony De La Mer	Regular, 6 episodes (Series 2)
	Good Omens	Arthur Young	Miniseries
	Temple	Lee Simmons	8 Episodes
2020	Des	Peter Jay	TV miniseries
	White Lines	Marcus
	Code 404	DI John Major
2022	Inside No. 9	Shane	Series 7 Episode 4
2022	Maryland	PC Moody	TV film
TBA	Franklin	Edward Bancroft	Upcoming miniseries[citation needed]

References

External links

• Official website
• Daniel Mays at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Daniel Mays

Daniel Alan Mays (* 31. März 1978 in Epping, Essex) ist ein britischer Schauspieler.[1]

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- [en] Daniel Mays

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[es] Daniel Mays

Daniel Alan Mays (n. Essex, Reino Unido, 31 de marzo de 1978), es un actor británico conocido por sus numerosos papeles en cine y televisión.

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[ru] Мейс, Дэниэл

Дэниэл Алан Мейс (англ. Daniel Alan Mays; род. 31 марта 1978 (1978-03-31), Эппинг, Эссекс, Англия, Великобритания), более известный как Дэниэл Мейс (англ. Daniel Mays) — английский актер.

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