Ben Daniels

Actor Jun 10 (age 61) Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK 1986–2026 (40 year career)

6.6 avg rating

Biography

Ben Daniels (born 10 June 1964) is a British actor. A graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), he has taken on roles in numerous productions. On television he has appeared in, among other shows, The Lost Language of Cranes (1991), Conspiracy (2001), Cutting It (2002–2005), Ian Fleming: Bondmaker (2005), The Virgin Queen (2005) and The State Within (2006). On the silver screen, Daniels has appeared mostly in supporting roles, including parts in The Bridge (1992), Beautifu…

Known For

Film

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

General Merrick

Film

The Crown

Lord Snowdon

Film

Locke

Gareth (voice)

Film

Jack the Giant Slayer

Fumm

Film

The Exorcist

Father Marcus Brennan

Film

Jupiter's Legacy

Walter Sampson / Brainwave

Film

Conspiracy

Josef Bühler

Film

Argylle

Bartender

Filmography

Acting (72)

Movies (37)

National Theatre at Home: Man and Boy

2026 Upcoming

as Gregor Antonescu

May 18

Argylle

2024

as Bartender

6.0

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

2022

as Antoc Merrick (archive footage) (uncredited)

Benediction

as Dr. Rivers

Captive State

as Daniel

Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert

2018

as Pontius Pilate

6.9

The Exception

2017

as Col Sigurd von Ilsemann

6.9

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

2016

as General Merrick

7.5

The Exorcist: Making the Demons

2016

as Self

Lunacy: The Making of Luna

Locke

as Gareth (voice)

Luna

as Grant

Jack the Giant Slayer

2013

as Fumm

5.9

The Wipers Times

2013

as Lieutenant Colonel Howfield

6.3

The Last Days of Lehman Brothers

2009

as John Thain

5.5

Who Killed Mrs De Ropp?

as Saki

Doom

as Goat

Ian Fleming: Bondmaker

2005

as Ian Fleming

Real Men

2003

as DI Matthew Fenton

9.0

Fogbound

2002

as Leo

Conspiracy

as Josef Bühler

Married/Unmarried

as Danny

Britannic

as Townsend

Fanny & Elvis

as Andrew

Aristocrats

as Lord Kildare

I Want You

as Bob

Madeline

as Leopold the Tutor

David

as Jonatan

Passion in the Desert

as Augustin Robert

Beautiful Thing

as Tony

Truth or Dare

as Ben

W.S.H.: The Myth of the Urban Myth

1994

The Lost Language of Cranes

as Robin Bradley

The Bridge

as Rogers

Wall of Tyranny

as Striemer

Wish You Were Here

as Maisie Mathews

The Fourth Protocol

as Boy in Photo (uncredited)

6.3

Television (35)

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

2022

as Círdan

7.2

Interview with the Vampire

as Santiago

Foundation

as Bel Riose

Jupiter's Legacy

as Walter Sampson / Brainwave

The Crown

as Lord Snowdon

The Exorcist

as Father Marcus Brennan

Flesh and Bone

as Paul

Jamaica Inn

as Francis Davey

House of Cards

as Adam Galloway

The Hollow Crown

as Buckingham

The Paradise

as Tom Weston

Women in Love

as Will Brangwen

Moving On

as John Murphy

Law & Order: UK

as James Steel

Merlin

as Tristan

Lark Rise to Candleford

The Passion

as Caiaphas

The Virgin Queen

as Francis Walsingham

6.4

The State Within

2006

as Nicholas Brocklehurst

7.4

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

as Alfred Crackenthorpe

Spooks

as Oleg Korsakov

Cutting It

as Finn Bevan

Real Men

Silent Witness

Outside Edge

Outside Edge

as Alex Harrington

A Touch of Frost

as Roger Massie

Soldier Soldier

as Capt Andy Wright

Drop the Dead Donkey

The Simpsons

as Irish Priest (voice)

8.0

The Paradise Club

1989

as DC Webster

5.8

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

1988

as Hans Castorp

Casualty

as Graham Marda

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee