Daniel Mays

Actor Mar 31 (age 47) Epping, Essex, England, UK 2001–2026 (25 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

1917

Sergeant Sanders

Film

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Tivik

Film

Mr. Nobody

Young Journalist

Film

Atonement

Tommy Nettle

Film

Pearl Harbor

Pilot

Film

The Adventures of Tintin

Allan / Pirate Flunky #1 (voice)

Film

The Bank Job

Dave Shilling

Film

Line of Duty

Sgt Danny Waldron

Filmography

Acting (99)

Movies (53)

Shelter

2026

as Booth

6.7

The Thursday Murder Club

2025

as Chris Hudson

6.6

The Awakening

2024

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

2023

as Fetcher (voice)

6.9

Your Christmas or Mine 2

2023

as Geoff

6.2

Your Christmas or Mine?

as Geoff

Maryland

as PC Moody

The Rhythm Section

as Dean West

The Kemps: All True

as Self

1917

as Sergeant Sanders

Fisherman's Friends

as Danny

The Interrogation of Tony Martin

as DC Peters

My Dinner with Hervé

as Casey

Swimming with Men

as Colin

Two for Joy

as Lias

Mother's Day

as Colin Parry

Against the Law

as Peter Wildeblood

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

as Tivik

The Infiltrator

as Frankie

The Limehouse Golem

as George Flood

Dad's Army

as Private Walker

Victor Frankenstein

as Barnaby

Common

as Tommy Ward

Byzantium

as Noel

Welcome to the Punch

as Nathan Bartnick

Mrs Biggs

as Ronald Biggs

Treasure Island

as Dr. David Livesey

The Adventures of Tintin

2011

as Allan / Pirate Flunky #1 (voice)

6.9

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

as Blenkinsop

Made in Dagenham

as Eddie O'Grady

Mr. Nobody

as Young Journalist

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

as Michael Myshkin

The Firm

as Yeti

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983

as Michael Myshikin

The Bank Job

as Dave Shilling

Shifty

as Chris

White Girl

as Stevie

Consuming Passion

as Charles Boon

Atonement

as Tommy Nettle

Middletown

as Jim Hunter

Half Broken Things

as Michael

Saddam's Tribe

as Uday

Consent

as Steve

A Good Year

as Bert the Doorman

The Secret Life of Words

as Martin

The Best Man

as Pool Guy

Beneath the Skin

as Moz Burnside

Class of '76

as DS Steven Grant

Vera Drake

as Sid

Rehab

as Adam

All or Nothing

as Jason

Dead Casual

Pearl Harbor

as Pilot

Television (46)

Lord of the Flies

as Fred

Bookish

as Eric Wellbeloved

A Thousand Blows

as William 'Punch' Lewis

6.6

Lynley

2025

as DCI Brian Nies

5.9

Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes

as Cliff Todd

VE Day 80

as Self

Franklin

as Edward Bancroft

Moonflower Murders

as Locke / Chubb

Rob Beckett's Smart TV

as Self - Guest

The Long Shadow

as Sydney Jackson

Magpie Murders

as Locke / Chubb

Blankety Blank

as Self - Panellist

White Lines

as Marcus

Des

as DCI Peter Jay

Code 404

as DI John Major

Good Omens

as Arthur Young

Temple

as Lee

Do Not Disturb

Urban Myths

as Mike Housego

Guerrilla

as Cullen

Born to Kill

as Bill

Porters

as Anthony De La Mer

Inside No. 9

as Shane

The Great Fire

as Samuel Pepys

The Great War: The People's Story

as Reg Evans

Line of Duty

as Sgt Danny Waldron

Line of Duty

as Danny (uncredited)

Playhouse Presents

as Guv

Treasure Island

as Dr. David Livesey

Mrs Biggs

as Ronald Biggs

Public Enemies

as Eddie Mottram

Outcasts

as Cass Cromwell

Red Riding

as Michael Myshkin

Plus One

as Rob Black

Ashes to Ashes

as Jim Keats

Doctor Who

as Alex

Funland

Class of '76

as DS Steven Grant

Hustle

as Mervyn Lloyd

Top Buzzer

Keen Eddie

Tipping the Velvet

as Jimmy Burns

Manchild

Bodily Harm

as Trader

In Deep

as Dave Street

Believe Me

as John Worboys