Daniel Mays
Acting
98 titles
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.
Filmography
Believe Me
2026
Making of Lord of the Flies
2026
Lord of the Flies
2026
Shelter
2026
Lynley
2025
The Thursday Murder Club
2025
Bookish
2025
VE Day 80
2025
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
2025
A Thousand Blows
2025
Moonflower Murders
2024
The Awakening
2024
Franklin
2024
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
2024
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
2023
Your Christmas or Mine 2
2023
The Long Shadow
2023
Your Christmas or Mine?
2022
Maryland
2022
Magpie Murders
2022
Blankety Blank
2021
Des
2020
The Kemps: All True
2020
White Lines
2020
Code 404
2020
The Rhythm Section
2020
1917
2019
Temple
2019
Good Omens
2019
Fisherman's Friends
2019
The Interrogation of Tony Martin
2018
My Dinner with Hervé
2018
Two for Joy
2018
Mother's Day
2018
Swimming with Men
2018
Porters
2017
Born to Kill
2017
Guerrilla
2017
Against the Law
2017
Urban Myths
2017
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
The Limehouse Golem
2016
The Infiltrator
2016
Dad's Army
2016
Victor Frankenstein
2015
The Great Fire
2014
The Great War: The People's Story
2014
Common
2014
Inside No. 9
2014
Byzantium
2013
Welcome to the Punch
2013
Mrs Biggs
2012
Mrs Biggs
2012
Line of Duty
2012
Playhouse Presents
2012
Public Enemies
2012
Treasure Island
2012
The Adventures of Tintin
2011
Outcasts
2011
Made in Dagenham
2010
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
2009
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
2009
Mr. Nobody
2009
The Firm
2009
Red Riding
2009
Plus One
2009
Consuming Passion
2008
Shifty
2008
White Girl
2008
The Bank Job
2008
Ashes to Ashes
2008
Half Broken Things
2007
Saddam's Tribe
2007
Middletown
2007
Atonement
2007
Consent
2007
A Good Year
2006
The Secret Life of Words
2005
Funland
2005
Class of '76
2005
Class of '76
2005
The Best Man
2005
Beneath the Skin
2005
Doctor Who
2005
Vera Drake
2004
Top Buzzer
2004
Hustle
2004
Keen Eddie
2003
Rehab
2003
Tipping the Velvet
2002
All or Nothing
2002
Bodily Harm
2002
Dead Casual
2002
Manchild
2002
Pearl Harbor
2001
In Deep
2001
Do Not Disturb