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Daniel Mays
Known for: ActingDaniel 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 53
Shelter
+3
as Booth 
Atonement
+1
as Tommy Nettle 
1917
+5
as Sergeant Sanders 
The Bank Job
+8
as Dave Shilling 
The Thursday Murder Club
as Chris Hudson 
The Adventures of Tintin
+6
as Allan / Pirate Flunky #1 (voice) 
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
as Fetcher (voice) 
A Thousand Blows
as William 'Punch' Lewis 
Ashes to Ashes
+2
as Jim Keats 
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
+4
as Blenkinsop 
Lord of the Flies
as Fred 
Moonflower Murders
as Chubb / Locke 
Franklin
as Edward Bancroft 
Mr. Nobody
as Young Journalist 
Outcasts
as Cass Cromwell 
The Infiltrator
+7
as Frankie 
Temple
as Lee 
Victor Frankenstein
+3
as Barnaby 
A Good Year
+3
as Bert the Doorman 
White Lines
as Marcus 
The Great Fire
as Samuel Pepys 
Des
+10
as DCI Peter Jay 
The Rhythm Section
+2
as Dean West 
Treasure Island
as Dr. David Livesey 
Believe Me
as John Worboys 
Lynley
+1
as DCI Brian Nies 
Welcome to the Punch
+2
as Nathan Bartnick 
The Limehouse Golem
+2
as George Flood 
Plus One
as Rob Black 
Born to Kill
as Bill 
Code 404
as DI John Major 
Guerrilla
as Cullen 
Mrs Biggs
+1
as Ronald Biggs 
Byzantium
+8
as Noel 
Swimming with Men
+4
as Colin 
All or Nothing
as Jason 
Your Christmas or Mine?
as Geoff 
Fisherman's Friends
+1
as Danny 
Vera Drake
as Sid 
Dad's Army
+3
as Private Walker 
Made in Dagenham
as Eddie O'Grady 
The Secret Life of Words
as Martin 
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
+3
as Michael Myshkin 
Your Christmas or Mine 2
as Geoff 
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
+3
as Michael Myshikin 
My Dinner with Hervé
+2
as Casey 
The Firm
as Yeti 
Mother's Day
as Colin Parry 
Two for Joy
+4
as Lias 
Consuming Passion
as Charles Boon 
Against the Law
as Peter Wildeblood 
The Interrogation of Tony Martin
as DC Peters 
Common
as Tommy Ward