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