Ben Daniels
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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), Beautiful Thing (1996), I Want You (1998), Madeline (1998) and Doom (2005). An exception was the 1997 independent film Passion in the Desert, based on a short story by novelist Honoré de Balzac.
Daniels has had most success with theatre work. He was nominated for Best Actor at the Evening Standard Awards for 900 Oneonta (1994), for Best Actor in the M.E.N. Theatre Awards for Martin Yesterday (1998), and for Best Supporting Actor in the 15th Laurence Olivier Awards for Never the Sinner (1991). He eventually won the latter award at the 25th Laurence Olivier Awards (2001), as well as the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2001 Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Theatre Awards, for his performance in the Arthur Miller play All My Sons. Other theatre credits include Tales From Hollywood (2001), Three Sisters (2003), Iphigenia at Aulis (2004), The God of Hell (2005), The Wild Duck (2005–2006) and Thérèse Raquin (2006). In 2008 Daniels made his Broadway début with American actress Laura Linney in a revival of Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons), for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play.
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Acted in
Argylle
2024
as Bartender
Interview with the Vampire
2022
as Santiago
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022
as Antoc Merrick (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022
as Círdan
Benediction
2021
as Dr. Rivers
Foundation
2021
as Bel Riose
Jupiter's Legacy
2021
as Walter Sampson / Brainwave
Captive State
2019
as Daniel
Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
2018
as Pontius Pilate
The Exception
2017
as Col Sigurd von Ilsemann
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
as General Merrick
The Crown
2016
as Lord Snowdon
The Exorcist
2016
as Father Marcus Brennan
Flesh and Bone
2015
as Paul
Lunacy: The Making of Luna
2015
Luna
2014
as Grant
Jamaica Inn
2014
as Francis Davey
Locke
2014
as Gareth (voice)
The Wipers Times
2013
as Lieutenant Colonel Howfield
Jack the Giant Slayer
2013
as Fumm
House of Cards
2013
as Adam Galloway
The Paradise
2012
as Tom Weston
The Hollow Crown
2012
as Buckingham
Women in Love
2011
as Will Brangwen
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
2009
as John Thain
Moving On
2009
as John Murphy
Law & Order: UK
2009
as James Steel
Merlin
2008
as Tristan
The Passion
2008
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
Who Killed Mrs De Ropp?
2007
as Saki
The State Within
2006
as Nicholas Brocklehurst
The Virgin Queen
2006
as Francis Walsingham
Doom
2005
as Goat
Ian Fleming: Bondmaker
2005
as Ian Fleming
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Alfred Crackenthorpe
Real Men
2003
as DI Matthew Fenton
Spooks
2002
as Oleg Korsakov
Fogbound
2002
as Leo
Cutting It
2002
as Finn Bevan
Real Men
2002
Conspiracy
2001
as Bühler
Married/Unmarried
2001
as Danny
Britannic
2000
as Townsend
Fanny & Elvis
1999
as Andrew
Aristocrats
1999
as Lord Kildare
Madeline
1998
as Leopold the Tutor
I Want You
1998
as Bob
Passion in the Desert
1997
as Augustin Robert
David
1997
as Jonatan
Beautiful Thing
1996
as Tony
Silent Witness
1996
Truth or Dare
1996
as Ben
W.S.H.: The Myth of the Urban Myth
1994
Outside Edge
1994
A Touch of Frost
1992
as Roger Massie
The Lost Language of Cranes
1992
as Robin Bradley
The Bridge
1992
as Rogers
Soldier Soldier
1991
as Capt Andy Wright
Drop the Dead Donkey
1990
The Simpsons
1989
as Irish Priest (voice)
Capital City
1989
The Paradise Club
1989
as DC Webster
Wall of Tyranny
1988
as Striemer
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
as Hans Castorp
Wish You Were Here
1987
as Maisie Mathews
Casualty
1986
as Graham Marda
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
