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Daniel Mays

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Daniel Mays (born 31 March 1978) is an English actor who has had television roles in EastEnders (2000), Rehab (2005), Red Riding (2008), Ashes to Ashes (2010), Outcasts (2011), Mrs Biggs, Line of Duty, Des and White Lines (2020), and film roles in Pearl Harbor (2001), All or Nothing (2002), Vera Drake (2004), Shifty, Made in Dagenham, Byzantium (2012), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) and The Thursday Murder Club (2025). Mays has been nominated as Best Supporting Actor for the BIFA and the BAFTA TV, as well as having extensive experience in theatre. In 2024, he was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel Mays is the 12,426th most popular actor (down from 11,836th in 2024), the 7,399th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,151st in 2019) and the 1,325th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Daniel Mays ranks 12,426 out of 13,578. Before her are Esther Garrel, Jenny Mollen, Kim Hye-seong, Mahesh Manjrekar, Maz Jobrani, and Josefine Frida Pettersen. After her are Thomasin McKenzie, Rob Dyrdek, Elizabeth Henstridge, Shin Hye-jeong, Artie Lange, and Calpernia Addams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Daniel Mays ranks 929. Before her are Wes Chatham, Cindy Bishop, René Wolff, Andrei Markov, Koji Fujikawa, and Petra Mandula. After her are Fabio Firmani, Henrieta Nagyová, Marcelo Sosa, Matteo Bisiani, Immortal Technique, and Fernando Almeida de Oliveira.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Daniel Mays ranks 7,407 out of 8,785. Before her are Nigel Bond (1965), Jonas Blue (1989), Justin Hawkins (1975), Eve Myles (1978), Dani Rowe (1990), Alvin Martin (1958), Alan McInally (1963), Nicola Fairbrother (1970), Adam Johnson (1987), Claudia Jessie (1989), Marcus Bettinelli (1992), and Mike Phelan (1962).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Daniel Mays ranks 1,325. Before her are Matthew Marsden (1973), Bertie Carvel (1977), Joe Anderson (1982), Natasha Little (1969), Eve Myles (1978), and Claudia Jessie (1989). After her are Elizabeth Henstridge (1987), Luke Pasqualino (1990), Gideon Emery (1972), Emily Lloyd (1970), Hugo Speer (1968), and Hannah Taylor-Gordon (1987).

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