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Daniel Mays

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Daniel Mays (born 31 March 1978) is an English actor having 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), and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016). Mays has been nominated for best supporting actor at both the BIFAs (2008), and the BAFTAs (2017), 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 different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel Mays is the 11,823rd most popular actor (up from 11,835th in 2019), the 7,293rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,152nd in 2019) and the 1,290th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Daniel Mays ranks 11,823 out of 13,578Before her are Arshad Warsi, Esther Garrel, Jenny Mollen, 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 866Before her are Eve Myles, Wes Chatham, René Wolff, Andrei Markov, Koji Fujikawa, and Petra Mandula. After her are Fabio Firmani, Henrieta Nagyová, Marcelo Sosa, Immortal Technique, Fernando Almeida de Oliveira, and Kalidou Cissokho.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Daniel Mays ranks 7,295 out of 8,785Before her are Alan McInally (1963), Nicola Fairbrother (1970), Adam Johnson (1987), Claudia Jessie (1989), Marcus Bettinelli (1992), and Mike Phelan (1962). After her are Elizabeth Henstridge (1987), Alex Hepburn (1986), Luke Pasqualino (1990), Samantha Cameron (1971), Tom Holland (1968), and Andy Abraham (1964).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Daniel Mays ranks 1,290Before her are Ana Mulvoy-Ten (1992), Alexander Vlahos (1988), Bertie Carvel (1977), Joe Anderson (1982), Eve Myles (1978), and Claudia Jessie (1989). After her are Elizabeth Henstridge (1987), Luke Pasqualino (1990), Gideon Emery (1972), Emily Lloyd (1970), Hannah Taylor-Gordon (1987), and Harry Treadaway (1984).