Who is Daniel Mays? Everything You Need to Know

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British Celebrities Born In March

Age: 46 Years, 46 Year Old Males

Family:

Spouse/Ex-: Louise Burton

children: Dixie, Dixie Mays, Mylo, Mylo Mays

Born Country: England

Actors British Men

Height: 6'2" (188 cm), 6'2" Males

Notable Alumni: Italia Conti Academy Of Theatre Arts

City: Essex, England

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education: Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art, Italia Conti Academy Of Theatre Arts

awards: 2017 · Line of Duty - British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor
2013 · Mrs Biggs - National Television Award for Outstanding Drama Performance (Male)
2018 · Treasure Island: An Audible Original Drama - Audie Award for Audio Drama

2014 · Trelawny of the Wells; Mojo - WhatsOnStage Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Play
2008 · Shifty - British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor

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Career

Daniel Mays’ first appearance on television was in the 1995 drama series 'Fist of Fun'. In 2000, he featured in two episodes of 'EastEnders'. His film debut came a year later when he was cast in the American epic romantic war drama 'Pearl Harbor’. In 2002, he featured in 'All or Nothing', a drama flick about the everyday lives of three working-class families. He then followed it with appearances in the made-for-television films 'Dead Casual' and 'Rehab.' The actor then starred in the sitcom ‘Top Buzzer’ in 2004. That year, he also played Sid, a tailor in ‘Vera Drake’, a drama movie about a working-class woman who performs illegal abortions. Although the movie didn’t earn much at the box office, it garnered three Academy Award nominations.

From 2005 to 2008, Daniel Mays featured in several TV films, such as 'Class of '76', 'Consent', 'Half Broken Things', and 'Consuming Passion', to name a few. During this time, he also did the movies ‘The Secret Life of Words’, ‘Atonement’, and ‘Shifty’. He followed these with a role in eight episodes of ‘Ashes to Ashes’ which premiered in 2010. That year, the actor starred as Eddie O'Grady in the film ‘Made in Dagenham’ alongside Sally Hawkins, Miranda Richardson, and Bob Hoskins.

The year 2011 saw Mays in a supporting role in the animated action-adventure ‘The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn’. A year later, he featured in a three-part TV series ‘Public Enemies’. This was followed by his role in the sitcom ‘The Great Fire’. Then in 2016, the actor had a cameo in the epic space-opera film ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’. His more recent projects include ‘Fisherman's Friends’, a biographical drama about Port Isaac's music group Fisherman's Friends, and the television shows ‘Porters’ and ‘Good Omens’.

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Family & Personal Life

Daniel Mays was born on 31 March 1978 in Epping, Essex, England, UK, to an electrician father and a bank cashier mother. He has three brothers. He attended the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London. He later graduated from the prestigious drama school, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, in 2000.

Daniel Mays is married to makeup artist Louise Burton. They have a daughter named Dixie and a son named Mylo.

Daniel Mays Biography