Ben Daniels
- January 4, 2024
- Stage Actor
Quick Facts
Full Name | Ben Daniels |
Occupation | Stage Actor |
Date Of Birth | Jun 10, 1964(1964-06-10) |
Age | 60 |
Birthplace | Nuneaton |
Country | United Kingdom |
Birth City | England |
Horoscope | Gemini |
Ben Daniels Biography
Name | Ben Daniels |
Birthday | Jun 10 |
Birth Year | 1964 |
Place Of Birth | Nuneaton |
Home Town | England |
Birth Country | United Kingdom |
Birth Sign | Gemini |
Ben Daniels is one of the most popular and richest Stage Actor who was born on June 10, 1964 in Nuneaton, England, United Kingdom. He was nominated for a Tony Award for his role in 2008’s Broadway adaptation of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, this stage actor also received an Laurence Olivier Award for his performance in a 2002 English staging of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons.
He as well as American actor He and American actress Mamie Gummer shared the Broadway stage in the 2008 revival of Les Liaisons Dangereuses. took part on their stage on the Broadway scene in 2008’s revival Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
Daniels was educated at Manor Park School, a state comprehensive school in Nuneaton, near Coventry, in Warwickshire (since closed). According to Daniels, drama lessons at O-levels gave him a voice, and when he attended sixth form studies at Stratford College between 1980 and 1982, doing A-levels in theatre studies and English literature, he attended Royal Shakespeare Company performances. A fellow student recalled that Daniels, whom he knew as Dave, “was very serious about his work, and struck me as incredibly intelligent… you got the sense his mind was working; the cogs were ticking over”. Daniels subsequently trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) for three years.
One of Daniels’ earliest roles was as Justin Hayward, the lead singer of the Moody Blues, as a teenager in two of the band’s music videos, “Your Wildest Dreams” (1986) and “I Know You’re Out There Somewhere” (1988). In 1992, he made an appearance in the infamous plane crash episode “Cascade” of the television show Casualty, playing the co-pilot of the doomed plane. He has taken on parts in many British television dramas, such as Robin in The Lost Language of Cranes (1991), the Biblical character Jonathan in the 1997 Emmy- nominated TV film David, the philandering Finn Bevan in Cutting It (2002–2005), and Nicholas Brocklehurst in the BBC television miniseries The State Within (2006). The latter role was notable for an unexpected same-sex kiss between Daniels’ character and another person. In 2008 he appeared in Lark Rise to Candleford, a BBC production based on three semi-autobiographical novels about the English countryside written by Flora Thompson.
The actor was raised in Warwickshire, England, to an engineer father and shop owner mother. He was sexually gay during his early teens, and later, in 1993, was engaged to fellow actor on stage and screen Ian Gelder, who would later become his long-term love.
Ben Daniels Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Stage Actor |
House | Living in own house. |
Ben Daniels is one of the richest Stage Actor from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ben Daniels 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
After completing theatre studies as well as English Literature during his time at Stratford-upon-Avon College, he enrolled at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).
His TV credits include guest appearances on popular TV shows such like House of Cards (as Adam Galloway) and Cutting It (as Finn Bevan).
Ben Daniels (born 10 June 1964) is an English actor. Initially a stage actor, Daniels was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor for Never the Sinner (1991), the Evening Standard Award for Best Actor for 900 Oneonta (1994), Best Actor in the M.E.N. Theatre Awards for Martin Yesterday (1998), and won the 2001 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the Arthur Miller play All My Sons.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Height | 6 ft 0 in |
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Daniels won the Best Supporting Actor award at the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers’ Choice Theatre Awards and the 25th Laurence Olivier Awards in 2001 for his performance in the Arthur Miller play All My Sons. He was first nominated for the latter award earlier in his career, in 1991, for his performance as murderer Richard Loeb in the play Never the Sinner at the Playhouse Theatre. In 2008, Daniels fulfilled a lifetime ambition when he made his Broadway début, headlining as the Vicomte de Valmont in a revival of Les Liaisons Dangereuses. The show opened on 1 May 2008. Daniels was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for his role.
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Daniels has said that he loves acting on stage because “it’s tough and keeps you on your toes as an actor”. He appeared in All’s Well That Ends Well and As You Like It (1999–2000), and played Mercutio in a 1994 TV adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. Other theatre credits include Waiting for Godot (1994) and 900 Oneonta (1994), which earned him a nomination for Best Actor at the Evening Standard Awards. He also acted in Martin Yesterday (1998), for which he was nominated as Best Actor in the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards, Naked (1998), Tales From Hollywood (2001), Three Sisters (2003), Iphigenia at Aulis (2004), The God of Hell (2005), and The Wild Duck (2005–2006). In 2006, Daniels appeared in Thérèse Raquin as Laurent, for which a reviewer labelled his performance “riveting”. On 1 April 2018, Daniels appeared as Pontius Pilate in the NBC live musical, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert!.
Is actor Ben Daniels married?
Ben Daniels
Occupation| Actor
Years active| 1987–present
Partner(s)| Ian Gelder (1993–present)
How old is Ben Daniels?
57 years (June 10, 1964)
How tall is Ben Daniels?
6′ 0″
Where is Ben Daniels from?
Nuneaton, United Kingdom
Is Ben Daniels related to Jeff Daniels?
Jeff Daniels and his son , Ben Daniels, perform on Mountain Stage. Highly regarded, Emmy-winning actor Jeff Daniels is also a versatile guitarist, singer and songwriter, as you’ll hear in his third appearance on Mountain Stage since 2007.