Ben Daniels

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 20022005 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 was born on 10 June 1964 in Nuneaton Warwickshire6 His father was an engineer at RollsRoyce and later a grocer while his mother owned a childrens clothes shop He has recalled I was quite a shy child but quite disruptive as well I was very sneaky and underhanded 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 Olevels gave him a voice and when he attended sixth form studies at Stratford College between 1980 and 1982 doing Alevels 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 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 MEN 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 Whatsonstagecom 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 20052006 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