Highest rated as cast or director
Ashes to Ashes
2008 · 3 Seasons
Vera Drake
2004
Des
2020 · 1 Season
Moonflower Murders
2024 · 1 Season
The Bank Job
2008
Daniel Mays's 5 titles from the 2000s have a median Balasaur Score of 72, led by Ashes to Ashes (80) and Vera Drake (80), against 66 for those from the 2020s.
Biography
Daniel Mays was born on March 31, 1978 in Epping, Essex, England as Daniel Alan Mays. He is an actor, known for The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011), The Bank Job (2008) and Atonement (2007). He has performed five plays at the Royal Court Theatre in London including two in the theatre's 50th Anniversary year in parts that were specifically written for him. He won the Best Actor prize at the Palmare Television Festival 2003 for his performance in the hard hitting improvised BBC film Rehab. He has made two films with the acclaimed British director Mike Leigh. All or Nothing (2002) and the 1950s abortion drama, Vera Drake (2004), which received 3 Academy Award Nominations, the Golden Lion Award for Best Film, 3 Bafta Awards and 6 British Independent Film Awards including Best British Independent Film. Son of Toni Mays.
Acted in 96
2020s
- 2026
National Theatre Live: Golden Boy
Moody
Wild
Lou
- 2025
Play for Today
Lou · 1 episode
Lynley
DCI Brian Nies · 4 episodes
- 2024
The Awakening
Movie
- 2023
- 2022
Maryland
PC Moody
- 2020
Code 404
DI John Major · 18 episodes
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
The Interrogation of Tony Martin
DC Peters
My Dinner with Hervé
Casey
Two for Joy
Lias
Mother's Day
Colin Parry
- 2017
Porters
Anthony De La Mer · 6 episodes
Born to Kill
Bill · 4 episodes
Guerrilla
Cullen · 6 episodes
Against the Law
Peter Wildeblood
- 2016
Dad's Army
Private Walker
- 2015
- 2014
The Great Fire
Samuel Pepys · 4 episodes
Common
Tommy Ward
- 2013
- 2012
Mrs Biggs
Ronald Biggs
Mrs Biggs
Ronald Biggs · 5 episodes
Public Enemies
Eddie Mottram · 3 episodes
- 2011
Outcasts
Cass Cromwell · 8 episodes
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
Red Riding
Michael Myshkin · 2 episodes
Plus One
Rob Black · 5 episodes
- 2008
Consuming Passion
Charles Boon
Shifty
Chris
White Girl
Stevie
- 2007
Half Broken Things
Michael
Saddam's Tribe
Uday
Middletown
Jim Hunter
Consent
Steve
- 2006
- 2005
Class of '76
DS Steven Grant
Class of '76
DS Steven Grant · 2 episodes
Beneath the Skin
Moz Burnside
- 2004
Top Buzzer
TV
- 2003
Keen Eddie
TV
Rehab
Adam
- 2002
Tipping the Velvet
Jimmy Burns · 1 episode
Bodily Harm
Trader · 1 episode
Manchild
TV
- 2001
In Deep
Dave Street · 2 episodes
No release date
The Scurry
Grant
Appearances5
2020s
- 2026
- 2025
VE Day 80
Self · 1 episode
- 2024
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
Self - Guest · 1 episode
- 2021
- 2020
The Kemps: All True
Self
