Anthony Daniels

Honestly, Anthony Daniels might be the most underrated performance artist in film history — the man spent decades inside a rigid golden suit, barely able to walk, unable to blink, and yet somehow made C-3PO one of the most beloved characters in cinema. He was a trained mime artist before George Lucas came calling, which is probably the only reason that role was even survivable. What gets me is that he initially didn't want the part and had to be convinced by concept art — and then he showed up to every single mainline Star Wars film from 1977 all the way through The Rise of Skywalker in 2019. That's eleven films, animated series, and cameos spanning over forty years of commitment to one character. You never see his face, but you absolutely feel his presence.

Name (English)

Anthony Daniels

Name (Japanese)

アンソニー・ダニエルズ

Reading

あんそにー・だにえるず

Born

February 21, 1946 (age 80)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Dog

Origin

Salisbury, United Kingdom

Occupation

actor / film actor / mime artist / television actor

University

Rose Bruford College

• Official sitehttps://www.anthonydaniels.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/ADaniels3PO
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Daniels
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q441685

Tags

• actor
• film actor
• mime artist

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.