Ben Daniels

Ben Daniels strikes me as the kind of actor the industry quietly leans on. He earned his stripes on stage, an Olivier nomination, a Theatre World Award, before broadening into film and television, and that theatrical grounding shows in everything he does. What I admire is that he never chased flashy stardom; instead he disappears into roles, building characters from the inside out. Even his genre work, like The Exorcist, carries the gravity of someone trained to fill a live room with nothing but craft. I have a soft spot for performers like this, the ones who lift a whole production a notch without demanding the spotlight.

Name (English)

Ben Daniels

Name (Japanese)

ベン・ダニエルズ

Reading

べん・だにえるず

Born

June 10, 1964 (age 62)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dragon

Origin

Nuneaton, United Kingdom

Occupation

stage actor / film actor / television actor / actor

Awards & achievements

• 2001 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
• 2008 Theatre World Award

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%20Daniels
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q609458

Tags

• stage actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-17

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