My Take
Dan Stevens is one of those actors who keeps pulling off transformations you genuinely don't see coming. He broke hearts walking away from Downton Abbey at the height of Matthew Crawley's popularity, which felt like career suicide at the time — but then he turned around and played the Beast in Disney's 2017 Beauty and the Beast with this weird, soulful CGI physicality that actually worked, and followed it up with Legion, one of the most gloriously unhinged superhero shows ever made. The guy trained at Cambridge, speaks multiple languages, and clearly has zero interest in coasting on charm alone. Every few years he picks something that makes you go "wait, that was him?" and I respect that restlessness enormously.
Overview
Daniel Jonathan Stevens (born 10 October 1982) is an English actor. He first drew international attention for his role as Matthew Crawley in the ITV period drama series Downton Abbey (2010–2012). He also portrayed The Beast in Disney's live action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast (2017), and starred as David Haller in the Noah Hawley-created FX psychological thriller series Legion (2017–2019), for which he received…
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Dan Stevens
- Name (Japanese)
- ダン・スティーヴンス
- Reading
- だん・すてぃーゔんす
- Born
- October 10, 1982 (age 43)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Dog
- Origin
- Croydon, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / stage actor / film actor / television actor / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Emmanuel College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Downton Abbey | — | |
| Notable work | Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | — | |
| Notable work | Beauty and the Beast | — | |
| Notable work | The Sea Beast | — | |
| Notable work | The Call of the Wild | — |
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.