Ben Daniels
Birthday: 10 June 1964, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK
Height: 183 cm
Ben Daniels is a multi-award winning performer who is equally at home whether working in Film, Television or Theatre. He was born in the Midlands and became interested in acting through drama lessons ...Show More
I saw David Lynch's The Elephant Man (1980) when I was 15. I was completely bowled over. I found it Show more
I saw David Lynch's The Elephant Man (1980) when I was 15. I was completely bowled over. I found it so beautiful, strange and mesmerizing that I went back to the cinema every night for a week to see it. Hide
[on playing troubled characters] I don't think of myself as being troubled as a human being, but I g Show more
[on playing troubled characters] I don't think of myself as being troubled as a human being, but I guess I'm quite extreme, quite big and quite loud, and maybe people pick up on that when they cast me. I'm certainly not the quiet reflective type. Hide
[on what show he would have liked to guest star in] Six Feet Under (2001) if it was still on, that w Show more
[on what show he would have liked to guest star in] Six Feet Under (2001) if it was still on, that was the best TV program of all time, or Deadwood (2004) or _"Carnivale" (2003), any of those HBO shows I just love, I think they are great. Hide
I'm a great candidate for why arts funding shouldn't be cut, because I had no experience other than Show more
I'm a great candidate for why arts funding shouldn't be cut, because I had no experience other than what was at school, I'm from a working-class town, there were no theaters, and the cinema closed when I was a kid.Anything that gave me a voice or a way to express myself I went running headlong toward. Hide
The older I get, the more of a recluse I turn into. I love the social aspect of my work. It's like a Show more
The older I get, the more of a recluse I turn into. I love the social aspect of my work. It's like a commune and gets very intense and very sociable. Then when I am not working, I shut myself away, so I can see myself living up a mountain. Hide
Ben Daniels'S roles