Acting
Daniel Mays
- Titles
- 58movies42TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 20032026
- Leading roles
- 35top three billing
- Average score
67/100
- Highest rated
Class of '7681/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 67 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Crime5.4average 3.7
- Historical3.9average 2.6
- Wit & Wordplay4.8average 3.7
- Mystery5.0average 4.1
- Politics3.3average 2.6
- Dark Humor3.4average 2.9
- Tension6.6average 6.1
- Social Commentary5.4average 4.9
Rarely in their work
- Spiritual1.1, average 2.0
- Coming of Age2.3, average 2.9
- Fantasy1.1, average 1.8
- Scare2.0, average 2.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 9
- Social Commentary 8
- Character Study 7
- Psychological Thriller 7
- Moral Ambiguity 4
- Gritty Realism 3
- Feel-Good 3
- Gothic Horror 3
- Crime Drama 3
- Historical Drama 3
- Moral Dilemma 2
- Quirky Characters 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Adrian ScarboroughActorThe Great War: The People's Story, Mrs Biggs, Vera Drake, Mrs Biggs
Alex JenningsActorSuspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, Your Christmas or Mine?, Your Christmas or Mine 2, Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes
Conleth HillActorMagpie Murders, Moonflower Murders, Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes
Jeff PopeWriterBelieve Me, Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, Mrs Biggs, Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes
Anna Maxwell MartinActorCode 404, Mother's Day, White Girl
Mark GatissActorBookish, Moonflower Murders, Against the Law
Eddie MarsanActorVera Drake, The Limehouse Golem, The Secret Life of Words
Asa ButterfieldActorNanny McPhee and the Big Bang, Your Christmas or Mine?, Your Christmas or Mine 2- KKim GasterEditorWhite Lines, Born to Kill, Shifty
Fabian WagnerCinematographerAshes to Ashes, Victor Frankenstein, Mrs Biggs
James McAvoyActorVictor Frankenstein, Welcome to the Punch
Richard DillaneActorMother's Day, Against the Law
Movies and TV shows
292020s
5 titles · average score 70
74
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes (2025)
TV show · as Cliff Todd
71
A Thousand Blows (2025)
TV show · as William 'Punch' Lewis
76
The Long Shadow (2023)
TV show · as Sydney Jackson
Maryland (2022)
as PC Moody
60
White Lines (2020)
TV show · as Marcus
2010s
10 titles · average score 71
67
Temple (2019)
TV show · as Lee
80
Good Omens (2019)
TV show · as Arthur Young
The Interrogation of Tony Martin (2018)
as DC Peters
54
Guerrilla (2017)
TV show · as Cullen
The Great War: The People's Story (2014)
TV show · as Reg Evans
68
Common (2014)
as Tommy Ward
82
Inside No. 9 (2014)
TV show · as Shane
84
Line of Duty (2012)
TV show · as Sgt Danny Waldron
64
Outcasts (2011)
TV show · as Cass Cromwell
69
Made in Dagenham (2010)
as Eddie O'Grady
2000s
14 titles · average score 73
70
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 (2009)
as Michael Myshikin
67
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009)
as Michael Myshkin
70
The Bank Job (2008)
as Dave Shilling
Half Broken Things (2007)
as Michael
77
Atonement (2007)
as Tommy Nettle
Consent (2007)
as Steve
80
Doctor Who (2005)
TV show · as Alex
70
Top Buzzer (2004)
TV show
74
Vera Drake (2004)
as Sid
73
Tipping the Velvet (2002)
TV show · as Jimmy Burns
87
All or Nothing (2002)
as Jason
83
In Deep (2001)
TV show · as Dave Street