ACTOR

Daniel Mays

1978 - Today

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Daniel Mays (born 31 March 1978) is an English actor having had television roles in EastEnders (2000), Rehab (2005), Red Riding (2008), Ashes to Ashes (2010), Outcasts (2011), Mrs Biggs, Line of Duty, Des and White Lines (2020), and film roles in Pearl Harbor (2001), All or Nothing (2002), Vera Drake (2004), Shifty, Made in Dagenham, Byzantium (2012), and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016). Mays has been nominated for best supporting actor at both the BIFAs (2008), and the BAFTAs (2017), as well as having extensive experience in theatre. In 2024, he was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Mays has received more than 3,350,127 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Daniel Mays is the 11,838th most popular actor (down from 10,225th in 2019), the 7,152nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,228th in 2019) and the 1,294th most popular British Actor.

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  • 3.4M

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  • 40.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Daniel Mays ranks 11,838 out of 13,578Before her are Shenae Grimes, Sasha Clements, Trevor Donovan, Alan Davies, Lucas Hedges, and Stephen Full. After her are Marcin Mroziński, Bret Harrison, Navi Rawat, Jill Talley, Anna Chipovskaya, and Leonard Roberts.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Daniel Mays ranks 818Before her are Lise Rønne, Franky Zapata, Bermane Stiverne, Marius Popa, Trevor Donovan, and Andrei Markov. After her are Reinaldo Navia, Shaun Morgan, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Sturgill Simpson, Stefan Nimke, and Teruaki Kurobe.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Daniel Mays ranks 7,152 out of 8,785Before her are Jem (1975), Rachel Shelley (1969), Noel Fielding (1973), Adam Peaty (1994), Andy Wilkinson (1984), and Alan Davies (1966). After her are Ian Botham (1955), Ella Balinska (1996), Gabriel Agbonlahor (1986), Linda Grant (1951), Darius Vassell (1980), and Marcus Bettinelli (1992).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Daniel Mays ranks 1,294Before her are Mandip Gill (1988), Kerry Katona (1980), Jessica Hynes (1972), Poppy Drayton (1991), Rachel Shelley (1969), and Alan Davies (1966). After her are Ella Balinska (1996), Milind Soman (1965), Hugh Mitchell (1989), Scarlett Byrne (1990), Tanya Reynolds (1991), and Steve Pemberton (1967).