Ben Daniels

Ben Daniels (lahir 10 Juni 1964) adalah aktor Inggris. Lulusan Akademi Musik dan Seni Drama London (LAMDA), ia telah berperan dalam berbagai produksi. Di televisi ia pernah tampil di acara lain, antara lain, The Lost Language of Cranes (1991), Conspiracy (2001), Memotongnya (2002–2005), Ian Fleming: Bondmaker (2005), The Virgin Queen (2005) dan The State Within (2006). Di layar perak, Daniels lebih banyak muncul dalam peran pendukung, termasuk bagian dalam The Bridge (1992), Beautiful Thing (1996), I Want You (1998), Madeline (1998) dan Doom (2005). Pengecualian adalah film independen tahun 1997 Passion in the Desert, berdasarkan cerita pendek karya novelis Honoré de Balzac. Daniels lahir pada 10 Juni 1964 di Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Ayahnya adalah seorang insinyur di Rolls-Royce dan kemudian menjadi pedagang kelontong, sedangkan ibunya memiliki toko pakaian anak-anak. Dia mengenang: "Saya adalah seorang anak yang pemalu, tapi juga cukup mengganggu. Saya sangat licik dan curang." Daniels menempuh pendidikan di Manor Park School, sebuah sekolah komprehensif negeri di Nuneaton, dekat Coventry, di Warwickshire (sejak ditutup). Menurut Daniels, pelajaran drama di O-level memberinya suara, dan ketika dia mengikuti studi tingkat keenam di Stratford College antara tahun 1980 dan 1982, mengambil A-level dalam studi teater dan sastra Inggris, dia menghadiri pertunjukan Royal Shakespeare Company. Seorang rekan mahasiswanya ingat bahwa Daniels, yang dia kenal sebagai Dave, "sangat serius dengan pekerjaannya, dan menurut saya dia sangat cerdas... Anda dapat merasakan bahwa pikirannya sedang bekerja; roda penggeraknya terus berjalan". Daniels kemudian berlatih di Akademi Musik dan Seni Drama London (LAMDA) selama tiga tahun. Daniels paling sukses dengan karya teater. Dia dinominasikan untuk Aktor Terbaik di Evening Standard Awards untuk 900 Oneonta (1994), untuk Aktor Terbaik di M.E.N. Penghargaan Teater untuk Martin Kemarin (1998), dan untuk Aktor Pendukung Terbaik dalam Penghargaan Laurence Olivier ke-15 untuk Never the Sinner (1991). Dia akhirnya memenangkan penghargaan terakhir di Penghargaan Laurence Olivier ke-25 (2001), serta penghargaan Aktor Pendukung Terbaik di Penghargaan Teater Pilihan Pengunjung Whatsonstage.com tahun 2001, untuk penampilannya dalam drama Arthur Miller All My Sons. Penghargaan teater lainnya termasuk Tales From Hollywood (2001), Three Sisters (2003), Iphigenia at Aulis (2004), The God of Hell (2005), The Wild Duck (2005–2006) dan Thérèse Raquin (2006). Pada tahun 2008 Daniels membuat debut Broadwaynya dengan aktris Amerika Laura Linney dalam kebangkitan Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons), di mana ia dinominasikan untuk Tony Award untuk Penampilan Terbaik oleh Aktor Utama dalam sebuah Drama.

Ben Daniels (born 10 June 1964) is a British actor. A graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), he has taken on roles in numerous productions. On television he has appeared in, among other shows, The Lost Language of Cranes (1991), Conspiracy (2001), Cutting It (2002–2005), Ian Fleming: Bondmaker (2005), The Virgin Queen (2005) and The State Within (2006). On the silver screen, Daniels has appeared mostly in supporting roles, including parts in The Bridge (1992), Beautiful Thing (1996), I Want You (1998), Madeline (1998) and Doom (2005). An exception was the 1997 independent film Passion in the Desert, based on a short story by novelist Honoré de Balzac. Daniels was born on 10 June 1964 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.[6] His father was an engineer at Rolls-Royce and later a grocer, while his mother owned a children's clothes shop. He has recalled: "I was quite a shy child, but quite disruptive as well. "I was very sneaky and underhanded." Daniels was educated at Manor Park School, a state comprehensive school in Nuneaton, near Coventry, in Warwickshire (since closed). According to Daniels, drama lessons at O-levels gave him a voice, and when he attended sixth form studies at Stratford College between 1980 and 1982, doing A-levels in theatre studies and English literature, he attended Royal Shakespeare Company performances. A fellow student recalled that Daniels, whom he knew as Dave, "was very serious about his work, and struck me as incredibly intelligent... you got the sense his mind was working; the cogs were ticking over". Daniels subsequently trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) for three years. Daniels has had most success with theatre work. He was nominated for Best Actor at the Evening Standard Awards for 900 Oneonta (1994), for Best Actor in the M.E.N. Theatre Awards for Martin Yesterday (1998), and for Best Supporting Actor in the 15th Laurence Olivier Awards for Never the Sinner (1991). He eventually won the latter award at the 25th Laurence Olivier Awards (2001), as well as the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2001 Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Theatre Awards, for his performance in the Arthur Miller play All My Sons. Other theatre credits include Tales From Hollywood (2001), Three Sisters (2003), Iphigenia at Aulis (2004), The God of Hell (2005), The Wild Duck (2005–2006) and Thérèse Raquin (2006). In 2008 Daniels made his Broadway début with American actress Laura Linney in a revival of Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons), for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play.