Dan Stevens

This article is about the British actor. For the American punk rock musician, see Dan Stevens (musician).

Dan Stevens (2009)

Daniel Jonathan Stevens (born 10 October 1982) is an English actor.

Education

Stevens was born in Croydon, and educated at Tonbridge School, an independent school in Tonbridge in Kent, followed by Emmanuel College at the University of Cambridge, where he read English. He also gained acting experience with the National Youth Theatre. While at Cambridge he was also a member of The Footlights.

Life and career

He has worked extensively in theatre in the UK and the United States, working with the director Peter Hall many times. He was nominated for an Ian Charleson Award for his portrayal of Orlando in As You Like It for the Peter Hall Company in 2005.

In 2006, Stevens starred as Nick Guest in the BBC Television adaptation of Alan Hollinghurst's Booker Prize-winning novel The Line of Beauty. Later that year he played Simon Bliss in Hay Fever by Noël Coward at the Haymarket Theatre, alongside Peter Bowles and Judi Dench, directed by Sir Peter Hall. He appeared as Lord Holmwood in an adaptation of Dracula for the BBC, and as Basil Brookes in the BBC Emmy-award-winning film Maxwell.

In 2008 he appeared in Sense & Sensibility, playing Edward Ferrars, and the West End revival of Noel Coward's The Vortex. In January 2009 he appeared on New Year's Day in Marple: Nemesis in ITV1 in the UK. In June 2009 he returned to the West End, playing Septimus Hodge in an acclaimed revival of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia at the Duke of York's Theatre.

He is the narrator of several audiobooks including The Angel's Game, Wolf Hall and War Horse.

Stevens is currently starring in the ITV Sunday night drama Downton Abbey, written by Julian Fellowes.

He has just completed shooting Vamps, the latest film from Amy Heckerling.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2004	Frankenstein	Henry	TV mini-series
2006	The Line of Beauty	Nick Guest	TV mini-series (3 episodes)
	Dracula	Lord Arthur Holmwood	TV movie
2007	Marple: Nemesis	Michael Faber	TV movie
	Maxwell	Basil Brookes	TV movie
2008	Sense and Sensibility	Edward Ferrars	TV mini-series (3 episodes)
	Masterpiece Theatre	Edward Ferrars	TV series (1 episode: "Sense and Sensibility")
2009	Hilde	David Cameron
	The Turn of the Screw	Dr. Fisher	TV movie
2010	Downton Abbey	Matthew Crawley	TV series (7 episodes)
	Vamps	Joey	(post-production)

Theatre

Year	Production	Role	Director	Venue	Awards
2004	As You Like It	Orlando	Peter Hall	The Rose Theatre, Kingston
2005	You Can Never Tell		Peter Hall	Theatre Royal, Bath
	Waiting for Godot		Peter Hall	Theatre Royal, Bath
	Private Lives		Peter Hall	Theatre Royal, Bath
	Much Ado About Nothing	Claudio	Peter Hall	Theatre Royal, Bath	Nominated - Ian Charleson Award
2006	The Romans in Britain	Marban/Maitland	Samuel West	Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
	Hay Fever	Simon	Peter Hall	Theatre Royal, Haymarket
2008	The Vortex	Nicky Lancaster	Peter Hall	Apollo Theatre, London
2009	Arcadia	Septimus	David Leveaux	Duke of York's Theatre, London

External links

• Dan Stevens at IMDb
• Dan Stevens at spiffyjellybean
• Dan Stevens @ Talented British Actors
• Interview about The Line of Beauty