Dan Stevens
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Daniel Jonathan Stevens (born 10 October 1982 in Croydon, England) is a British actor. He was educated at Tonbridge School and Cambridge University. Whilst at Cambridge he was a member of The Footlights and read English Literature at Emmanuel College. He has worked in theatre with directors Peter Hall, and Samuel West in the UK, and the United States. 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 he starred as Nick Guest in the BBC 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 Dame Judi Dench, directed by Sir Peter Hall. He appeared as Lord Holmwood alongside Marc Warren, Sophia Myles and David Suchet in an adaptation of Dracula for the BBC, and as Basil Brookes in the BBC film Maxwell, once again alongside David Suchet.
In 2008 he appears in Sense & Sensibility, playing Edward Ferrars, and Bill Kenwright's revival of Noel Coward's The Vortex.
[edit] Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Sense & Sensibility | Edward Ferrars | UK television serial |
| 2007 | Maxwell | Basil Brookes | UK television film |
| 2006 | Dracula | Lord Arthur Holmwood | UK television film |
| 2006 | The Line of Beauty | Nick Guest | UK television serial |
| 2004 | Frankenstein | Henry Clerval | US television miniseries |
