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This article is about the English actor. For the American punk rock musician, see Dan Stevens (musician).
Dan Stevens
Dan Stevens.jpg
Stevens in March 2009
Born Daniel Jonathan Stevens
(1982-10-10) 10 October 1982 (age 41)
Croydon, London, England
Alma mater Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Occupation Actor
Years active 2004–present
Spouse(s) Susie Hariet (m. 2009)
Children 2

Daniel Jonathan "Dan" Stevens[1] (born 10 October 1982)[2] is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Matthew Crawley in the British period drama television series Downton Abbey.

Early life

Stevens was born in Croydon, London.[3] He was adopted at birth, by parents who were both teachers, and grew up in Wales and Southeast England.[4][5] He has a younger brother who was also adopted.[5] After a rebellious youth,[6] Stevens boarded on a scholarship at Tonbridge School, an independent school in Kent. There he became interested in drama after auditioning for the title role in Macbeth with his teacher, novelist Jonathan Smith.[7][8] From the age of 15, he spent his summers training and performing with the National Youth Theatre in London.[9]

Stevens studied English Literature at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.[5][6] While at Cambridge, he was a member of the Footlights with Stefan Golaszewski, Tim Key, and Mark Watson,[10] and was also active in the Marlowe Society. He was first spotted by director Peter Hall at a Marlowe Society production of Macbeth, in which he played the title character alongside Hall's daughter.[11][12][13]

Career

In 2004, Stevens began his professional acting career when Peter Hall cast him as Orlando in his touring production of Shakespeare's As You Like It. The tour took the production to the Rose Theatre in Kingston upon Thames, the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City, the Curran Theatre in San Francisco, and the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. His debut performance earned him glowing reviews from prominent critics in England and the United States,[14][15][16][17] as well as a commendation at the 2004 Ian Charleson Awards.[18]

In 2006, Stevens starred as Nick Guest in the BBC adaptation of Alan Hollinghurst's Booker Prize-winning novel The Line of Beauty.[19] Later that year he played Simon Bliss in Hay Fever by Noël Coward at London's Haymarket Theatre, alongside Peter Bowles and Dame Judi Dench; the director was Peter Hall. He also performed as Lord Holmwood in an adaptation of Dracula for the BBC, and as Basil Brookes in the BBC Emmy-award-winning film, Maxwell. That same year, he was named one of Screen International's 2006 Stars Of Tomorrow.[20]

In 2008, Stevens appeared in the BBC adaptation of Jane Austen's novel, Sense & Sensibility, playing Edward Ferrars, and the West End revival of Noël Coward's The Vortex. In January 2009 he appeared on New Year's Day in Agatha Christie's Marple: Nemesis on ITV1 in Britain.[21] 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.[22]

In 2010, Stevens got his biggest break[23] when he was cast as Matthew Crawley in the ITV series Downton Abbey, created and written by Oscar-winning[24] screenwriter Julian Fellowes.[25] The series went on to be a global sensation,[26] and has been nominated for several Emmy, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards since its debut. The central love story of Matthew Crawley and his distant cousin, Lady Mary Crawley, played by Michelle Dockery, was enormously popular.[27] Stevens left the series after finishing the third season and the Christmas Special in 2012.[28] His exit caused a huge uproar with fans, who notably took to Twitter and other social media sites to express their anger at the character's death.[29]

In November 2011, Stevens guest-hosted an episode of Have I Got News for You. In March 2012, he completed shooting Vamps, the latest film from Amy Heckerling, and Summer in February, an Edwardian romance film set in an artist colony.[30]

In 2012, Stevens moved with his family to New York City.[citation needed] He made his Broadway debut that year opposite Jessica Chastain and David Strathairn in The Heiress.[31]

In 2014, Stevens starred in the independent film The Guest, winning critical acclaim for his portrayal of a recently discharged military veteran who goes on a killing spree to protect a former comrade's younger brother.[32][33][34] He earned a Saturn Award for Best Actor nomination for his performance. Also in 2014, he appeared in the magic realism comedy-drama film The Cobbler, and in the dark action film A Walk Among the Tombstones. He played a simulacrum of Sir Lancelot in the 2014 comedy film Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb.[35][36][37][38]

On March 4, 2015, it was announced that Stevens will play the Beast, opposite Emma Watson as Belle, in Disney's live-action remake adaptation of Beauty and the Beast.[39]

Other work

Stevens has narrated over 30 audiobooks, including Casino Royale, Wolf Hall, and War Horse. In 2014, he was nominated for two Audie Awards, in the Classic category and Solo Narration (Male) category for Frankenstein.[40]

Outside acting, Stevens maintains an interest in writing and literature and is editor-at-large for The Junket, an online quarterly which he co-founded in 2011 with some friends.[41][42] He was a member of the judging panel for the 2012 Man Booker Prize for Fiction,[25][43] and was a regular columnist for the Sunday Telegraph.[44]

A cricket fan, he made his "debut" for the Authors XI team in 2012[45] and also contributed to the book The Authors XI: A Season of English Cricket from Hackney to Hambledon,[46] which was shortlisted for the 2014 The Cricket Society and M.C.C. Book of the Year Award.[47]

Personal life

In 2009, Stevens married South African jazz singer and singing teacher Susie Hariet. They met in 2006, when appearing at different theatres in Sheffield.[3] They have a daughter named Willow (born 2009) and a son named Aubrey (born 2012).[48][49] Actress Rebecca Hall is godmother to his daughter Willow.[50]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2006 Dracula Lord Arthur Holmwood Television film
2007 Maxwell Basil Brookes Television film
2009 Hilde David Cameron
2009 The Turn of the Screw Dr. Fisher Television film
2011 The North London Book of the Dead Speaker Short film
2011 Babysitting Spencer Short film
2012 Vamps Joey
2012 Shallow Richard Dove Short film
2013 Summer in February Gilbert Evans Also an executive producer
2013 The Fifth Estate Ian Katz
2014 The Guest David Collins Nominee - Saturn Award for Best Actor[51]
2014 A Walk Among the Tombstones Kenny Kristo
2014 The Cobbler Emiliano
2014 Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Sir Lancelot
2015 Criminal Activities Noah In post-production
2015 The Ticket James In post-production
2015 Oppenheimer Strategies In post-production
2016 Colossal Filming
2017 Beauty and the Beast Beast/Prince Adam In post-production
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2004 Frankenstein Henry Clerval Miniseries
2006 The Line of Beauty Nick Guest Miniseries; 3 episodes
2007 Agatha Christie's Marple Michael Faber Episode: "Nemesis"
2008 Sense and Sensibility Edward Ferrars Miniseries; 3 episodes
2010–12 Downton Abbey Matthew Crawley Main cast (series 1–3); 25 episodes
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2013 The Tomorrow People TIM (voice) Uncredited; 3 episodes
2014 Once Upon a Time: Wicked Is Coming Narrator TV special
2015 SuperMansion Bunsen (voice) TV series; 1 episode
Web
Year Title Role Notes
2014 High Maintenance Colin Episode: "Rachel"

Other works

Stage
Year Title Role Notes
2004 As You Like It Orlando The Rose Theatre, Kingston
Nominated – Ian Charleson Award[5]
2005 You Never Can Tell Theatre Royal, Bath
2005 Waiting for Godot Theatre Royal, Bath
2005 Private Lives Theatre Royal, Bath
2005 Much Ado About Nothing[52] Claudio Theatre Royal, Bath
2006 The Romans in Britain[53] Marban / Maitland Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
2006 Hay Fever[54] Simon Bliss Theatre Royal, Haymarket
2008 The Vortex[55] Nicky Lancaster Apollo Theatre, London
2009 Every Good Boy Deserves Favour[56] The Doctor National Theatre, London
2009 Arcadia[57] Septimus Hodge Duke of York's Theatre, London
2010 Late at Night David The Old Vic, London
2012 The Heiress[58] Morris Townsend Walter Kerr Theatre, Broadway
Audiobooks - Narrator
Year Title Notes
2007 The Dragon's Eye[59]
2007 Die with Me[60]
2007 Strike Back[61]
2008 Day[62]
2008 The Outcast[63]
2009 The Dragon Diary: Dragonology Chronicles, Vol. 2[64]
2009 The Angel's Game[65]
2009 A Week in December[66]
2009 Wolf Hall[67]
2010 War Horse[68]
2010 Blueeyedboy[69]
2010 The Prince of Mist[70]
2010 Young Sherlock Holmes: Death Cloud[71]
2010 Fall of Giants[72]
2010 Young Sherlock Holmes: Red Leech[73]
2011 My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You[74]
2011 The Midnight Palace[75]
2011 The History of a Pleasure Seeker[76]
2011 The Invisible Ones[77]
2012 The Time Keeper[78]
2013 Letters from Everest: A First-Hand Account of the Epic First Ascent[79]
2013 Going Solo[80]
2013 Boy[81]
2013 Frankenstein[82] Nominated for two 2014 Audie Awards,[83] Classic & Solo Narration – Male
2014 Letters to a Young Poet[84]
2014 Murder on the Orient Express[85]
2014 And Then There Were None[86]
2014 The Heroes' Welcome[87]
2014 Scorpia Rising[88]
2014 Snakehead[89]
2014 Crocodile Tears[90]
2014 Casino Royale[91]
2014 The Iliad[92]
2014 The Odyssey[93] Nominated for a 2015 Audie Award,[94] Classic
Radio
Year Title Role Notes
2006 A Question of Attribution[95] Phillips BBC Radio 4
2008 The Tennis Court[96] Sam Greenwood BBC Radio 4
2008 Dickens Confidential (series 2)[97] Charles Dickens BBC Radio 4
2008 Anthem for Doomed Youth[98] Narrator BBC Armistice exhibition
2008 The Josephine Hart Poetry Hour (episode 1) Narrator BBC Radio 4
2008–09 Orley Farm[99] Peregrine Orm BBC Radio 4
2009 The Lady of the Camellias[100] Duval BBC Radio 4
2009 Guilty Until Proven Innocent[101] Jake BBC Radio 4
2009 The Music Room[102] Narrator BBC Radio 4
2010 The Custom of the Country[103] Ralph Marvell BBC Radio 4
2010 The Secret Pilgrim (episode 1)[104] Ben Cavendish BBC Radio 4
2010 The Coral Thief[105] Narrator BBC Radio 4
2010 The Story of the Siren – E.M. Forster Short Stories[106] Narrator BBC Radio 4
2011 A Thousand Kisses[107] Catullus BBC Radio 3
2011 Widowers' Houses[108] Harry Trench BBC Radio 3
2011 Portrait of Winston[109] Graham Sutherland BBC Radio 4
2011 King James Bible[110] Narrator BBC Radio 4
2011 A Short History of Vampires – Dracula's Guest[111] Bram Stoker BBC Radio 7
2011 Words & Music – Money[112] Narrator BBC Radio 3
2011 Together – Face It[113] Narrator BBC Radio 4
2011 The Spying Game Series – The Living Daylights[114] Narrator BBC Radio 4
2011 Something Understood[115] Reader BBC Radio 4
2012 The Old Ways[116] Reader BBC Radio 4

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