Dan Stevens
{{Short description|British actor (born 1982)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Dan Stevens
| image = Dan Stevens by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg
| caption = Stevens in 2024
| birth_name = Daniel Jonathan Stevens
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1982|10|10}}
| birth_place = London, England
| education = Emmanuel College, Cambridge (BA)
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1999-present
| spouse = {{marriage|Susie Hariet|2009}}
| children = 3
}}
Daniel Jonathan Stevens (born 10 October 1982){{cite web|url=http://www.talentedbritishactors.co.uk/dan.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522110420/http://www.talentedbritishactors.co.uk/dan.html|archive-date=22 May 2009|title=Dan Stevens @ Talented British Actors}} is an English actor. He first drew international attention for his role as Matthew Crawley in the ITV period drama series Downton Abbey (2010–2012).
He also starred as David in the thriller film The Guest (2014), Sir Lancelot in the adventure film Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014), The Beast/Prince in Disney's live action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast (2017), Lorin Willis in the biographical legal drama Marshall (2017), Charles Dickens in the biographical drama The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017) and Russian Eurovision singer Alexander Lemtov in Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020). From 2017 to 2019, he starred as David Haller in the FX series Legion. In 2018, he starred in the Netflix horror Apostle, and since 2023, he has starred as Korvo Opposites in the animated series Solar Opposites. In 2024, Stevens starred as Trapper in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. In 2025 he appeared as Father Joseph Steiger in The Ritual.
Early life
Stevens was adopted at birth by parents who were both teachers, and grew up in Wales and southeast England.{{cite web|url=http://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/dan-stevens-interview|title=Dan Stevens Interview – Downtown Abbey's Dan Stevens|author=Ginia Bellafante|date=1 January 2013|work=Town & Country Magazine}} He has a younger brother, Jason Andrew Stevens (b. 1984), who was adopted from different biological parents.{{cite news|title=I'm not really posh, says 'Downton Abbey' actor Dan Stevens|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8727046/Im-not-really-posh-says-Downton-Abbey-actor-Dan-Stevens.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8727046/Im-not-really-posh-says-Downton-Abbey-actor-Dan-Stevens.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|date=27 August 2011|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=2 January 2012}}{{cbignore}} Stevens boarded on a scholarship at Tonbridge School, a private school in Kent. There he became interested in drama after auditioning for the title role in Macbeth with his teacher, novelist Jonathan Smith.{{cite news|title=The best teachers will always bowl you over|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jun/19/jonathan-smith-following-game-robert-mccrum|newspaper=The Guardian|date=19 June 2011}}{{cite magazine|title=Dan Stevens: My Best Teacher|url=http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6111419|magazine=Times Educational Supplement|date=23 September 2011|access-date=10 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029205941/http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6111419|archive-date=29 October 2013}} From the age of 15, he spent his summers training and performing with the National Youth Theatre in London.
Stevens studied English Literature at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.{{cite news|title=Cambridge Alumni News – Highlights: March 2017|url=http://www.cantab.org/component/content/article/157-news/1735-cambridge-alumni-news-highlights-march-2017-|publisher=Cambridge in America|access-date=25 April 2017|archive-date=25 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425205216/http://www.cantab.org/component/content/article/157-news/1735-cambridge-alumni-news-highlights-march-2017-|url-status=dead}} While at Cambridge, he was a member of the Footlights with Stefan Golaszewski, Tim Key and Mark Watson,{{cite web|title=Footlights Alumni 2000–2009|url=http://footlights.org/alumni-archive?name=2000-2009|publisher=Footlights|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015035210/http://footlights.org/alumni-archive?name=2000-2009|archive-date=15 October 2012}} 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, Rebecca Hall.{{cite news|title=Macbeth|url=http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/marlowe/showarchive/macbeth/press.htm|publisher=Marlowe Society|year=2002|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121223112051/http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/marlowe/showarchive/macbeth/press.htm|archive-date=23 December 2012}}{{cite news|title=Rebecca Hall takes the lead|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/8852878/Rebecca-Hall-takes-the-lead.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111029142805/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/8852878/Rebecca-Hall-takes-the-lead.html|archive-date=29 October 2011|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=29 October 2011}}{{cite news|title=Dan Stevens Interview: How Being 'Downton Abbey's Hero Has Changed His Life|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/11/04/downton-abbey-dan-stevens-interview_n_1075617.html|work=The Huffington Post|date=4 November 2011}}
Career
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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 Britain and the United States,{{cite news |author=Charles Spencer |title= New dreams blossom in Hall's Indian summer |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/3632960/New-dream-blossoms-in-Halls-Indian-summer.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/3632960/New-dream-blossoms-in-Halls-Indian-summer.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=7 December 2004 }}{{cbignore}}{{cite news |author= Ben Brantley |title= The Listings: DAN STEVENS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/28/arts/movies/the-listings-dan-stevens.html|work=The New York Times |date=28 January 2005 }}{{cite news |author= Joel Hirschhorn |title= Review: 'As You Like It' |url=https://variety.com/2005/legit/reviews/as-you-like-it-15-1200528107/|work=Variety |date=8 February 2006 }}{{cite news |author= Diane Haithman |title= Taking the fast lane to success |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-feb-25-et-stevens25-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=25 February 2005 }} as well as a commendation at the 2004 Ian Charleson Awards.{{cite news|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/article134342.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424124937/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/article134342.ece|archive-date=24 April 2014|title=Ian Charleson award-winners|date=22 May 2005|work=The Sunday Times|access-date=8 November 2014}}
In 2006, Stevens starred as Nick Guest in the BBC adaptation of Alan Hollinghurst's Man Booker Prize-winning novel The Line of Beauty.{{cite news|title=Close-up: Dan Stevens|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/sunday-review/regulars/closeup-dan-stevens-785259.html|newspaper=The Independent|date=24 February 2008}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/cannes-news/screen-bfi-london-film-festival-team-for-stars-of-tomorrow/5088245.article|title=Screen, BFI London Film Festival team for Stars of Tomorrow |date=2015-05-18 |website=Screen}}
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.{{IMDb title|0878691|Miss Marple: Nemesis}} He also appeared in an adaptation of The Turn of the Screw featuring future Downton Abbey costar Michelle Dockery.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/10/forever-haunting-the-turn-of-the-screw-scares-again-and-again|title = Forever Haunting: 'The Turn of the Screw' Scares Again and Again| work=BBC America }} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=198&story=E8831244481126&title=Review%20Round-up:%20Critics%20Hail%20Stoppard%27s%20Arcadia|title=Critics Hail Stoppard's Arcadia|last=Bosanquet|first=Theo|work=Review Round-up |access-date=9 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810010709/http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=198|archive-date=10 August 2011}}
In 2010, Stevens got his biggest break{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/11/04/downton-abbey-dan-stevens-interview_n_1075617.html| title=Dan Stevens Interview: How Being Downton Abbey's Hero Has Changed His Life | work=The Huffington Post | date=11 April 2011}} when he was cast as Matthew Crawley in the ITV series Downton Abbey, created and written by Oscar-winning{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/video/watch/74th_gosford.html |archive-date=6 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606205120/http://www.oscars.org/video/watch/74th_gosford.html |title=Oscars.org – Julian Fellowes winning the Oscar for Gosford Park |access-date=5 June 2014 |url-status=live }} screenwriter Julian Fellowes.{{cite news|title=Downton Abbey actor named as Booker judge|last=Brown|first=Mark|date=13 December 2011|work=The Guardian|page=7|location=London}} The series went on to be a global sensation{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-19468993| title=The Downton Abbey 'phenomenon' | newspaper=BBC News | date=9 September 2012| last1=Griffiths | first1=Sarah Jane }} 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. Determined to move on with his career, Stevens chose to leave the series after finishing the third season and the Christmas Special in 2012.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/dan-stevens-left-downton-abbey/|title=Dan Stevens: Why I left Downton Abbey|first=Sarah|last=Crompton|newspaper=The Telegraph |date=19 June 2020}}{{cite news | url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/26/downton-abbey-season-4-dan-stevens_n_2364574.html| title='Downton Abbey' Season 4: Dan Stevens Officially Not Returning | work=The Huffington Post | date=26 December 2012}} 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.{{cite news | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/downton-hit-storm-matthew-death-article-1.1267226 |title=Downton Abbey' team tries to reassure fans after criticism over death of Dan Stevens' Matthew Crawley | work=New York Daily News | date=19 February 2013}}
In November 2011, Stevens guest-hosted an episode of Have I Got News for You. In March 2012, he completed shooting Vamps, from Amy Heckerling, and Summer in February, an Edwardian romance film set in an artist colony.{{cite news|last=Jury|first=Louise |title=Abbey vs Abba as heart-throbs play love rivals |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/celebritynews/abbey-vs-abba-as-heartthrobs-play-love-rivals-7546505.html|newspaper=London Evening Standard |date=9 March 2012 |access-date=23 March 2012}} Also in 2012, Stevens moved with his family to New York City,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/dan-stevens-brooklyn| title=Dan Stevens in Brooklyn | magazine=The New Yorker | date=6 October 2014}} when he made his Broadway debut that year opposite Jessica Chastain and David Strathairn in The Heiress.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/downton-abbey/9765334/Dan-Stevens-Why-I-left-Downton-Abbey.html | title=Dan Stevens: Why I left Downton Abbey | work=The Telegraph | date=26 December 2012}}
In 2014, Stevens starred in the independent film The Guest, winning critical acclaim for his portrayal of a recently discharged army veteran who goes on a killing spree to protect his true identity.{{cite news|title=A Dangerous Visitor Makes Himself at Home|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/17/movies/the-guest-stars-dan-stevens-as-a-sinister-interloper.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=16 September 2014}}{{cite magazine|title=Review: In The Guest, Dan Stevens Goes From Downton Abbey to Dirty, Deranged Harry|url=https://time.com/3385624/the-guest-movie-review/|magazine=Time|date=16 September 2014}}{{cite news|title=Review Dan Stevens gives 'The Guest' its psychotic, thrilling charm|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-guest-movie-review-20140917-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=15 September 2014}} 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 with Adam Sandler and Dustin Hoffman, and in the dark action film A Walk Among the Tombstones with Liam Neeson. He played a simulacrum of Sir Lancelot in the 2014 comedy film Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb with Ben Stiller and Robin Williams .{{cite web |author= Jeff Sneider |title=Picturehouse Acquires Adam Wingard's 'The Guest' Starring Dan Stevens |url=https://www.thewrap.com/picturehouse-acquires-adam-wingards-guest-starring-dan-stevens/ |work=The Wrap |date=7 March 2014}}{{cite web |title=Watch: Liam Neeson and Dan Stevens Will 'Walk Among the Tombstones' in September |url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2014/05/watch-liam-neeson-dan-stevens-will-walk-among-tombstones-september/|work=BBC America |date=30 May 2014}}{{cite web |author=Kevin Jagernauth |title=First Look:Adam Sandler Isn't Farting In Thomas McCarthy's 'The Cobbler' |url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/first-look-adam-sandler-isnt-farting-in-thomas-mccarthys-the-cobbler-20140106|work=The Playlist |date=6 January 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2013/11/downton-abbeys-dan-stevens-in-lancelot-mode-for-night-at-the-museum-3-630056/|title='Downton Abbey's Dan Stevens Joins 'Night At The Museum 3' As Lancelot – Deadline|author=Mike Fleming Jr|work=Deadline|date=9 November 2013}}
In February 2016, Stevens was cast in the lead role of David Charles Haller in the FX series Legion, an X-Men-related drama created by Noah Hawley and he also starred alongside Anne Hathaway and Jason Sudeikis, giving life to Tim, Gloria's ex-boyfriend, in Colossal.{{cite news |last=Franklin |first=Garth |url= http://www.darkhorizons.com/dan-stevens-leads-x-men-series-legion/ |title=Dan Stevens Leads X-Men Series "Legion" |work=Dark Horizons |date=4 February 2016 |access-date=1 February 2017}} The first season began airing in February 2017 and received critical acclaim; a second season aired the next year, and was renewed for a third season in June 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/legion-renewed-season-2-at-fx-986453|title=Noah Hawley's Marvel Drama 'Legion' Renewed for Second Season at FX|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Lesley|last=Goldberg|date=15 March 2017|access-date=23 April 2017}}{{cite web |last1=Otterson |first1=Joe |title='Legion' Renewed for Season 3 at FX |url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/legion-renewed-season-3-fx-1202827927/ |website=Variety |access-date=16 July 2018|date=June 2018 }}
In 2017, Stevens played the titular role of the Beast, opposite Emma Watson as Belle, in Disney's live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, directed by Bill Condon. The cast was also accompanied by Luke Evans, Ewan McGregor, Emma Thompson, Ian McKellen, Kevin Kline, Stanley Tucci and Josh Gad.{{cite web |author = Borys Kit |title=Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' Casting Dan Stevens as the Beast (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/disneys-beauty-beast-casts-dan-779323 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=4 March 2015}} The film was released in March 2017 to positive reviews, and earned over $1.2 billion in worldwide box office revenue, making it the highest-grossing live-action musical film, the second highest-grossing film of 2017, and the 17th highest-grossing film of all time.{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beauty_and_the_beast_2017 |title=Beauty and the Beast (2017) |work=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=11 December 2017}}
{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beautyandthebeast2017.htm |title=Beauty and the Beast (2017) |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=18 September 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-reviews/beauty-and-the-beast-review-9971177|title=Beauty and the Beast review: Irresistible charm shows no one casts a spell quite like Disney|author=Chris Hunneysett|work=Daily Mirror|date=March 17, 2017|access-date=April 27, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170910200005/http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-reviews/beauty-and-the-beast-review-9971177|archive-date=September 10, 2017}}{{Cite web|title=Lavish 'Beauty and the Beast' true as it can be to original|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2017/3/15/18322097/lavish-beauty-and-the-beast-true-as-it-can-be-to-original|last=Roeper|first=Richard|date=15 March 2017|website=Chicago Sun-Times|language=en|access-date=25 May 2020}} At the same year, he appeared in Marshall with Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad and Kate Hudson,{{cite news|url=https://collider.com/marshall-trailer-chadwick-boseman| title='Marshall' Trailer: Chadwick Boseman Fights the Good Fight in Courtroom Thriller | work=Collider | date=22 June 2017}} and The Man Who Invented Christmas, directed by Bharat Nalluri, and co-starring Christopher Plummer and Jonathan Pryce.{{cite web|last1=Lang|first1=Brent|title=Bleecker Street Nabs Charles Dickins Biopic With Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/dan-stevens-charles-dickens-1201911577/|website=Variety |access-date=7 November 2016|date=7 November 2016}}
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In 2018, Stevens starred in the Netflix thriller film Apostle, directed by Gareth Huw Evans.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/first-trailer-for-netflix-apostle-movie-looks-bloody-terrifying/|title=First trailer for Netflix Apostle movie looks bloody terrifying|date=17 September 2018|publisher=CNET|access-date=24 September 2018|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/apostle-movie-trailer-netflix-gareth-evans#|title=Netflix's Bloody New Cult Movie 'Apostle' Looks Terrifying|last=Jackson|first=Dan|date=17 September 2018|work=Thrillist|access-date=24 September 2018}} In 2019, Stevens co-starred in the drama Lucy in the Sky, released in September 2019. It co-stars Natalie Portman and Jon Hamm, and is directed by Legion creator, Noah Hawley.
In 2020, Stevens co-starred alongside Harrison Ford in The Call of the Wild, released on 21 February 2020. The film is based on the American classic novel by Jack London. He also returned to Broadway to star in Martin McDonagh's dark comedy Hangmen. The Atlantic Theater Company production co-starred Mark Addy and Ewen Bremner. Stevens played the pivotal role of Mooney. The production was to have a 20-week limited engagement at the Golden Theatre in Manhattan.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2019/legit/news/mark-addy-martin-mcdonagh-dan-stevens-hangmen-broadway-1203424215/| title=Mark Addy, Dan Stevens Head Broadway Cast of 'Hangmen'| work=Variety| date=4 December 2019}} Previews began on 29 February, however the production's run was suspended on 11 March, before it had officially opened, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 20 March the producers announced with regret that the production was closed permanently. All Broadway theatres were shut down soon afterwards.{{cite news|url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/198772/martin-mcdonaghs-dark-comedy-hangmen-will-not-resume-performances-following-broadway-shutdown/| title=Martin McDonagh's Dark Comedy 'Hangmen' Will Not Resume Performances Following Broadway Shutdown| work=Broadway.com| date=20 March 2020}} The same year, he appears as an "absurdly lascivious" Russian crooner in the Netflix musical comedy film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, co-starring with Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams.{{Cite web|url=https://time.com/5858559/eurovision-song-contest-netflix-review/|title = Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga Has One Winner, and It's Not the Movie's Leads| date=24 June 2020 }}
In 2021, Stevens played a robot in the German language sci-fi romance I'm Your Man.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/im_your_man_2021|title = Rotten Tomatoes| website=Rotten Tomatoes }}{{Cite web|url=https://terrencetodd.com/2021/09/26/tiff-2021-in-the-virtual-rearview/|title = TIFF 2021 in the Virtual Rearview| date=26 September 2021 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.themarysue.com/review-dan-stevens-android-dreamboat-im-your-man/|title = Review: Dan Stevens Is an Android Dreamboat in I'm Your Man| date=20 September 2021 }}
In 2022, Stevens voiced the villain Admiral Hornagold in the animated movie The Sea Beast which premiered on Netflix.
In 2024, Stevens starred in the horror film Cuckoo with Hunter Schafer, Marton Csokas and Jessica Henwick. That same year he also played a leading role as the veterinarian Trapper in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire with Rebecca Hall and Brian Tyree Henry, directed by Adam Wingard. Stevens also appeared as Frank, a corrupt ex-police detective in Abigail with Melissa Barrera.
He has upcoming roles in biographical drama Swiped with Lily James, horror film The Ritual with Al Pacino, and as lead actor and executive producer of the third season of The Terror, adapting Victor LaValle's novel The Devil in Silver, for AMC.
= 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2014/02/18/book-buzz-audie-awards-mavis-gallant/5579113/| title=Dan Stevens, Jake Gyllenhaal score Audie nominations | work=USA Today | date=18 February 2014}}
Outside acting, Stevens maintains an interest in writing and literature and is editor-at-large for The Junket, an online quarterly that he co-founded in 2011 with some friends.{{cite news|title=Dan Stevens takes the helm at literary magazine|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/9839860/Dan-Stevens-takes-the-helm-at-literary-magazine.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/9839860/Dan-Stevens-takes-the-helm-at-literary-magazine.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=1 February 2013}}{{cbignore}} He was a member of the judging panel for the 2012 Man Booker Prize,{{cite web|url=http://www.themanbookerprize.com/content/dan-stevens|title=Dan Stevens|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014123545/http://themanbookerprize.com/content/dan-stevens|archive-date=14 October 2012}} and was a regular columnist for the Sunday Telegraph.{{cite news|title=A Dan for All Seasons|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390444592404578033290590788034|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=15 October 2012}}
A cricket enthusiast, he played for the Authors XI team, which is composed of a number of prominent British writers, in 2012.{{cite news|title=Dan Stevens goes to bat for poetry|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/9379271/Dan-Stevens-goes-to-bat-for-poetry.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/9379271/Dan-Stevens-goes-to-bat-for-poetry.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=9 July 2012}}{{cbignore}} He also contributed a chapter to the team's book The Authors XI: A Season of English Cricket from Hackney to Hambledon,{{cite book|title=The Authors XI: A Season of English Cricket from Hackney to Hambledon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gALUQJaS6fMC|publisher=A & C Black|year=2013|isbn=9781408840467}} which was shortlisted for the 2014 Cricket Society and M.C.C. Book of the Year Award.{{cite news|title=The Cricket Society and M.C.C. Book of the Year Award 2014|url=http://cricketsociety.com/BOTY.html|publisher=The Cricket Society|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203154247/http://cricketsociety.com/BOTY.html|archive-date=3 February 2015}}
Personal life
In 2009, Stevens married South African jazz singer and singing teacher Susie Hariet. They have three children.{{cite news|title=Downton Abbey star Dan Stevens's joy over extra passenger|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9485998/Downton-Abbey-star-Dan-Stevenss-joy-over-extra-passenger.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9485998/Downton-Abbey-star-Dan-Stevenss-joy-over-extra-passenger.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=20 August 2012|date=20 August 2012|last1=Balls|first1=Tim Walker}}{{cite news|url=http://www.dan-stevens.co.uk/content/sunday-telegraph-august-column-summer-times-interview|title=Sunday Telegraph September column & Sunday Times interview|date=9 September 2012}}{{cite web|title=Dan Stevens decorates for Christmas just after Halloween|url=https://www.star-magazine.co.uk/celebrity-news/1260716/dan-stevens-decorates-for-christmas-just-after|website=The Star U.K.|date=23 December 2017 |access-date=23 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223174526/https://www.star-magazine.co.uk/celebrity-news/1260716/dan-stevens-decorates-for-christmas-just-after|archive-date=23 December 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/north-america-travel/us-travel/california/downton-abbeys-dan-stevens-goes-to-hollywood-796h3qncjl3|title=Downton Abbey's Dan Stevens goes to Hollywood|work=The Times|date=6 September 2014}} He is fluent in English, French, and German.{{cite news|title=Actor Dan Stevens is Not the (Proper British) Man You Think He Is|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/reviews/a937/dan-stevens-interview/|website=Town & Country Magazine|date=1 January 2013}}
Filmography
=Film=
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2004
| Henry Clerval | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| {{sortname|The|Line of Beauty|dab=TV series}} | Nick Guest | 3 episodes |
| Dracula
| rowspan="2" | Television film |
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| Maxwell | Basil Brookes |
| Agatha Christie's Marple
| Michael Rafiel | Episode: "Nemesis" |
| 2008
| 3 episodes |
| 2009
| {{sortname|The|Turn of the Screw|dab=2009 film}} | Dr. Fisher | Television film |
| 2010
| To Nisi | Ed | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2010–2012
| 25 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| rowspan="2" | Narrator | rowspan="2" | Documentary |
| Forget Me Not |
| 2013
| {{sortname|The|Tomorrow People|dab=American TV series}} | TIM | Voice, 3 episodes; uncredited |
| 2014
| Once Upon a Time: Wicked Is Coming | Narrator | Television special |
| 2014–2020
| Colin | 4 episodes |
| 2015–2016
| Bunsen | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2017–2019
| Legion | 27 episodes |
| 2018
| I Love You, America with Sarah Silverman | Episode: "Bernie Sanders" |
| 2020
| Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts | Scarlemagne, Hugo Oak |
| rowspan="2" | 2021
| Solos | Otto / Tym |website=Collider|date=April 19, 2021|access-date=April 22, 2021}} |
| The Prince
| King Charles III, Prince Philip | Voice, 12 episodes |
| rowspan="4" | 2022
| Bitsy's Father | Voice, 2 episodes |
| Gaslit
|Miniseries, 8 episodes |
| Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
| Alo Glo Man | Episode: "The Outside" |
| Welcome to Chippendales
| Miniseries, 1 episode |
| 2022, 2025
|Nigel, Technician, Satan |
| 2023–present
| Korvotron "Korvo" Opposites | Main voice role; season 4–present |
| 2025
| Zero Day | Evan Green | Miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 2025
| Allain Fletcher, Gary Crawford | 2 episodes |
| {{TableTBA}}
|Blue |
Other works
=Stage=
=Audiobook narrator=
=Radio and audio drama=
=Podcasts=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2020
| Flight 008, Iterations: Seat 13F{{cite web|url=https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/dust-924597/episodes/flight-008-iterations-seat-13f-56116392 |title= Flight 008, Iterations: Seat 13F |publisher=Podchaser |access-date=6 April 2020}} | Malcolm | DUST |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ {{sronly|Awards and nominations received by Dan Stevens}} |
| scope="col"| Award
! scope="col"| Year{{efn|Indicates the year of ceremony}} ! scope="col"| Category ! scope="col"| Nominated work ! scope="col"| Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| scope="row"|Annie Awards
| 2024 | Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Television/Media Production | Solar Opposites |{{nom}} |
| scope="row"|Critics Choice Super Awards
| 2021 | Best Actor in a Horror Movie | The Rental |{{nom}} |
| scope="row"|Detroit Film Critics Society Awards
| 2014 | Breakthrough Artist | rowspan="2" | The Guest |{{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" scope="row"|Empire Awards
|2015 |Best Male Newcomer |{{nom}} |
| 2018
|Best Actor in a TV Series |Legion |{{nom}} |
| scope="row"|Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
| 2024 |Best Supporting Performance |Abigail |{{nom}} |
| scope="row"|German Film Awards
|2021 |Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |I am Your Man |{{nom}} |
| scope="row"|Golden Schomes Awards
| 2014 | Breakthrough Performance of the Year | The Guest |{{nom}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="2"|Hollywood Creative Alliance
| 2017 | Best Visual Effects or Animated Performance | Beauty and the Beast | {{nom}} |
| 2022
| Best Supporting Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Movie | Gaslit |{{nom}} |
| scope="row"|IGN Summer Movie Awards
| 2017 | Best Dramatic TV Performance | Legion | {{nom}} | |
| scope="row"|Indiana Film Journalists Association
| 2020 | Best Supporting Actor | Eurovision Song Contest |{{nom}} |
| scope="row"|Monte Carlo TV Festival Awards
|2012 |Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series |Downton Abbey |{{nom}} |
| scope="row"|MTV Movie and TV Awards
| 2017 | Best Kiss (shared with Emma Watson) | Beauty and the Beast | {{nom}} | |
| scope="row"|Saturn Awards
| 2015 | Best Actor | The Guest | {{nom}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="2"|Screen Actors Guild Awards
| 2013 | rowspan="2"|Best Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | rowspan="2"|Downton Abbey | {{nom}} |
| 2014
|{{nom}} |
| scope="row"|Washington DC Area Film Critics Association
| 2021 | Best Motion Capture Performance | Beauty and the Beast |{{nom}} |
Notes
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References
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External links
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- {{Twitter|thatdanstevens}}
- {{IMDb name|1405398}}
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Category:21st-century English male actors
Category:Actors from the London Borough of Croydon
Category:Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Category:English male film actors
Category:English male Shakespearean actors
Category:English male stage actors
Category:English male television actors
Category:English male voice actors
Category:Male actors from Kent
Category:Male actors from London
Category:National Youth Theatre members