Daniel Sharman
{{Short description|English actor (born 1986)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Daniel Sharman
| image = Daniel Sharman by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
| caption = Sharman in 2017
| birth_name = Daniel Andrew Sharman
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|04|25}}
| birth_place = London, England
| citizenship = {{plainlist|
- United Kingdom
- United States{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CkeRCr6D3FO/|title=Daniel Sharman on Instagram|date=2 November 2022|website=Instagram|access-date=15 November 2022}}
}}
| occupation = Actor
| alma_mater = London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
| years_active = 2003–present
| partner =
}}
Daniel Andrew Sharman{{cite web |url=http://namesdatabase.com/people/SHARMAN/DANIEL/23981426 |title=Mill Hill School Foundation |access-date=25 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229100343/http://namesdatabase.com/people/SHARMAN/DANIEL/23981426 |archive-date=29 December 2013}} (born 25 April 1986) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Isaac Lahey on the television series Teen Wolf (2012–2014), Kaleb Westphall / Kol Mikaelson on The Originals (2014–2015), Troy Otto on Fear the Walking Dead (2017, 2023), Lorenzo de' Medici in Medici: The Magnificent (2018), and the Weeping Monk in Cursed (2020). He also starred in the film Immortals (2011).
Early life and education
Sharman was born and raised in Hackney, London. He started acting as a child at the age of nine when he auditioned for the Royal Shakespeare Company and was selected out of hundreds of other children. Of his venture into the dramatic arts, he stated: "I just adored it. Between Macbeth and Henry VI with all of the armour and the blood and everything, it was just fantastic as a kid. It was the best thing ever."{{cite web |url=http://www.vman.com/articles/vman-24-breakout-stars-of-winter-daniel-sharman-2/ |title=VMAN 24 Breakout Stars of Winter: Daniel Sharman |last=Sandberg |first=Patrik |date=Winter 2011 |work=V Man |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529105441/http://www.vman.com/articles/vman-24-breakout-stars-of-winter-daniel-sharman-2/ |archive-date=29 May 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=25 August 2012}} Sharman stayed with the Royal Shakespeare Company for two plays: The Park in 1995 (age 9){{cite web |url=http://theatricalia.com/play/yq/the-park/production/2ww |title=The Park |access-date=25 August 2012}} and Macbeth in 1996 (age 10).{{cite web |url=http://theatricalia.com/play/t/macbeth/production/2yy |title=Macbeth |work=Theatricalia |access-date=25 August 2012}}
Sharman attended Mill Hill School and also the Arts Educational School, both in London. During his school years, he acted in the play "Kvetch" that made it to the Edinburgh Fringe festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/otherresources/fringe/fringe03-19.htm |title=Fringe 2003 Reviews |last=Fisher |first=Philip |year=2003 |work=British Theatre Guide |access-date=25 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107000247/http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/otherresources/fringe/fringe03-19.htm |archive-date=7 November 2012 |url-status=dead }} He also acted in the touring play The Winslow Boy in 2002 at age 16.{{cite web |url=http://www.uktw.co.uk/work/S5583/ |title=Winslow Boy |work=UK Arts Archive |access-date=25 August 2012}}
For three years, from 2004 to 2007, Sharman studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, gaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in acting and graduating with honors.{{cite web |url=http://www.docstoc.com/docs/47736189/DANIEL-SHARMAN |title=Daniel Sharman Official CV |work=LAMDA |access-date=25 August 2012}} After that, he performed in many theatrical productions in London and Europe.
Career
Sharman's first feature film role was in the independent film The Last Days of Edgar Harding, in which he played a musician. In 2010, he was cast as Ares, the Greek god of war, in the fantasy film Immortals; the film was released in 2011. Sharman initially had difficulty transition to acting on film, as he found it "odd and unnatural", but he eventually adjusted. Sharman also appeared in the horror film The Collection, released in November 2012.
File:Daniel Sharman by Gage Skidmore.jpg in 2013]]
Sharman's television credits include roles in Judge John Deed, Inspector Lewis and the television films Starting Over and When Calls the Heart . Beginning in 2012, Sharman had a major recurring role as werewolf Isaac Lahey in MTV's supernatural drama series Teen Wolf. In the following year, Sharman narrated the audiobook version of Cassandra Clare's young adult novel Clockwork Princess, the third and final installment of her Infernal Devices trilogy.{{Cite magazine |date=20 March 2013 |title=Cassandra Clare and Daniel Sharman talk 'Clockwork Princess' audiobook |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |url=https://ew.com/article/2013/03/20/cassandra-clare-daniel-sharman-clockwork-princess-audiobook-exclusive/ |access-date=25 January 2019}} In March 2014, after the season 3 finale, it was announced that Sharman would be leaving Teen Wolf as he wanted to explore other opportunities.{{cite web |url=https://www.eonline.com/uk/news/524783/teen-wolf-shocker-find-out-which-fan-favorite-is-not-returning-for-season-4 |title=Teen Wolf Shocker: Find Out Which Fan Favorite Is Not Returning for Season 4 |date=25 March 2014 |work=E News |access-date=25 January 2019}}{{cite journal |title='Teen Wolf' fave not returning for season 4 |journal=Entertainment Weekly |url=https://ew.com/article/2014/03/25/daniel-sharman-leaving-teen-wolf/ |access-date=16 December 2024 |language=en}}
He joined The Originals as the recurring character Kaleb Westphall in May 2014.{{cite web |last1=Jeffrey |first1=Morgan |title=The Originals adds Teen Wolf star |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a569410/the-originals-season-2-adds-teen-wolf-star-daniel-sharman/ |website=Digital Spy |access-date=6 July 2024 |date=7 May 2014}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/539261/the-originals-casting-scoop-teen-wolf-s-daniel-sharman-cast-in-major-season-2-role |title=The Originals Casting Scoop: Teen Wolf's Daniel Sharman Cast in Major Season 2 Role |date=7 May 2014 |access-date=25 January 2019}} In March 2015, it was confirmed that Sharman had landed the lead role in the CBS medical drama pilot LFE;{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2015/03/daniel-sharman-star-lfe-joe-spano-in-foxs-48-hours-til-monday-1201387194/ |title=Daniel Sharman To Star In CBS Pilot 'LFE' |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=5 March 2015 |access-date=6 March 2015}} however, the pilot was ultimately not picked up by the network. In that same year, he joined the Williamstown Theatre Festival for the play Off the Main Road.{{Cite web |last=Barnes |first=Steve |date=3 July 2015 |title=Review: 'Off the Main Road' @ Williamstown Theatre Festival, 7/2/15 |url=http://blog.timesunion.com/localarts/review-off-the-main-road-williamstown-theatre-festival-7215/38378/ |access-date=6 April 2016 |work=Times Union |location=Albany, NY}}
In 2017, he joined the cast of AMC's Fear the Walking Dead as a series regular in the role of Troy Otto.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ibtimes.com/fear-walking-dead-daniel-sharman-explains-why-troy-finds-madison-fascinating-spoilers-2551373 |title='Fear the Walking Dead': Daniel Sharman Explains Why Troy Finds Madison Fascinating [SPOILERS] |website=International Business Times |date=13 June 2017}} The third season of the series premiered on 5 June of the same year. In the eighth season in 2023, Sharman reprised the role.{{cite web |title='Fear the Walking Dead' teaser reveals the return of Troy Otto |url=https://ew.com/tv/fear-the-walking-dead-troy-otto-returns/ |website=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=6 July 2024 |language=en}}
On 10 August 2017, it was reported that Sharman had been cast in the lead role in Medici: The Magnificent.{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/global/daniel-sharman-bradley-james-netflix-medici-1202522384/ |title=Daniel Sharman and Bradley James Join Netflix's 'Medici' (EXCLUSIVE)|website=Variety |date=10 August 2017 |access-date=25 January 2019}} He portrays Lorenzo de' Medici for the planned two season run of the series. The two seasons of Medici: The Magnificent serve as the second and third season of the Medici franchise and are set 20 years after the events of the loosely connected first season, named Medici: Masters of Florence.
In March 2019, Sharman joined Cursed, a Netflix television series based on a re-imagining of the Arthurian legend.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/03/cursed-netflix-devon-terrell-gustaf-skarsgard-lily-newmark-peter-mullan-shalom-brune-ranklin-danielsharman-sebastian-armesto-emily-coates-billy-jenkins-1202568666/ |title='Cursed': Devon Terrell, Gustaf Skarsgard, Lily Newmark & More Join Arthurian Netflix Series |date=4 March 2019 |last=Ramos |first=Dino-Ray |access-date=7 March 2019 |work=Deadline Hollywood}}
On 6 January 2022, it was announced that Sharman had joined the main cast for Sky Max Series A Town Called Malice, where he plays Kelly Lord, the middle child of the Lord family.{{cite journal |title=A Town Called Malice cast {{!}} Meet the characters |journal=Radio Times |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/a-town-called-malice-cast/ |access-date=16 December 2024}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2010
| data-sort-value="Last Days of Edgar Harding, The" | The Last Days of Edgar Harding | Harry | |
| 2011
| Ares | |
| 2012
| data-sort-value="Collection, The" | The Collection | Basil | |
| 2016
| Albion: The Enchanted Stallion | Lir | |
| 2024
|data-sort-value="Fix, The" | The Fix |Eric O'Connors | |
| rowspan="2" | {{TableTBA}}
| Good Morning It's the Cops | Michael | Filming |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| 2003
| Andy Dobbs | Episode: "Judicial Review" | |
| 2007
| Alexander Dewhurst | Television film | |
| 2009
| Lewis | Richard Scott | Episode: "The Quality of Mercy" | |
| 2011
| data-sort-value="Nine Lives of Chloe King, The" | The Nine Lives of Chloe King | Zane | 2 episodes | |
| 2012–2014
| Recurring role (seasons 2–3) | |
| 2013
| Edward Montclair | Television film | |
| 2014–2015
| data-sort-value="Originals, The" | The Originals | Kaleb Westphall / Kol Mikaelson | Recurring role (season 2) | |
| 2015
| LFE | Joe | Unaired television pilot | |
| 2017
| Lord Edward | 2 episodes | |
| 2017, 2023
| Main role (seasons 3 & 8) |
| 2018–2019
| Main role (seasons 2–3) | |
| 2020
| Cursed | The Weeping Monk / Lancelot | Main role | |
| 2023
| data-sort-value="Town Called Malice, A" | A Town Called Malice | Kelly Lord | Main role | |
=Music videos=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Artist(s) ! Role ! class="unsortable"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| 2016
| The Black Eyed Peas featuring The World | Himself |
| 2022
|"Gran Hotel" |{{TableTBA|N/A}} |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Award ! Category ! Work ! Result |
|---|
| 2015
| FilmQuest, US | Best Actor – Short | Drone | {{nominated}} |
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Category:Male actors from London
Category:English emigrants to the United States
Category:English male television actors
Category:20th-century English male actors
Category:21st-century English male actors
Category:English male child actors
Category:English male film actors
Category:English male stage actors
Category:Royal Shakespeare Company members
Category:People educated at Mill Hill School
Category:Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Category:Actors from the London Borough of Hackney
Category:English expatriate male actors in the United States