Danny Webb (actor)

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| years_active = 1979–present

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Danny Webb (born 6 June 1958) is an English television and film actor. His roles include the prisoner Morse in the movie Alien 3, Thomas Cromwell in Henry VIII and John Maynard Jefferson in the two part Doctor Who story "The Impossible Planet" and "The Satan Pit" in 2006.

Early life

Webb was born on 6 June 1958{{cite web|title=Danny Webb|website=British Film Institute|date=2020|access-date=6 June 2020|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f12e84f|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723090536/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f12e84f|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 July 2017}} to Eileen and Maurice Webb. He attended The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and graduated in 1977.

Career

Webb has appeared in many British television programmes, including The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Our Friends in the North, A Touch of Frost, Agatha Christie's Poirot, The Bill, Midsomer Murders, Silent Witness and Shackleton.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2002/jan/06/features.review37 |title=Truly, this was an Endurance test |author=Kathryn Flett |date=6 January 2002 |work=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113033832/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2002/jan/06/features.review37 |archive-date=13 November 2012 |access-date=6 August 2008 |location=London |url-status=dead }} He also appeared in two episodes of Doctor Who – "The Impossible Planet" and "The Satan Pit".{{cite web |url=http://www.computercrowsnest.com/articles/books/2008/nz12223.php |title=Doctor Who: The Girl Who Never Was by Alan Barnes |author=Sue Davies |date=2 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010152756/http://www.computercrowsnest.com/articles/books/2008/nz12223.php |archive-date=10 October 2008 |access-date=6 August 2008 |url-status=dead }} He has also appeared in Britannia High as Jack Tyler and in New Tricks as a DJ.

In 1985, Webb appeared alongside Jon Pertwee in a television adaptation of Karl Wittlinger's Broadway play, Do You Know the Milky Way? playing Kris, a psychiatric patient who believed that he came from another star.

Webb has also had recurring roles in several television series, including Brookside, Cardiac Arrest and Life Begins.

In 2008, Webb appeared as the journalist Noel Botham in the BBC Four drama Hughie Green, Most Sincerely, as well as narrating the Games Workshop Black Library audiobook The Lightning Tower/The Dark King and the Gotrek and Felix audiobook Slayer of the Storm God. He also had a small part as a German communications officer in the film Valkyrie starring Tom Cruise.

In September 2009, he had a lead role in the BBC1 five-part drama series Land Girls, playing a sergeant in the Home Guard.

In 2015, Danny completed the role of Roy in the British crime thriller The Contract which was released in January 2016.{{cite web|title=Danny Webb, The Contract CAST LIST|url=http://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film436621.html|website=Film Affinity}}

In August 2024, it was announced that Webb had been cast as Ser Arlan of Pennytree in the upcoming series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.{{cite news|last1=Petski|first1=Denise|title='A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms' 'Game Of Thrones' Prequel Adds 7 To Cast|url=https://deadline.com/2024/08/a-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-game-of-thrones-prequel-adds-cast-1236034665/|work=Deadline|date=8 August 2024}}

Theatre work

Webb has worked extensively in theatre, including in the Olivier Award-winning production{{Cite web|url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/|title=Olivier Awards with MasterCard – Previous Winners | #BeInspired|website=Olivier Awards}} of Blasted by Sarah Kane at the Lyric Theatre in 2011. He also won Best Actor for the role in the Off West End Awards. He has appeared twice at the Royal Court Theatre, in Chicken Soup with Barley by Arnold Wesker (2011) and The Mistress Contract.{{Cite web|url=https://royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/the-mistress-contract/|title=The Mistress Contract|website=Royal Court}} In 2022, he appeared as Al Smith in Straight Line Crazy in London and Off-Broadway.{{Cite web |last=McHenry |first=Jackson |date=2022-10-26 |title=A One-Dimensional Robert Moses in Straight Line Crazy |url=https://www.vulture.com/2022/10/theater-review-straight-line-crazy-david-hare-ralph-fiennes-nyc.html |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=Vulture |language=en-us}}

Music video

Webb plays the protagonist in all three versions of Yes's 1983 video for "Owner of a Lonely Heart".

Films

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Character ! scope="col" \| Production
scope="row" \| 1984 \| A Year of the Quiet Sun \| David \|
scope="row" \| 1985 \| No End \| Englishman \|
scope="row" \| 1986 \| Defence of the Realm \| Danny Royce \| Hemdale Film Corporation
scope="row" rowspan=2 \| 1987 \| Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire \| TV Director \|
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown \| Zacharias' Man \| Cannon Films
scope="row" \| 1989 \| Henry V \| Gower \| BBC
scope="row" \| 1991 \| Robin Hood \| Much the Miller \| 20th Century Fox / Working Title
scope="row" \| 1992 \| Alien 3 \| Robert Morse \| 20th Century Fox
scope="row" \| 1996 \| True Blue \| Alan Palmer \| FilmFour Productions
scope="row" \| 1997 \| Love and Death on Long Island \| Video Assistant \| Telefilm Canada
scope="row" \| 1998 \| Still Crazy \| Clive \| Columbia Pictures Corporation
scope="row" \| 2000 \| Shiner \| Karl \| Miramax Films
scope="row" \| 2001 \| Inspiration \| Man \|
scope="row" \| 2003 \| I'll Be There \| Denny Wise \| Morgan Creek
scope="row" \| 2004 \| The Aryan Couple \| Himmler \|
scope="row" \| 2005 \| The Upside of Anger \| Grey Wolfmeyer \| Media 8 Entertainment
scope="row" \| 2006 \| Attack Force \| Werner \|
scope="row" \| 2008 \| Valkyrie \| Captain Haans \| United Artists
scope="row" \| 2010 \| The Story of F*** \| Barton Hamborski \|
scope="row" \| 2013 \| Hummingbird \| Damon \| Lionsgate
scope="row" rowspan=2\| 2014 \| Locke \| Cassidy \| A24
A Little Chaos \| Claude Moulin \| BBC Films
scope="row" rowspan=2 \| 2015 \| The Contract \| Roy \| Scanner Rhodes Production / Robert Fucilla Company
Silent Hours \| David Frampton \|
scope="row" \| 2016 \| City of Tiny Lights \| DS Cal Donnely \| BBC Films
scope="row" rowspan=2 \| 2017 \| Pegasus Bridge \| General Richard Gale \| Independent
Churchill \| General Alan Brooke \| Salon Pictures
scope="row" \| 2019 \| Never Grow Old \| Preacher Pike \| Saban Films

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! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Character

! scope="col" | Production

scope="row" | 1984

| A Year of the Quiet Sun

| David

scope="row" | 1985

| No End

| Englishman

scope="row" | 1986