The entertainment world is constantly bustling with talent that is being put to such good use that viewers can’t help but want more of it. Actors and actresses put on their costumes and game faces and give so much life to an acting role that you start to believe in it. Dan Stevens, the English actor best known for his acclaimed role on the series Downtown Abbey is one such actor. Dan has poured his versatility and wit into the roles, evolving from a lawyer to a prince, a super mutant and even a pastor. In this article, we dive into its past and present.
Dan Stevens Bio (Age)
The English actor was born on the 10th of October 1982 in Croydon, London. He was adopted at birth by teacher parents who also adopted his younger brother. He grew up in Wales and the South East of England. His passion for acting was discovered in Wales. Dan got a scholarship to study at Tonbridge School in Kent where he was boarding. At school he spoke to his novelist teacher Jonathan Smith for the title role in the play Before Macbeth .
In his mid-teens he spent summers in the National Youth Theater in London training and acting. Dan Stevens transferred from Tonbridge to Emmanuel College, Cambridge to study English literature. In college he was an active member of the Marlowe Society and was part of the Footlights alongside Tim Key, Mark Watson and Stefan Golaszewski. As a member of the Marlowe Society, Dan met his lifelong mentor, Sir Peter Hall. Sir Hall discovered Dan while he was playing Macbeth alongside his daughter, actress Rebecca Hall, in the Marlowe Society’s production of Macbeth .
Dan Stevens began his actual acting career when Sir Hall asked him to audition for a role in his touring production of Shakespeare’s As You Like It . The tour would continue in such places as the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York, the Curran Theater in San Francisco and the Ahmanson Theater in Los Angeles. British and American critics praised Stevens’ performance and he was recognized at the 2004 Ian Charleson Awards.
2006 saw him in The Beauty Line and Hay Fever before starring as Lord Holmwood in a BBC adaptation of Dracula and as Basil Brookes in the Emmy winning Maxwell . In 2008 he appeared in the BBC adaptation of the Jane Austen novel Sense & Sensibility as well as the revival of Noel Coward’s The Vortex .
His big break in acting came when he landed the role of Matthew Crawley on the ITV series Downtown Abbey in 2010. The series would prove to be a global success, with fans particularly passionate about Stevens’ acting and the story surrounding his character. There would be fan riots following the death of Matthew and the subsequent departure of Dan Stevens after three seasons and the 2012 Christmas special. 2012 was also the year he moved to New York City with his family and that same year made his Broadway debut The Heir .
In 2014, Stevens had landed the role of a discharged Army veteran in the independent film The Guest . His performance earned him a Saturn Award nomination for Best Actor. His performance did not end there, as did The Shoemaker , A Walk Between the Tombstones and was Sir Lancelot in Night at the Museum: Mystery of the Tomb .
His next big foray was the Disney live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast . He starred as the beast/prince alongside EmmaWatson, who starred as Belle. The film was a box office hit, grossing over $1.2 billion worldwide. Dan came to screens again in 2016 as David Charles Haller, the main protagonist of the FX series Legion .
He appeared in Marshall and The Man Who Invented Christmas before starring in the Netflix thriller Apostles in 2018.
Dan Stevens is also a professional writer, writing articles and reviews for The Telegraph and The Times. He is the editor of The Junket, an online quarterly he founded in 2011 with friends. Stevens has also lent his voice to audio books and was nominated for two Audie Awards for Frankenstein in 2014.
Married, wife and children – family
Dan married Susie Hariet, the Southern African jazz singer and singing teacher met at various theaters in Sheffield in 2009. Dan started his career when Susie was already established.
Together they welcomed three children into the world; her two daughters Willow (2009) and Eden (2016) and her son Aubrey (2012). Rebecca Hall is Willow’s godmother.
Even with his wife, who is seven years his senior, their marriage has blossomed.
Wealth (income and earnings)
With his stellar acting career, one could imagine Dan Stevens would have a healthy fortune that would keep him financially content. That’s not far from the truth. After the release of The Man Who Invented Christmas, Forbes reported a net worth of over $3 million.
height and body measurements
The English actor is 6 feet tall which is 183 cm. He weighs 75 kg and has blue eyes with light brown hair.