Daniel Evans
TV Actor
Known for his roles in such BBC television dramas as Great Expectations and The Virgin Queen, he also appeared in numerous professional stage productions, earning a 2001 Laurence Olivier Award for his performance in Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along.
After training for three years at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, he performed in several Royal Shakespeare Company productions, including an Adrian Noble-directed staging of A Midsummer Night's Dream that went on to Broadway.
He was nominated for a Welsh BAFTA Award for his role in the 1997 movie Be Brave.
Born and raised in Rhondda, Wales, he later settled in London, England. From the start of his acting career, he was open about being gay.
He appeared with Derek Jacobi in an English stage production of Shakespeare's The Tempest.