Ben Daniels

Ben Daniels (June 10, 1964 -) is a British actor. Daniels began his career as a stage actor and was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor for "The Man Who Never Sinned" (1991), the Evening Standard Award for Best Actor for "900 Oneonta" (1994), the Manchester Evening News Drama Award for "Martin Yesterday" (1998), and the 2001 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor for Arthur Miller's play "My Brother." In 2008, Daniels made his Broadway debut in "Dangerous Liaisons", for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. Daniels has also appeared in hit TV series including Cutting It (2002-2004), The Virgin (2005), Law & Order: UK (2009-2011), Paradise (2013), House of Cards (2013-2014) and The Exorcist (2017-2017). On April 1, 2018, he played Pontius Pilate in a live NBC concert of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. Daniels plays Anthony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, in the third season of the Netflix series The Crown. Daniels stars as Walter Sampson in the Netflix superhero series Jupiter's Legacy. In 2023, he played General Bell Rios in the Apple TV+ science fiction series "Foundation."