Anthony Daniels
Biography
Anthony Daniels is a British actor and mime artist known for portraying the droid C-3PO in 11 Star Wars films, including Star Wars (1977) and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019). Born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, he studied law before dropping out to train at Rose Bruford College, then won the Carlton Hobbs Award and worked with the National Theatre and BBC Radio. On stage he appeared in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Cast as C-3PO in 1975, he wore the costume and voiced the character across films and animated series, becoming the only actor involved in every theatrical Star Wars film. His other credits include voicing Legolas in The Lord of the Rings (1978), appearing in British television dramas such as Prime Suspect and Holby City, and contributing to documentaries including Empire of Dreams (2004). He also wrote a 2019 memoir, I Am C-3PO: The Inside Story.
80years old
Turns 81 on February 21in 132 days
- Born Salisbury
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Also credited as Anthony Kingsley Daniels
Movie Career
- Films
- 25
- Career span
- 45 years1977 to 2022
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Big break
In 1975 Daniels was in a Young Vic production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. George Lucas, then casting Star Wars, asked to meet him; Daniels initially declined the interview, but his agent talked him into it.
Big break
In November 1975, after he auditioned for C-3PO, Daniels became fully interested in the role only once he saw Ralph McQuarrie's concept design of the golden droid, whose forlorn expression moved him.
A first
Daniels played a human in a Star Wars film for the first time as Lieutenant Dannl Faytonni, a con man in the nightclub scene of Attack of the Clones.
A first
Daniels provided the voice of Legolas in Ralph Bakshi's animated version of The Lord of the Rings (1978). He became the first actor from Star Wars to show up in a Lord of the Rings adaptation.
A first
Daniels played Tak, a con artist in the spice mines of Kessel, in Solo: A Star Wars Story. It was the first Star Wars film in which he did not portray C-3PO.
A change of course
At Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center, Daniels taught technology and software as an adjunct professor, and he also gave lectures about robot history.
Anthony Daniels movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi1983 Action, Adventure, Fantasyas C-3PO
IMDb rating 8.31.2M votes
- The Lord of the Rings1978as Legolas Greenleaf - Son of Thranduil / Déagol - Smeagol's Cousinvoice
IMDb rating 6.239K votes
Most often with
George Lucas directed four of these films, J.J. Abrams two. Two actors appear in fourteen of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Carrie Fisher's page
Harrison Ford's page
Peter Mayhew's page
Frank Oz's page
Kenny Baker's page
All films by George Lucas
All films by J.J. Abrams
Box office
What Anthony Daniels's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$9.5 billion
12 of the 25 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 25 films: 12 worldwide figure; 10 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 12Worldwide figure
- 10Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 88% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$2.1B21.8% of the total
- 2$1.3B14.1% of the total
- 3$1.1B11.3% of the total
- 4$1.0B11.0% of the total
- 5$850M9.0% of the total
- 6$775M8.2% of the total
- 7$649M6.9% of the total
- 8$573M6.0% of the total
$1.1 billionfrom the other 4 films with a worldwide figure, 12% of the total
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Official profiles and reference pages.