Daniel Weyman
Biography
Daniel Weyman is an English actor from Newcastle upon Tyne who trained at the Nottingham New Theatre and graduated in 2000. He built a stage career that included Nicholas Nickleby at the Chichester Festival Theatre, earning a Best Performance in a Play nomination at the 2006 TMA Awards, and Shakespeare at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park. On television he appeared in Colditz, Dunkirk, Foyle's War and Silent Witness, and he played the Stranger, later revealed as Gandalf, in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. His first lead cinema role came in Just Inès (2010), and his film work includes the BBC's Van Gogh: Painted with Words (2010), Great Expectations (2012) and The Happy Prince (2018). He also narrated audiobooks, winning an Audible Best Narrator award in 2017.
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 8 years2010 to 2018
Every film, newest first
- 2018The Happy PrinceIMDb rating 6.3
- 2012Day of the FlowersIMDb rating 5.5
- 2010Van Gogh: Painted with WordsIMDb rating 7.8
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Beyond film
Weyman guest starred in the audio dramas Perfect Day, part of Sapphire and Steel, and The Butcher of Brisbane, a Doctor Who audio drama, and he won the Audible Best Narrator of 2017 award.
Big break
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power gave Weyman the part of the Stranger in 2020, and the character turned out to be Gandalf.
First role
Weyman played Tom Jackson in the film Just Inès, which came out in 2010 and was his first lead cinema role.
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Worked with
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Films together
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Andrew HuttonDirector, 1 film, 2010
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