Daniel Hawksford (born 10 April 1980) is a Welsh stage and screen actor.

Stage career Before starting his professional career, Hawksford trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). He is an associate artist for Clwyd Theatr Cymru.

Hawksford's work in theatre includes: Much Ado About NothingNational Theatre : Productions : Much Ado About Nothing and The Hour We Knew Nothing Of Each OtherNational Theatre : Productions: The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other at the National Theatre; The School of Night, The Tamer Tamed, The Taming of the Shrew and Cymbeline for the RSC; Jackets at the Young Vic, London; Troilus and Cressida, Romeo and Juliet and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead at Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Wales; The Pull of Negative Gravity at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh and 59E59, New York;The New York Times – Theater – Theater Reviews – Theater Review | 'The Pull of Negative Gravity': A Casualty of War Not Listed in Statistics MemoryMemory – Theater – Review – New York Times at ESG, New York; Aqua NeroReview of Acqua Nero from the theatre dance and drama in Wales web site for Sgript Cymru; Romeo and Juliet at the Northcott Theatre, Exeter and Lunch at The King's Head Theatre, London. He also played Malcolm in Shakespeare's Globe's production of Macbeth.Shakespeare's Globe :: Macbeth

Personal life In May 2018, he married English stage and screen actress Niky Wardley, with whom he had previously worked in the Royal National Theatre production of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing (2007–2008), starring Zoë Wanamaker and Simon Russell Beale as Beatrice and Benedick. In 2022, they both appeared in the Netflix mockumentary sitcom Hard Cell (2022).

Filmography

Film YearTitleRoleNotes2006Little White LiesDai2010Pelican BloodMike2013Another MePC Edwards2014Night ShiftPaulShort film2018A Fistful of LeadMr. Johnson

Television YearTitleRoleNotes2005ColditzMI9 Officer / Cole2 episodes2011 Waking the DeadDI Paul Grigson1 episode2014–2017DoctorsAndy Kay / Peter Saunders2 episodes2017Hetty FeatherSomerston porter1 episode2018Father BrownSeth Knight1 episodeHollyoaksDoctor Tate1 episode2022Hard CellIoan2 episodes

Video games

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (2011) The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011) Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (2013)

Theatre YearTitleRoleWriterDirectorVenue2026Game of Thrones: The Mad KingSer Barristan SelmyDuncan MacmillianDominic CookeRoyal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon

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