Daniel Jonathan Stevens (born October 10, 1982) is an English actor. He first drew international attention for his role as Matthew Crawley in the ITV acclaimed period drama series Downton Abbey (2010–12). He also starred as David in the thriller film The Guest (2014), Sir Lancelot in the adventure film Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014), The Beast/Prince in Disney's live action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast (2017), Lorin Willis in the biographical legal drama Marshall (2017), Charles Dickens in the biographical drama The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017) and Russian Eurovision singer Alexander Lemtov in Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020). From 2017 to 2019, he starred as David Haller in the critically acclaimed FX series Legion. In 2018, he starred in the Netflix horror-thriller Apostle.
Known For
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
(2024)
Trapper
Abigail
(2024)
Frank
Apostle
(2018)
Thomas Richardson
The Guest
(2014)
"David"
Beauty and the Beast
(2017)
Beast
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
(2014)
Sir Lancelot
The Sea Beast
(2022)
Admiral Hornagold (voice)
A Walk Among the Tombstones
(2014)
Kenny Kristo
The Call of the Wild
(2020)
Hal
Colossal
(2017)
Tim
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
(2020)
Alexander Lemtov
The Cobbler
(2014)
Emiliano
Marshall
(2017)
Lorin Willis
Blithe Spirit
(2020)
Charles Condomine
Her Smell
(2019)
Danny Something
The Fifth Estate
(2013)
Ian Katz
Full Filmography
Acting
Dracula
(2006)
Lord Holmwood
Maxwell
(2007)
Basil Brookes
The Turn of the Screw
(2009)
Dr. Fisher
Hilde
(2009)
David Cameron
Babysitting
(2011)
Spencer
The North London Book of the Dead
(2011)
Speaker
Vamps
(2012)
Joey
Shallow
(2012)
Richard Dove
Summer in February
(2013)
Gilbert Evans
The Fifth Estate
(2013)
Ian Katz
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
(2014)
Sir Lancelot
The Guest
(2014)
"David"
A Walk Among the Tombstones
(2014)
Kenny Kristo
The Cobbler
(2014)
Emiliano
Criminal Activities
(2015)
Noah
The Ticket
(2016)
James
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
(2016)
Bill Kavish
Beauty and the Beast
(2017)
Beast
Colossal
(2017)
Tim
Kill Switch
(2017)
Will Porter
The Man Who Invented Christmas
(2017)
Charles Dickens
Marshall
(2017)
Lorin Willis
Apostle
(2018)
Thomas Richardson
Permission
(2018)
Will
Howard
(2018)
Beast (archive footage)
Her Smell
(2019)
Danny Something
Lucy in the Sky
(2019)
Drew Cola
The Call of the Wild
(2020)
Hal
The Rental
(2020)
Charlie
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
(2020)
Alexander Lemtov
Blithe Spirit
(2020)
Charles Condomine
I'm Your Man
(2021)
Tom
The Sea Beast
(2022)
Admiral Hornagold (voice)
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
(2024)
Trapper
Cuckoo
(2024)
Mr. König
Abigail
(2024)
Frank
Production