Danny Mac

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Danny Mac
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Mac in 2017
Born (1988-02-26) 26 February 1988 (age 36)
Bromley, London, England
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present
Spouse
(m. 2017)

Danny Mac (born 26 February 1988)[ citation needed ] is an English actor. Known for a variety of roles on stage and screen. He has received a number of awards and nominations including Best Actor, Best Newcomer, Best Actor in a Visiting Production.[ clarification needed ]

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Early and personal life

Mac was born in Bromley, London and spent most of his childhood in the seaside town of Bognor Regis.[ citation needed ] He studied Acting for two years at Chichester College before attending The Arts Educational Schools in London, graduating in 2009 with a BA Hons degree and received subsequent training at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and personal coaching with Barbara Houseman.

In 2011 he met actress Carley Stenson. The pair began dating and were married in 2017. Stenson gave birth to daughter Skye on 14 June 2021.[ citation needed ]

Career

Mac began his career at the age of nine when he played Gavroche in the musical Les Miserables for a ten-week run in Southampton in 1998, and appeared in the role again in the West End in 1999. He performed again in the West End a decade later in the musical Wicked from May 2009 to February 2011. He then went on to join UK serial drama Hollyoaks in a role that earned him a number of awards and nominations. In 2016, he took part in fourteenth series of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing . His professional dance partner was Oti Mabuse.

In May 2017, he starred as Gabey in the musical On the Town at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in a production that ran until July of that year and was nominated for Best Musical Revival at the 2018 Olivier Awards. From September 2017 to April 2018 he starred as Joe Gillis in the multi award-winning touring production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard , a role for which he won 'Best Actor' at The Manchester Theatre Awards and was nominated for 'Best Actor' at the WhatsOnStage Awards. The production also won 'Best Regional Production' at the 18th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards and 'Best Musical' at The Manchester Theatre Awards.

In 2018, he appeared as Craig in the Sky One sitcom Trollied . In December 2018 and January 2019, Mac starred as Bob Wallace in White Christmas at Curve in Leicester. The production later transferred to the Dominion Theatre in the West End from November 2019 to January 2020. From May 2019 Mac toured the UK as Nino in the musical Amélie . Mac returned to television, guest-starring in Midsomer Murders in 2019 and Doctors in 2020 and in 2024. In 2020, he played Edward in the London premiere of Pretty Woman: The Musical at the Piccadilly Theatre. Following the closure of theatres due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the production reopened at the Savoy Theatre in July 2021.

In June 2023 he starred in Stephen Sondheim’s musical Assassins at the Chichester Festival Theatre. [1]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004A Line in the SandTomITV Drama
2011–2015 Hollyoaks Mark "Dodger" Savage Series regular
2011 Children in Need HimselfGuest
2011Hollyoaks Best Bits 2011
2013 All Star Family Fortunes Guest
2015British Andy
2016 Loose Women
2016Strictly Len Goodman
2016 Strictly Come Dancing Contestant (2016)Runner-up with professional Oti Mabuse
2016 Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two HimselfWeekly appearances
2017 Olivier Awards HimselfGuest Presenter
2017A Harvest WeddingFlemingTelevision film
2017 Midlands Today Himself
2017 Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two HimselfPanelist
2018 Trollied Craig2 episodes
2020; 2024 Doctors Jonathan Bateson/Hugo CarletonEpisodes: "Merry Frightmas", "A Prescription For Murder Part 1", "A Prescription For Murder Part 2"

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResult
2011National Television AwardsMost Popular NewcomerNominated
The British Soap AwardsSexiest MaleNominated
Inside Soap AwardsSexiest MaleWon
Inside Soap AwardsBest NewcomerWon
TV Quick and Choice AwardsBest Soap NewcomerWon
2012The British Soap AwardsSexiest MaleNominated
National Television AwardsBest NewcomerWon
Inside Soap AwardsSexiest MaleWon
Digital Spy Soap AwardsSexiest MaleWon
2013The British Soap AwardsSexiest MaleWon
Inside Soap AwardsBest ActorWon
Inside Soap AwardsSexiest MaleWon
2014The British Soap AwardsSexiest MaleWon
Inside Soap AwardsSexiest MaleWon
2015National Television AwardsBest Serial Drama PerformanceNominated
2018Manchester Theatre AwardsBest Actor In A Visiting ProductionWon
WhatsOnStage AwardsBest Actor In A MusicalNominated

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References

  1. ""Assassins" musical to be revived with initial cast revealed". www.whatsonstage.com. 16 February 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2024.