Daniel Ryan

On graduation, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company on an 18-month contract. 10 years later, he played the part of Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at RSC in 1999/2000. He has also starred in both Fallout and Posh at the Royal Court Theatre, and was in Mammals at the BushTheatre and later on tour. In 2008 he appeared in Gethsemane, a new play by David Hare at the National Theatre.

He appeared on the Teen Drama Skins as the father of the third generation character Rich Hardbeck in 2011 and 2012. He took over the role of Harry (Sandy's husband, previously played by David Michaels) in the special reunion episodes of BBC sitcom As Time Goes By alongside Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer. Ryan also appeared in the 2008 Doctor Who episode "Midnight". In 2014, he appeared in Salting the Battlefield as Bill Catcheside. He is also known for playing the role of Dan in the Sky Living comedy-drama, Mount Pleasant since 2011. In 2015 he appeared as Colonel Anthony Forbes-Leith in the BBC TV series Father Brown episode 3.9 "The Truth in the Wine". He has played Welsh butcher Bryn Brindsley in the ITV war-time drama Home Fires from 2015. In 2017, Ryan appeared in the first episode of the CBBC anthology series Creeped Out as Jessie's dad Del in the episode Slapstick. In 2018 he starred in the ITV mini-series Innocent, as the lead character's brother, Phil Collins. In February 2019 he played Gerald Baynes in Death in Paradise S8.E8. Also in February he appeared as Alec Sidden in The Seagull, S9:E4 of Vera, and in April 2019 as Detective Inspector Anthony ‘Tony’ Manning in The Bay (TV series).

Daniel Ryan (born 1968 as Daniel O'Brien) is an English actor and writer. He is known for starring as Darren Alexander in the BBC drama comedy Linda Green, Andrew Gilligan in The Government Inspector, Andy Coulson in Steel River Blues and Kenny Reed in The Whistleblowers. His stage credits include Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Richard III.