Daniel Ings

Daniel Ings
Daniel Ings
	Ings in 2024
Born	30 November 1985 (age 39)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004–present

Daniel Ings (born 30 November 1985)^[1] is a British actor. He starred as Luke Curran in the Channel 4/Netflix comedy series Lovesick (2014–2018). Other credits include Psychoville (2011), The Café (2011), The Crown (2016–2017), Instinct (2018–2019), Black Mirror (2019), The English Game (2020), I Hate Suzie (2020), Sex Education (2023), The Gold (2023), and The Gentlemen (2024).

Early life

Ings attended Dauntsey's School in Wiltshire, followed by Lancaster University where he studied theatre studies, graduating in 2008.^[2] Ings later trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School,^[3] and the National Youth Theatre.^[2]

Career

Ings appeared as the playboy best friend Luke in the Netflix romantic comedy Lovesick (2014–2018).^[4] He played Jake in the Channel 4 comedy Pete versus Life, Kelvin in the BBC comedy-drama Psychoville,^[5] and John in Sky 1's comedy The Café (2011).^[6]

In 2014, he appeared as the unscrupulous "Director of Output" Matt Taverner in the BBC2 mockumentary W1A (2014–2015), and as Commander Mike Parker in the Netflix series The Crown (2016–2017).^[7] In 2018, he began playing the husband of Alan Cumming's lead character on the CBS drama television series Instinct (2018–2019).^[8]

In 2020, he appeared as Francis Marindin in Julian Fellowes' series The English Game for Netflix and as Cob,^[8] the embittered husband to Billie Piper's Suzie, in acclaimed Sky Atlantic series I Hate Suzie.^[5] In 2023, he starred as Dan in the Netflix series Sex Education.^[8] In the same year, he played Archie Osbornein the BBC One series The Gold.^[9]

In 2024, he starred as Frederick "Freddy" Horniman in the Netflix Guy Ritchie television series The Gentlemen, alongside Theo James, Kaya Scodelario, Vinnie Jones and Ray Winstone.^[3]^[10] In June 2024, it was announced that Ings would portray Lyonel Baratheon in the upcoming series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.^[11]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	The Third One This Week	Doctor	Short film
	Audiobook	Chris	Short film
	Funny Money	Dan	Short film
2011	The Last Temptation of William Shaw	William Shaw	Short film
	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	Guard
	After Before Sunrise	Peter	Short film
2016	Eddie the Eagle	Zach
2023	The Marvels	Ty-Rone
TBA	The Woman in Cabin 10	TBA	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Peep Show	Doctor	Episode: "St Hospitals"
2010–2011	Psychoville	Kelvin	7 episodes
2010–2011	Pete versus Life	Jake	5 episodes
2011	The Café	John Streatfield	6 episodes
2012	Little Crackers	Dan	Episode: "Joanna Lumley's Little Cracker: Baby, Be Blonde"
2014	Uncle	Rex	Episode: "Favourites"
	Mount Pleasant	Robbie	8 episodes
	Endeavour	Terence Black	Episode: "Nocturne"
	Give Out Girls	Edward	Episode: "Overnight Stay"
2014–2017	W1A	Matt Taverner	8 episodes
2014–2018	Lovesick	Luke	22 episodes
2015	You, Me & Them	Connor	Episode: "School Reunion"
2016	Vera	Simon	Episode: "Dark Road"
2016	Agatha Raisin	Paul Bladen	Episode: "The Vicious Vet"
2016–2017	The Crown	Commander Mike Parker	9 episodes
2018–2019	Instinct	Andrew "Andy" Wilson	24 episodes
2019	Black Mirror	David Gilkes	Episode: "Smithereens"
2019–2023	Sex Education	Dan	7 episodes
2020	The English Game	Francis Marindin	Miniseries; 5 episodes
2020	Zog and the Flying Doctors	Sir Gadabout (voice)	Television film^[12]
2020–2022	I Hate Suzie	Cob Betterton	11 episodes
2022	Why Didn't They Ask Evans?	Roger Bassington-ffrench	Miniseries; 3 episodes
2023	The Gold	Archie Osborne	Six-part drama^[9]
2023	The Winter King	Owain	6 episodes
2024	The Gentlemen	Frederick "Freddy" Horniman	Main role^[10]
TBA	A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms	Ser Lyonel Baratheon	In production

Stage

The Master and Margarita (Lyric Hammersmith, 2004)
White Boy (Soho Theatre, 2007)
Tory Boyz (Soho Theatre, 2008)^[2]
I See Myself As a Bit of an Indiana Jones Figure (Old Red Lion, 2010)
Frankenstein (National Theatre, 2011) as Victor/Servant 1 ^[2]
Howl's Moving Castle (Southwark Playhouse, 2011) as Howl^[13]
One Man, Two Guvnors (Theatre Royal Haymarket, from 2 March 2012) as Alan Dangle^[14]

References

^ "Daniel Ings on Winning Laughs as an Over-the-Top Actor in London's One Man, Two Guvnors | Broadway Buzz | Theatre.com". theatre.com. Archived from the original on 30 April 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Daniel Ings | Lancaster University". Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b Megan Bull (19 March 2024). "The Gentlemen's Daniel Ings reveals his special connection to 'good dude' Theo James - exclusive". hellomagazine.com.
^ Joanna Robinson (3 October 2014). "What's New on Netflix in November—and What to Watch Before It Disappears". Vanity Fair.
^ ^a ^b "Daniel Ings Credits". tvguide.com. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
^ "Royle Family's Ralf Little and Craig Cash make Sky1 sitcom". theguardian.com. 2011.
^ "The Crown's Mike Parker, actor Daniel Ings, responds to criticism from the family of Prince Philip's scandal-struck Private Secretary". Radio Times. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Daniel Ings". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b "First Look images and further casting announced for upcoming BBC Drama The Gold". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b Carlo Simone (4 March 2024). "Netflix The Gentlemen: Full cast list and when it releases". bracknellnews.co.uk.
^ Vary, Adam B. (18 June 2024). "'Game of Thrones' Spinoff 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' Begins Filming as 'The Crown,' 'True Detective' Actors Join Cast". Variety.
^ "Zog and the Flying Doctors". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
^ Sierra, Gabrielle (31 October 2011). "Daniel Ings, Kristin McGuire Lead Southwark Playhouse's Howl's Moving Castle". Broadway World.
^ One Man, Two Guvnors at Theatre Royal Haymarket Archived 8 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine

External links

[1] "Daniel Ings on Winning Laughs as an Over-the-Top Actor in London's One Man, Two Guvnors | Broadway Buzz | Theatre.com". theatre.com. Archived from the original on 30 April 2017.

[lu-2] "Daniel Ings | Lancaster University". Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.

[dude-3] Megan Bull (19 March 2024). "The Gentlemen's Daniel Ings reveals his special connection to 'good dude' Theo James - exclusive". hellomagazine.com.

[4] Joanna Robinson (3 October 2014). "What's New on Netflix in November—and What to Watch Before It Disappears". Vanity Fair.

[tv-5] "Daniel Ings Credits". tvguide.com. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

[6] "Royle Family's Ralf Little and Craig Cash make Sky1 sitcom". theguardian.com. 2011.

[7] "The Crown's Mike Parker, actor Daniel Ings, responds to criticism from the family of Prince Philip's scandal-struck Private Secretary". Radio Times. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2020.

[tomato-8] "Daniel Ings". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

[gold-9] "First Look images and further casting announced for upcoming BBC Drama The Gold". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. Retrieved 17 January 2023.

[gent-10] Carlo Simone (4 March 2024). "Netflix The Gentlemen: Full cast list and when it releases". bracknellnews.co.uk.

[11] Vary, Adam B. (18 June 2024). "'Game of Thrones' Spinoff 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' Begins Filming as 'The Crown,' 'True Detective' Actors Join Cast". Variety.

[12] "Zog and the Flying Doctors". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2020.

[13] Sierra, Gabrielle (31 October 2011). "Daniel Ings, Kristin McGuire Lead Southwark Playhouse's Howl's Moving Castle". Broadway World.

[14] One Man, Two Guvnors at Theatre Royal Haymarket Archived 8 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine

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