Daniel Lapaine

Daniel Lapaine (born 15 June 1971) is an Australian stage, film and television actor, currently residing in London. He also works as a writer and director.

Daniel Lapaine
Born	15 June 1971 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Alma mater	National Institute of Dramatic Art (1992)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1989–present
Spouse(s)	Fay Ripley ​ (m. 2001)​
Children	2

Career

Born in Sydney, New South Wales to an Italian father and an Australian mother, Lapaine graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1992. He first came to prominence in 1994 when he played the South African swimmer David Van Arckle in P. J. Hogan's Muriel's Wedding. Since then he has worked internationally in film, theatre, and television and is now based in London.

In theatre, he most recently he played Bassanio in The Merchant of Venice at Shakespeare's Globe, opposite Jonathan Pryce. Other theatre credits include the parts of Trip in Other Desert Cities and Eilert Lovborg in Ibsen's Hedda Gabler at the Old Vic, opposite Sheridan Smith. He played Leontes in The Winter's Tale at the Sheffield Crucible; Kurt in The Dance of Death at the Donmar at the Trafalgar Studios and George in All My Sons in the West End, opposite David Suchet. At the Royal Court, he appeared in Scenes from the Back of Beyond and "F***ing Games", directed by Dominic Cooke. In Australia, Lapaine appeared at The Sydney Theatre Company in King Lear and Les Parents Terribles, "Island" at Belvoir Street and for the Bell Shakespeare Company he played Romeo in Romeo and Juliet as well as appearing in Hamlet and Richard III.

Lapaine has made two appearances in the UK TV Show Black Mirror, six years apart. First in 2011 as the morally dubious Max in "The Entire History of You", and later as the masochistic Dr. Dawson in 2017's "Black Museum".

Lapaine's recent film work includes Kathryn Bigelow's Oscar-winning Zero Dark Thirty, Last Chance Harvey opposite Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson, and "Shanghai", opposite John Cusack. He played the lead role in Pathe's The Abduction Club and Miramax's Elephant Juice, as well as memorable appearances in Brokedown Palace opposite Claire Danes and Kate Beckinsale. He has also appeared in many other films including 54, Dangerous Beauty, Polish Wedding and "Gozo".

Lapaine has worked extensively in television. He appeared in all four series of Catastrophe for Channel 4 and Amazon Prime, in which he plays the part of Dave. Entertainment Weekly named Catastrophe "the best new comedy of the year". He recently portrayed King Charles II in the upcoming Canal + series Versailles. Daniel also starred in the 2000 television miniseries The 10th Kingdom as Prince Wendell White, ruler of the 4th Kingdom, and played Tim Allerton in the 2004 Agatha Christie's Poirot episode Death on the Nile opposite David Suchet. In 2009, he portrayed Neil Armstrong in the television film Moon Shot. He also played Hector in "Helen of Troy" opposite Rufus Sewell. Other television credits include "Critical"; "Vexed"; "Lewis"; "Vera"; "Black Mirror"; "Identity"; "Hotel Babylon"; "Sex, the City and Me"; "Jane Hall"; "The Good Housekeeping Guide"; "Golden Hour"; "Jericho"; "I Saw You"; In Australia he appeared in "A Country Practice" and "GP", opposite Cate Blanchett.

Lapaine also wrote and directed the Australian feature film 48 Shades. Based on the 1999 novel 48 Shades of Brown by Nick Earls, the film was released in Australia by Buena Vista in 2006.

Personal life

In 1998, Lapaine met English actress Fay Ripley at a party hosted by mutual friends. After meeting again on a trip in New York, they began dating.[1] They married in October 2001 in a ceremony in Tuscany, Italy. In October 2002, the couple had their first child, a daughter named Parker. Their second child, a son, named Sonny, was born in October 2006.[2]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
1994	Muriel's Wedding	David Van Arckle	Feature film
1998	Polish Wedding	Ziggy	Feature film
	Dangerous Beauty	Serafino Franco	Biographic film
1999	Brokedown Palace	Nick Parks	Feature film
	Double Jeopardy	Handsome Internet Expert	Feature film
	Elephant Juice	Will
2000	The 10th Kingdom	Prince Wendell White	TV miniseries
2002	The Abduction Club	Garrett Byrne	Feature film
2003	Helen of Troy	Prince Hector	TV miniseries
2004	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Tim Allerton	1 episode (Death on the Nile)
2006	The Good Housekeeping Guide	Joe	TV film
	Jane Hall	Richard	TV series
2007	Sex, the City and Me	Patrick Turner	TV film
2008	Hotel Babylon	Ned Wright	4 episodes (Series 3, Episodes 4, 5, 6, 8)
	Last Chance Harvey	Scott Wright	Feature Film
2009	Moonshot	Neil Armstrong	TV film
	Waking the Dead	Samuel Knight	2 episodes (Magdalene 26: Part 1 and Magdalene 26: Part 2)
2011	Black Mirror	Max	Episode: "The Entire History of You"
2012	Vera	Michael Morgan	TV Series: 1 episode (Silent Voices, Series 2 Episode 2)
	Lewis	Kit Renton	TV Series: 1 episode (Generation of Vipers, Series 6 Episode 2)
	Zero Dark Thirty	Tim - Station Chief	Film
	Vexed[3]	Bob	TV Series: 1 episode (Series 2 Episode 3)
2013	Jack the Giant Slayer	Jack's Dad (uncredited)	Film
	Dead in Tombstone	Sheriff Bob Massey	Video
2014	Death in Paradise	Paul Bevans	TV Series: 1 episode (Ye of Little Faith, Series 3 Episode 4)
	Inspector George Gently[4]	Stefan Lesley	TV Series: 1 episode (Gently with Honour, Series 6 Episode 3)
2015	Catastrophe	Dave	TV Series : 9 episodes
	Versailles	Charles II of England	TV Series: 1 episode (Series 1 Episode 9)
2017	Black Mirror	Dawson	Episode: "Black Museum"
	The Durrells	Hugh Jarvis	TV Series: 6 episode (Series 2)
2020	Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears	Lord Lofthouse	Film

References

1. Staff (12 July 2002). "Seconds out – on a date". The Evening Gazette (Gazette Media Company).
2. Grice, Elizabeth (6 October 2006). "'People cross the road to tell me how ridiculous I look'". The Daily Telegraph (Telegraph Media Group): p. 23.
3. Radio Times – Vexed – Series 2 – Episode 3
4. Radio Times – Inspector George Gently – Series 6 – Episode 3 – Gently with Honour

External links

• Daniel Lapaine at IMDb