1. Daniel Boys was born on 26 March 1979 and is an English actor.
29 Facts About Daniel Boys
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Daniel Boys starred in the West End productions of the musicals Rent and Grease before being a 2007 contestant on the BBC talent series Any Dream Will Do.
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Daniel Boys was born at Yateley, Hampshire, the son of a chartered surveyor and a phlebotomist.
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Daniel Boys won a Cameron Mackintosh scholarship to study at the Guildford School of Acting, where he graduated with a BA in 2001.
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Daniel Boys was selected to perform in the first UK tour of Jonathan Larson's Rent, which meant leaving college early.
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Daniel Boys appeared as Roger, one of the T-birds, in Grease at the Victoria Palace.
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Daniel Boys went on the touring production to Japan, and playing the role of Doody in Scandinavia and Cyprus.
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Daniel Boys was a soloist in Disney's Enchanted Evening, of which the final concert was televised on BBC1 as the BBC Family Prom in the Park.
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Daniel Boys performed at Party in the Park with the company of Grease.
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Daniel Boys can be seen on the live tour DVD special features, performing in place of Russell Watson in the dress rehearsal.
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Daniel Boys received the fewest votes, and was chosen to leave the show by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
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In July 2007, Daniel Boys then appeared as Anthony Hope in Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street which was one of the first shows to open at the newly restored Royal Festival Hall.
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In late 2008, Daniel joined the cast of the hit show Avenue Q For over two years, Daniel played the lead roles of Princeton and Rod.
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Daniel Boys won the "What's on Stage Theatregoers Choice Award" for "Best Takeover in a Role" for his performance.
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On 6 December 2009, Daniel Boys performed with fellow artists in "Christmas in New York" at the Prince of Wales Theatre.
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Daniel Boys made his American debut with the show when he performed at Show at Barre, supported by Broadway actress Megan Hilty, and in Australia he played at both Sydney and the Adelaide Cabaret Festival alongside acts such as Olivia Newton-John and Chita Rivera.
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In February 2010, Daniel Boys performed with Jessie Buckley in two concerts in Manchester and Birmingham entitled "Valentines at the Musicals" including songs from West Side Story and My Fair Lady.
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Daniel Boys then performed as Eddie in the workshop production of Painted Lady: The Princess Caraboo Scandal, then as Christian in the London premiere of Wolfboy at Trafalgar Studios.
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On 21 October 2011, Daniel Boys played Judas in the 40th anniversary production of Godspell alongside Kerry Ellis at the Palace Theatre, Manchester.
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Daniel Boys made a short film with David Paisley entitled Fall-Out about two ex-partners who end up in a fallout shelter together, which went round the 2012 festival circuit.
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In March 2014, Daniel Boys joined the West End production of Spamalot at the Playhouse Theatre as Sir Lancelot.
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Daniel Boys appeared in West End Recast, a one-off concert at the Duke of York's Theatre.
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At the beginning of 2018, Daniel Boys performed for two months in the Theatre Clwyd production of Little Shop of Horrors, starring as Seymour.
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Daniel Boys was cast as Joseph Kirby in ITV's Endeavour in January 2019.
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Daniel Boys played the role of Marvin until the show closed in January 2020.
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Daniel Boys recorded the song My Brother's Eyes on Terry Pratchett's Only You Can Save Mankind, which was released on 23 November 2009, and recorded a version of I Know Him So Well with John Barrowman for his 2008 album Music Music Music.
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November 2018 AGR Television Records announced that Daniel Boys had signed a multi-album record deal with them.
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Daniel Boys has revealed in several interviews that he is gay.
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Daniel Boys has been in a relationship with actor Chris Jenkins since 2014.