Daniel Jonathan Stevens is an English actor. He first drew international attention for his role as Matthew Crawley in the ITV acclaimed period drama series
Downton Abbey (2010â2012). He also starred as David in the thriller film
The Guest (2014), Sir Lancelot in the adventure film
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014), The Beast/Prince in Disney's live action adaptation of
Beauty and the Beast (2017), Lorin Willis in the biographical legal drama
Marshall (2017), Charles Dickens in the biographical drama
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017) and Russian Eurovision singer Alexander Lemtov in
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020). From 2017 to 2019, he starred as David Haller in the FX series
Legion. In 2018, he starred in the Netflix horror-thriller
Apostle, and since 2023, he has starred as Korvo Opposites in the animated series
Solar Opposites.