Danny Mac


Danny Mac is a British actor and singer, known for his award winning roles across both stage and screen.

Early life

Mac was born in Bromley, Greater London, but then grew up in the seaside town of Bognor Regis. He trained for 2 years in Acting at Chichester College before attending The Arts Educational Schools in London graduating in 2009 with a BA Hons degree.

Career

He played Gavroche in the musical Les Miserables for a ten-week run in Southampton in 1998, and appeared in the role again in the West End in 1999. He performed again in the West End a decade later in the musical Wicked from May 2009, where he stayed for 21 months and was an understudy for the role of Boq. He left to join Hollyoaks in February 2011, playing the role of Mark "Dodger" Savage.
In 2016, he reached the final in the fourteenth series of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing. He is the highest-scoring male celebrity to ever appear on the show. His professional dance partner was Oti Mabuse. In week 9, after dancing a Charleston, he became the first contestant to both receive a score of ten from Craig Revel Horwood and to score a perfect 40 for the series. The next week, Mac became the first celebrity in the show's history to score a perfect 40 for a Samba. This was also the earliest double 40 in the show's history. He eventually reached the final, where he finished as joint runners-up with Louise Redknapp and her partner Kevin Clifton, losing out to winners Ore Oduba and his partner Joanne Clifton.
In May 2017 he starred as Gabey in the musical On the Town at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in a production that ran until July of that year and was nominated for 'Best Musical Revival' at the 2018 Olivier Awards. From September 2017 to April 2018 he starred as Joe Gillis in the multi award-winning touring production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard, a role for which he won 'Best Actor' at The Manchester Theatre Awards and was nominated for 'Best Actor' at the WhatsOnStage Awards. The production also won 'Best Regional Production' at the 18th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards and 'Best Musical' at The Manchester Theatre Awards.
In 2018 he appeared as Craig in the Sky One sitcom Trollied.
In December 2018 and January 2019 Mac starred as Bob Wallace in White Christmas at Curve in Leicester. The production will transfer to the Dominion Theatre in the West End from November 2019 to January 2020. From May 2019 Mac toured the UK as Nino in the musical Amélie.
From February 2020 Mac will play Edward in the London premiere of at the Piccadilly Theatre.

Personal life

Mac married actress Carley Stenson in August 2017, after having been in a relationship with her since 2011.
He is a fan of Chelsea F.C. and used to live with actor James Atherton.

Filmography

YearShowRoleNotes
2004A Line in the SandTomITV Drama
2011–15HollyoaksRegular, -
2011Children in NeedHimselfGuest
2011Hollyoaks Best Bits 2011Himself
2013All Star Family FortunesHimselfGuest
2014#ChallengeHollyoaks: LiveHimselfGuest
2014The British Soap Awards 2014HimselfWinner: Sexiest Male
2015The British Soap Awards 2015Himself
2015British AndyHimself
2016Loose WomenHimselfGuest
2016Strictly Len GoodmanHimself
2016Strictly Come DancingContestant Runner-up with professional Oti Mabuse
2016'HimselfWeekly appearances as contestant
2017Olivier AwardsHimselfGuest Presenter
2017A Harvest Wedding Fleming
2017Midlands TodayHimself15 December 2017 Evening News
2017'HimselfFriday Panel 2017
2018TrolliedCraig2 episodes

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResult
2011National Television AwardsMost Popular Newcomer
2011The British Soap AwardsSexiest Male
2011Inside Soap AwardsSexiest Male
2011Inside Soap AwardsBest Newcomer
2011TV Quick and Choice AwardsBest Soap Newcomer
2012The British Soap AwardsSexiest Male
2012National Television AwardsBest Newcomer
2012Inside Soap AwardsSexiest Male
2012Digital Spy Soap AwardsSexiest Male
2013The British Soap AwardsSexiest Male
2013Inside Soap AwardsBest Actor
2013Inside Soap AwardsSexiest Male
2014The British Soap AwardsSexiest Male
2014Inside Soap AwardsSexiest Male
2015National Television AwardsBest Serial Drama Performance
2018Manchester Theatre AwardsBest Actor In A Visiting Production
2018WhatsOnStage AwardsBest Actor In A Musical
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