Daniel Andrew Sharman is a British actor from Hackney, London best known for his role as
Ares in the 2011 fantasy film Immortals and as Isaac Lahey in the MTV supernatural drama
series Teen Wolf.
As a child actor on stage Sharman started acting as a child at the age
of nine.
He auditioned for the Royal Shakespeare Company and was selected out of hundreds of other
children.
"I just adored it," he said of his venture into the dramatic arts.
"Between Macbeth and Henry VI with all of the armour and the blood and everything, it
was just fantastic as a kid.
It was the best thing ever."
Sharman stayed with the Royal Shakespeare Company for two plays: The Park in 1995 and
Macbeth in 1996.
He also acted in the touring play The Winslow Boy in 2002 at age 16.
Education Sharman attended the private boarding school
Mill Hill School, where he was known as Dan Sharman and also the Arts Educational School,
both in London.
During his school years, he acted in the play "Kvetch" that made it to the famous Edinburgh
Fringe festival.
For three years, from 2004 to 2007, Sharman studied at the London Academy of Music and
Dramatic Art, gaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in acting.
From stage to the big screen Sharman's first feature film role was in the
independent film The Last Days of Edgar Harding, in which he played a musician.
In 2010, he was cast as Ares, the Greek god of war, in the fantasy film Immortals with
Mickey Rourke, Kellan Lutz and Henry Cavill among others; the film was released in 2011.
"I found acting on film really difficult," he admits of his first screen performances.
"I found it really kind of odd and unnatural.
Then I became obsessed with trying to get it right.
I'm hugely competitive."
Sharman appeared in the horror film The Collection with his fellow Teen Wolf cast member Eaddy
Mays, released in November 2012.
Television roles Sharman's television credits include a recurring
role in two episodes of The Nine Lives of Chloe King as Zane, and roles in Inspector
Lewis, Robin Pilcher's television film Starting Over and one episode of Judge John Deed.
He also starred in Funny or Die's The Sexy Dark Ages with Shawn Pyfrom and Robert Englund.
Daniel Sharman had a recurring role as Beta werewolf Isaac Lahey in season 2 of MTV's
supernatural drama series, Teen Wolf.
He reprised his role in season 3 of the show and became a major recurring character.
Producer Jeff Davis has stated that he will be a big part of season 3.
After the season 3 finale of Teen Wolf, it was announced that Sharman would be leaving
the series to explore other opportunities.
His decision came shortly after Crystal Reed's.
Several weeks later, it was announced that he would be appearing on the CW's "The Originals"
as Kaleb, a major role in second season(источник?).
Season 3 started shooting on December 3, 2012.
Other work Sharman lent his speaking voice to audiobook
version of Cassandra Clare's third installment Clockwork Princess of The Infernal Devices
young adult series.
Upcoming projects He will also be playing the role of a Royal
Canadian Mounted Police officer, Edward Montclair in the Hallmark Channel TV film When Calls
the Heart, based on Janette Oke's romance novel of the same name.
Sharman will star in The Beauty of Sharks with Bill Nighy, Sharon Stone and Faye Dunaway,
releasing in 2015, in which he portrays two roles: Samuel Hamilton, and a woman.
He told Nylon magazine, "In The Beauty of Sharks I do something I've always wanted to
do, which is play a woman.
I look pretty bloody good--I hate to toot my own horn but I think I'd pull."
Personal life Sharman is a supporter of the London football
team, Arsenal FC.
Sharman was in a relationship with his Teen Wolf co-star Crystal Reed for a few months
in mid- 2013.
Filmography References
External links Daniel Sharman at the Internet Movie Database
Daniel Sharman on Twitter