Daniel Monks
Australian actor and screenwriter
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Daniel Monks is an Australian actor and screenwriter.[1]
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| Occupation | Actor |
Career
He was the writer, star and a producer of Pulse which saw him nominated for the 2018 AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.[2] He was nominated for the 2018 Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Play for the Malthouse Theatre presentation of The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man.[3]
In 2020, Monks won Best Performer in a Play at The Stage Debut Awards for his performance in Teenage Dick at the Donmar Warehouse.[4] In August 2024, it was announced that Monks had been cast as Ser Manfred Dondarrion in the upcoming series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.[5] The series premiered in 2026.
In 2025, Monks played Brian Irvine in the mystery thriller series All Her Fault.[6]
Personal life
At the age of 11, Monks was found to have a benign tumour on his cervical spinal cord, which was removed; he has hemiplegia of the right side to this day. His right arm is totally paralysed and his right leg has only partial function.[1][7]
