Daniel Ings (born 1985) is an actor from England. He starred as Luke Curran in the

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comedy series '' Lovesick''.

Early life

Ings attended

Dauntsey's School Dauntsey's School is a public school (independent boarding and day school) for pupils aged 11–18 in the village of West Lavington, Wiltshire, England. The school was founded in 1542, in accordance with the will of William Dauntesey, a maste ...

in Wiltshire, followed by Lancaster University where he studied theatre studies, graduating in 2008. Ings later trained at

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School is a drama school in Bristol, England. The institution provides training in acting and production for careers in film, television and theatre. BOVTS is an affiliate of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama. ...

and the

National Youth Theatre The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (NYT) is a youth theatre and registered charity in London. Its aim is to develop and nurture young people through creative arts and theatrical productions. Founded in 1956 as the world's first youth the ...

Career

Ings has appeared in a number of stage, short films and television programmes. His most notable role to date is that of the playboy best friend Luke in

romantic comedy Lovesick. Also notable are the roles of Jake in the

comedy '' Pete versus Life'', Kelvin in the BBC comedy-drama '' Psychoville'' and John in

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's comedy '' The Café'' in November 2011. He has also appeared as the unscrupulous "Director of Output" Matt Taverner in the

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mockumentary '' W1A'' (2014–2015) and as Commander Mike Parker in the

series ''

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'' (2016–2017). In 2018, he began playing the husband of Alan Cumming's lead character on the CBS

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''. Most recently he appeared as Francis Marindin in

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' series ''

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'' for

and as Cob, the embittered husband to

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's Suzie in acclaimed Sky Atlantic series '' I Hate Suzie''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

* ''The Master and Margarita'' (

Lyric Hammersmith The Lyric Theatre, also known as the Lyric Hammersmith, is a theatre on Lyric Square, off King Street, Hammersmith, London.

, 2004) * ''White Boy'' (

Soho Theatre The Soho Theatre is a theatre and registered charity in the Soho district of the City of Westminster, in London, England. It produces and presents new works of theatre, together with comedy and cabaret, across three performance spaces. The the ...

, 2007) * ''Tory Boyz'' (

, 2008) * ''I See Myself As a Bit of an Indiana Jones Figure'' ( Old Red Lion, 2010) * ''

Frankenstein ''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein'' tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific exp ...

'' ( National Theatre, 2011) as Victor/Servant 1 * ''Howl's Moving Castle'' (

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, 2011) as Howl * '' One Man, Two Guvnors'' (

Theatre Royal Haymarket The Theatre Royal Haymarket (also known as Haymarket Theatre or the Little Theatre) is a West End theatre on Haymarket in the City of Westminster which dates back to 1720, making it the third-oldest London playhouse still in use. Samuel Foot ...

, from 2 March 2012) as Alan DangleOne Man, Two Guvnors at Theatre Royal Haymarket

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ings, Daniel 1985 births Living people Alumni of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Alumni of Lancaster University English male film actors English male stage actors English male television actors National Youth Theatre members People educated at Dauntsey's School