Cast & creator
Daniel Ryan
Best known for Midsomer Murders, Doctor Who, Death in Paradise
Daniel Ryan (born 1968) is an English actor and writer.
Also known as: Daniel O'Brien
22
film credits
55
television credits
77
1986–2026 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (77)
Showing 77 of 77 credits
Midsomer Murders
Adam Burbage
1997
Doctor Who
Biff Cane
2005
Death in Paradise
Gerald Baynes
2011
Casualty
Mark Hitchens
1986Casualty
Marcus Tiverton
1986
Vera
Alec Sidden
2011
Father Brown
Colonel Anthony Forbes-Leith
2013
Peak Practice
Damien
1993
Heartbeat
Jamie Hunter
1992Heartbeat
Max Philpott
1992
Lewis
Felix Sansome
2007
Skins
Kevin Hardbeck
2007Skins
Kevin
2007
Dalziel and Pascoe
Bertie Fielding
1996
Dear England
Steve Holland
2026
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Red McGuire
2002
Trial & Retribution
Det. Sgt. Brown
1997Trial & Retribution
Brown
1997
Moving On
John
2009
Between the Lines
1992
As Time Goes By
Harry
1992
The Bay
DI Tony Manning
2019
Kingdom
Tony Forshaw
2007
Creeped Out
Jessie's Dad
2017
Wire in the Blood
Paul Gregory
2002
Time
Freddie Jennings
2021
Hotel Babylon
DS Green
2006
Born and Bred
Martin Rowe
2002
Blue Murder
Barry Peters
2003
Innocent
Phil Collins
2018
Mount Pleasant
2011Mount Pleasant
Dan
2011
The Hack
Tom Watson
2025
The Street
2006
The Lady
David Andrews
2026
Four Lives
Adam Whitworth
2022
Litvinenko
DAC Peter Clarke
2022
Home Fires
Bryn Brindsley
2015
Messiah
DS Terry Hedges
2001
The Devil's Whore
Chimney
2008
Passenger
Derek Jackson
2024
Black Sea
Kurston
2014
Crossfire
Ben
2022
London Boulevard
Bank Manager
2010
Bob & Rose
Andy Lewis
2001
Steel River Blues
Firefighter Andy Coulson
2004
Linda Green
Darren Alexander
2001
The Whistleblowers
2007
All or Nothing
Crash Driver
2002
Two Thousand Acres of Sky
2001
Sunshine
Greg
2008
Cold Call
Des
2019
Paradox
2009
Salting the Battlefield
Bill Catcheside
2014Walk Away and I Stumble
Steve
2005
Just William
Mr Brown
2010
Bon Voyage
Simon Holder
2006
The Reckoning
Richard Bury
2011
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009
Men Only
Des
2001Blood on Snow
Tim
The Government Inspector
Andrew Gilligan
2005
Walk Away and I Stumble
Steve
2007
The Royal
Ray Piper
2003
Ashes and Sand
Glyn
2003
Rock On, Tommy: The Bobby Ball Story
Himself
2020
The Law Lord
Animal Activist
1992
Up on the Roof
Keith
1997Resnick: Lonely Hearts
DC Kevin Naylor
1992Resnick: Rough Treatment
DC Kevin Naylor
1993Confessions of a Diary Secretary
Barrie Williams
2007
Falling Apart
Rob
2006
Pop Art
Dad
2008
Love or Money
Terry
2001
Misper
Gary Jenkins
2025
Consent
2007
The Grey Man
Kevin Dodds
2007