Daniel Ings

Daniel Ings (born 30 November 1985) is an English actor. He starred as Luke Curran in the Channel 4/Netflix comedy series Lovesick (2014–2018). Other credits include Psychoville (2011), The Café (2011), The Crown (2016–2017), Instinct (2018–2019), Black Mirror (2019), The English Game (2020), I Hate Suzie (2020), Sex Education (2023), The Gold (2023), and The Gentlemen (2024).

Early life

Ings attended Dauntsey's School in Wiltshire, followed by Lancaster University where he studied theatre studies, graduating in 2008. Ings later trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, and the National Youth Theatre.

Career

Ings appeared as the playboy best friend Luke in Netflix romantic comedy Lovesick (2014–2018). He played Jake in the Channel 4 comedy Pete versus Life, Kelvin in the BBC comedy-drama Psychoville, and John in Sky 1's comedy The Café (2011).

In 2014, he appeared as the unscrupulous "Director of Output" Matt Taverner in the BBC2 mockumentary W1A (2014–2015), and as Commander Mike Parker in the Netflix series The Crown (2016–2017). In 2018, he began playing the husband of Alan Cumming's lead character on the CBS drama television series Instinct (2018–2019).

In 2020, he appeared as Francis Marindin in Julian Fellowes' series The English Game for Netflix and as Cob, the embittered husband to Billie Piper's Suzie, in acclaimed Sky Atlantic series I Hate Suzie. In 2023, he starred as Dan in the Netflix series Sex Education. In the same year, he played Archie Osbornein the BBC One series The Gold.

In 2024, he starred as Frederick "Freddy" Horniman in the Netflix Guy Ritchie television series The Gentlemen, alongside Theo James, Kaya Scodelario, Vinnie Jones and Ray Winstone.

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

• The Master and Margarita (Lyric Hammersmith, 2004)
• White Boy (Soho Theatre, 2007)
• Tory Boyz (Soho Theatre, 2008)
• I See Myself As a Bit of an Indiana Jones Figure (Old Red Lion, 2010)
• Frankenstein (National Theatre, 2011) as Victor/Servant 1
• Howl's Moving Castle (Southwark Playhouse, 2011) as Howl
• One Man, Two Guvnors (Theatre Royal Haymarket, from 2 March 2012) as Alan Dangle

References

External links

• Daniel Ings at IMDb
• Daniel Ings at the National Theatre Website