Anthony Daniels
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English actor and mime artist (born 1946)
OverviewAI-generated
Anthony Daniels is a male artist from the United States who began his work period in 1969. He is listed as an author with twenty-three works, including titles such as 800 BLUEPRINT, Connections, Hazel Story, Buried but Not Quite Dead, and Parasite Paradise. His professional output also includes five works recorded in academic databases.
Daniels stands at a height of 1.75 meters and was born on February 21, 1946. He maintains an official website and has a social media following of 125,134 people. On the music platform Last.fm, his profile shows 67 listeners and a total playcount of 720.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 23
Top works
- 800 BLUEPRINT
- Connections
- Hazel Story
- Buried but Not Quite Dead
- Parasite Paradise
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 67
- Total plays
- 720
See: C3PO and C3PO & R2D2 Anthony Kingsley Daniels (born 21 February 1946) is an English actor, known for his role as the droid C3PO in the Star Wars series of films made between 1977 and 2005. Daniels and Kenneth Baker, who played R2D2, are the only actors credited as playing the same role in all six of the Star Wars films. C-3PO ([si.ˈθɹi.pi.oʊ], nicknamed Threepio) is a fictional character from the Star Wars universe, who appears in both the original Star Wars films and the prequel trilogy
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Trimmomatic: a flexible trimmer for Illumina sequence data
· 2014 · cited 61,916x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,474x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,786x
- The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship
· 2016 · cited 14,620x
- Structure validation in chemical crystallography
· 2009 · cited 14,179x
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Quotes
- “Everybody uses mime and gesture in real life, though we don’t realize it. It’s very useful as a performance technique, though it can be boring to watch on its own. As for radio, I had a wonderful teacher. I was hugely lucky. I didn’t want to play a robot, but the situation was an object lesson in fate taking over.”
- “I’m actually quite tired because Threepio is an exhausting character — he’s always very tense, he’s always slightly on the edge of panic. That’s why he’s funny, because he’s always in the wrong place. I record each piece three times in a row, so the director can choose without interrupting too much.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1946-02-21 ) 21 February 1946 (age 80) , Salisbury , Wiltshire, England
- Alma mater
- Rose Bruford College
- Occupations
- Actor mime artist
- Years active
- 1974–present
- Known for
- C-3PO in Star Wars (1977–present)
- Spouse
- Christine Savage
- Website
- anthonydaniels .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Anthony Daniels (/ˈæntəni/ AN-tə-nee; born 21 February 1946) is an English actor and mime artist, best known for playing C-3PO in 11 Star Wars films, from Star Wars (1977) to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019). He wore the costume and voiced his character in the films and several animated television series. Initially, Daniels did not want to play a robotic character, however Ralph McQuarrie's first concept painting of C-3PO and R2-D2 on Tatooine evoked empathy from him.
For nearly 50 years, Daniels has held the distinction of being the only actor to have either appeared in or been involved with all theatrical films in the series. He has been involved in many of their spin-offs, including television series, video games, and radio serials. His other roles included CZ-3 in Star Wars, Tak in Solo: A Star Wars Story and more. Daniels also portrayed C-3PO in several commercials, non-canon films, including The Lego Movie, and non-canon television shows, including The Muppet Show. Outside the films, he has narrated and hosted some documentaries (starting off with the 1977 television special, The Making of Star Wars and later Science of Star Wars). Daniels (as C-3PO) has also narrated some documentaries retelling the films. He has hosted several events, including Star Wars: In Concert, since 2009. Daniels has recounted the challenges he faced while filming Star Wars in Tunisia in several documentaries, including Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy. His involvement in the franchise and association with his character from meeting film director George Lucas in November 1975 to wrapping up on The Rise of Skywalker has been detailed in his 2019 memoirs, I Am C-3PO: The Inside Story.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anthony Daniels” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.