Anthony Daniels
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Anthony Daniels (born 21 February 1946) is an English actor and mime artist.
He is best known for his role in the Star Wars film series, beginning with the 1977 film.
He is the only actor to have appeared in all theatrical films in the series, as well as several of its spin-offs, such as television shows, video games, radio serials, etc. In the Ralph Bakshi animated version of The Lord of the Rings (1978), Daniels was the voice of Legolas.
He has appeared on British television in various dramas, including playing a pathologist in Prime Suspect starring Helen Mirren.
Daniels is currently an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center.
Early life
Daniels was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, and was the son of a plastics firm executive. He was educated at Giggleswick School and studied law for two years at university before moving out to participate in amateur dramatics and attend Rose Bruford College. Daniels began working at BBC Radio and with the National Theatre of Great Britain at The Young Vic in 1974. When doing theatre, he was invited to speak with director George Lucas, who was casting for Star Wars. Daniels at first turned down the interview, but his rep persuaded Lucas to visit Lucas.
Daniels claims he was so dissatisfied with the film that he had ever seen in a theatre, 2001: A Space Odyssey, that he had never seen in a theater, that he walked out after ten minutes and demanded his money back. Lucas suggested that after Daniels was selected as C-3PO to analyze HAL 9000's voice in its entirety. Daniels said in a 2011 interview that he now thinks 2001 as a masterpiece and that he also likes post-apocalyptic films, such as Mad Max.
He was a member of the BBC's Radio Drama Company and speaks fluent French.
Career
Daniels only became really interested in the role of C-3PO after seeing Ralph McQuarrie's concept creation of the golden droid C-3PO. Daniels didn't get the final costume until after donning it for the shoot and being shown a Polaroid photo. He struggled with delivering the character's lines until Lucas alerted him that the dialogue would be redubbed in post-production. In one shot in the original film, Daniels also portrayed a protocol droid with a "white pointy face." Daniels was left depressed after the film's success; he owes this to Lucasfilm's desire to convince viewers that the droids were real.
Daniels has appeared in all of the Star Wars films (with the exception of Solo: A Star Wars Story) from the series's beginning as the golden droid's body and voice. Kenny Baker, who appeared on R2-D2 before his death in 2016, said he and Daniels did not get along. Daniels has reprised his role as host of various promotional activities, including: a commentary on Star Wars, Star Wars Connections, and Science of Star Wars, as well as advertising for Star Wars-licensed items such as Kenner toys and a breakfast cereal based on the character.
In the Star Wars radio serial based on the original trilogy, Daniels appeared as C-3PO. He is the only cast member of the original Star Wars trilogy to speak out in all three of NPR's dramatizations of the trilogy. He appeared on C-3PO for six animated films: Droids, Clone Wars, The Clone Wars, Rebels, Forces of Destiny, and Resistance. Daniels' other C-3PO voicework includes: the Christmas-themed Christmas in the Stars album, Disney theme park attractions including Star Tours and Star Tours: The Adventures Continue, and the Star Tours shutdown ceremony as part of Disney's Hollywood Studios' "Last Tour to Endor" celebration in Orlando, Florida. Dark Force Rising and The Last Command featured him as the author and all character voices for the audio books.
Daniels provided the foreword to the collected scripts of the Return of the Jedi radio drama as their author Brian Daley died while recording them. Daniels' other Star Wars-related writings include the Wonder Column for Star Wars Insider magazine and a comic book adventure for C-3PO and R2-D2 called The Protocol Offensive, which was released by Dark Horse Comics.
Daniels' only portrayed the character in Episode I: The Phantom Menace, which a puppeteer performed on set. In Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Daniels attempted to puppeteer the character himself, but after the script was changed, he returned to playing the droid in costume. He also performed the vocal tracks for scenes that featured a computer-generated C-3PO in this film and 2005's Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Daniels is the only actor to appear in all nine films, including the 2008 Clone Wars film and the related television series.
In two scenes of the film, Daniels also appears as a humanoid. Lieutenant Dannl Faytonni's name is a tribute to his own name, but in a new style. The character appears in the nightclub scene as a man in blue uniform who can be seen in a cutaway reaction shot after Obi-Wan Kenobi disarms bounty hunter Zam Wesell. In Revenge of the Sith, Faytonni can also be seen at the Galaxies Opera House.
Daniels reprised his role as C-3PO in the seventh Star Wars film, The Force Awakens, which was released in December 2015. J. Abrams, the director of The Force Awakens, told Daniels that he was only going to be the voice of C-3PO in the film, but that Daniels would wear the suit as well. Daniels wore a new C-3PO suit made for him during filming using 3D printing, which gave Daniels a lot more mobility and stability than the original suit. Daniels has voiced his dissatisfaction with the droid's red armour. In 2017's The Last Jedi, and 2019's The Rise of Skywalker, Daniels appeared as C-3PO in both The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker.
In 2016, Rogue One, the first standalone film in the Star Wars anthology film series, Daniels appears in a cameo as C-3PO. In addition, Tak in the second anthology film Solo: A Star Wars Story, and C-3PO's cameo appearance in Ralph Breaks the Internet and The Lego Movie with other Millennium Falcon crewmembers. In Concert in North America, he has also hosted the Star Wars: In Concert tour.
Following the C-3PO's service, All Nippon Airways introduced a Boeing 777 modelled in March 2017. Daniels was on hand at the aircraft's unannunciation.
In the Ralph Bakshi animated version of The Lord of the Rings (1978), Daniels was the voice of Legolas. He has appeared on British television in a number of dramas, including in a recurring role in Prime Suspect starring Helen Mirren. In the British spoof horror film I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle (1990), he also played the priest.
Daniels is an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center.
DK's autobiography, I Am C-3PO: The Inside Story, was published on November 5, 2019. He had previously considered using the term Telling the Odds.