Daniel Laurie hopes to become this year’s Best Actor at the T.V. Choice Awards for his performance as Reggie in Call The Midwife.
His impressive performance as a young man with Down syndrome on the BBC period drama has left everyone stunned to pitch for the next award.
However, this is not Daniel’s first acting venture, as he has been a part of T.V. series such as “Stella,” “Vera,” and “Finding Alice” in the past.
“Call The Midwife” proved to be his breakthrough character and his bright future in the acting industry as of 2022.
Daniel Laurie Parents Are Actor Father Leslie Grantham & Mother Jane Laurie
While his acting is splendid, it certainly came from his parents and family background in the show biz.
His father was Leslie Grantham, the striking actor of “Eastenders.” The late actor portrayed the role of the villainous Den Watts from 1984 to 1989.
Grantham had made his television debut in 1982 but had spent a decade in various prisons for the murder of Felix Reese in Osnabrück, Germany, before that.
The former British Army had gone into debt and had attempted to rob the taxi driver, in which he shot the German.
Despite his criminal past, the acting industry and audience later welcomed him due to his passion for the industry. His forever-standing role as Den Watts, aka Dirty Den, had made the audience demand more of his character in Eastenders.
Hence, Leslie returned to his character even after many years until a controversy made him notorious.
He passed away on June 15, 2018, at 71, due to a long battle with lung cancer. His IMDb suggests that his works continued to release till 2020, for which he had shot earlier.
On the other hand, Daniel’s mother, Jane, is also a former actress whose last release was in 1997. Jane’s IMDb credits her with ten projects as an actress where she mainly worked in T.V. series.
Her notable ventures include “Dangerfield,” “Lytton’s Diary,” and “The Last Place On Earth,” among many others.
Is the BBC Actor’s Family Background Jewish?
Daniel Laurie’s astonishing family background in the entertainment field may not be surprising, including another fact that he is not Jewish.
His late father was an English man born in Camberwell, London, to Adelaide Flinders and Walter William Grantham.
However, the “Eastenders” and “The Bill” actor had moved to Bulgaria after his divorce from Jane in 2013. He had only returned to the U.K. in June 2018 to receive cancer treatment.
Likewise, Daniel’s mother, Jane, is an Australian born into an affluent family of wine merchants. She had met Leslie at a stage school in London in 1977.
The two divorced in 2013 after 31 years of marriage, while Daily Mail U.K. reported that Leslie blamed his wife for the divorce.
Citing Leslie and Jane’s family backgrounds from different nationalities, the Grantham-Laurie family is not Jewish.
Wikipedia: Actor Daniel Laurie Is In His Mid 20s
The “Call the Midwife” famed actor Daniel was born in 1995 in London, making him 26 years old today.
The Sun confirms that Daniel is a natural Down syndrome patient and his dedication to his role is another splendid fact about him.
In a 2006 Daily Mail interview, Jane praised Leslie as a “fantastic” dad. Leslie had said,” ‘You know, there are some hard things in life, but this isn’t one of them.”
Jane revealed that this happened when Daniel was just a few days old. Daniel has two older brothers, Spike and Jake.
Spike Laurie is also an actor and producer, mainly working in sports journalism. He is the Vice President of Global Publisher & Developer Relations at esports magazine ESL gaming.
Meanwhile, Jake is a producer, and his works include the 2013 movie “King Lear.” He was an editor in the 2012 short film “The Shed.”
All three sons of the Grantham-Laurie household took upon their mother’s surname, making them closer to their mother.
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