Anthony Daniels

Anthony Daniels is an English actor who was born on 21 February 1946 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. His name is synonymous with C-3PO, the protocol droid of the Star Wars series; He portrayed the character throughout the main film series, which ran from 1977 to 2019.

From theater to cinema

After studying law at university for two years, he left this department, turned to amateur theater and received his acting training at Rose Bruford College. In the early years of his career, he worked in the BBC's radio theater staff and performed in National Theater productions on the Young Vic stage. The role of Guildenstern in Tom Stoppard's play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is among the works of this period.

C-3PO and beyond

He donned the costume of the golden droid in George Lucas's Star Wars, released in 1977, and continued the same character in subsequent installments. He remained the only actor to play C-3PO throughout the series; He also became the voice of the character in animated series such as The Clone Wars and Rebels. Since C-3PO was not featured in Solo: A Star Wars Story, he voiced another character named Tak; She makes a brief appearance as a human figure without make-up in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.

Outside of the series, he voiced Legolas in Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated adaptation of The Lord of the Rings; He has made guest appearances on British television in series such as Prime Suspect and Holby City. In 2019, he published his memoir I Am C-3PO: The Inside Story, about his years with C-3PO. He also served as an adjunct faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center.

Daniels is cited as one of the best-known examples of an actor who has carried a single character to different generations over a period of more than four decades.