english actor
For other people named Anthony Daniels, see Anthony Daniels ( disambiguation )
Anthony Daniels [ a ] ( born 21 February 1946 ) [ 2 ] is an english actor and mimic artist, best known for playing C-3PO in 11 Star Wars films. He is the merely actor to have been involved / appeared in all theatrical films in the series, [ 3 ] all canon animated television shows, american samoa well as many of their spin-offs, including television games, radio serials, etc.

Daniels was the voice of Legolas in the Ralph Bakshi animated adaptation of The Lord of the Rings ( 1978 ). He has appeared intermittently on british television receiver in respective dramas, including playing a diagnostician in Prime Suspect starring Helen Mirren. Daniels is presently an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University ‘s Entertainment Technology Center. [ 4 ]

early animation [edit ]

Daniels was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, the son of a plastics caller executive. [ 5 ] He was educated at Giggleswick School and studied law for two years at university, then dropped out to participate in amateur dramatics and attend Rose Bruford College. After leaving the college in 1974, Daniels worked on BBC Radio and for the National Theatre of Great Britain at The Young Vic. Whilst working in the field, he was invited to meet film director George Lucas, who was casting for Star Wars. Daniels at first turned down the interview but was persuaded by his agent to meet Lucas. [ 6 ] Daniels has said that before his character in Star Wars, the alone skill fiction film he had ever seen in a field was 2001: A Space Odyssey in 1968 ; he was so displease with the film that he walked out after 10 minutes and demanded his money back. [ 7 ] After Daniels was cast as C-3PO, Lucas recommended that he watch the film in its entirety to study HAL 9000 ‘s voice. In a 2011 interview, Daniels said that he now regards 2001 as a masterpiece and that he besides enjoys post-apocalyptic films such as Mad Max. [ 9 ] He was a member of the BBC ‘s Radio Drama Company, [ 10 ] and talk eloquent French. [ 11 ] [ 12 ]

career [edit ]

Star Wars [edit ]

Star Wars actor Daniels ( right ) with fellowactor Warwick Davis ( left ) in 2007 After auditioning for the role of C-3PO, Daniels only became amply matter to in it after seeing a concept blueprint of the golden droid C-3PO by Ralph McQuarrie. Daniels did not see the final examination costume until after donning it for the fritter and being shown a Polaroid photograph. He struggled with delivering the character ‘s lines until Lucas informed him that they would redub the dialogue in post-production. Daniels besides portrayed a protocol droid with a “ whiten pointy grimace ” in one fritter in the master movie. Daniels was depressed with his miss of recognition after the movie ‘s successful release ; he attributes this to Lucasfilm wanting audiences to believe that the droids were actual. Daniels has played C-3PO in all of the Star Wars feature films ( with the exception of Solo: A Star Wars Story ) from the master installment in the series as the fortunate droid ‘s body and voice. Kenny Baker, who played R2-D2 in the series until his death in 2016, said that he and Daniels did not get along. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Daniels has reprised the function for assorted promotional employment such as hosting The Making of Star Wars, Star Wars Connections and Science of Star Wars, appearances on The Muppet Show, Sesame Street, an anti-smoking populace service announcement, The Star Wars Holiday Special, [ 15 ] and advertise for Star Wars -licensed products such as Kenner toys and a breakfast grain based on the character. [ 16 ] Daniels voiced C-3PO in the Star Wars radio serial based on the original trilogy. He is the only project extremity of the original Star Wars trilogy to voice his character in all three parts of NPR ‘s dramatisations of the trilogy. He voiced C-3PO for six animize series : Droids, Clone Wars, The Clone Wars, Rebels, Forces of Destiny, and Resistance. early C-3PO voicework by Daniels includes : the Christmas-themed Christmas in the Stars album, Disney composition park attractions including Star Tours and Star Tours: The Adventures Continue, and the Star Tours closure ceremony as a separate of Disney ‘s Hollywood Studios ‘ “ survive tour to Endor “ event at Star Wars Celebration V in Orlando, Florida. [ barn ] He besides provided the narration and all character voices for the audio books Dark Force Rising and The Last Command. [ 18 ] Daniels contributed the foreword to the collected scripts of the Return of the Jedi radio drama, as their generator Brian Daley died while they were being recorded. Daniels ‘ early Star Wars -related writings include the Wonder Column for Star Wars Insider magazine and a comedian book adventure for C-3PO and R2-D2 entitled The Protocol Offensive, published by Dark Horse Comics. [ 19 ]
Daniels in May 2011 In Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Daniels only voiced the fictional character, which a puppeteer played on place. Daniels attempted to puppeteer the character himself in the sequel, Episode II: Attack of the Clones, but after the script was changed, he returned to playing the droid in costume. [ 20 ] In this movie and 2005 ‘s Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, he besides performed the vocal tracks for scenes that featured a computer-generated C-3PO. Daniels is the only actor to act in all nine films, the 2008 Clone Wars film, and the associate television series. [ 21 ] Daniels besides makes cameo appearances as a android in two scenes of the sport films. His character, Lieutenant Dannl Faytonni, is named as a tribute to his own diagnose, albeit in modify human body. The character appears in the cabaret scene early in Attack of the Clones as a man in aristocratic consistent who can be seen in a cutaway reaction snapshot after Obi-Wan Kenobi disarms the bounty hunter Zam Wesell. Faytonni can besides be seen at the Galaxies Opera House in Revenge of the Sith. [ 22 ]

Daniels reprised his character as C-3PO in the seventh Star Wars film, The Force Awakens, which was released in December 2015. [ 23 ] J. 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 changed his mind and decided Daniels would wear the suit in the film vitamin a well. Abrams made a raw C-3PO suit for Daniels to wear during filming using 3D printing that allowed Daniels a great deal more mobility and comfort than the original suit. Daniels has stated his displeasure with the droid ‘s loss arm. Daniels besides appeared as C-3PO in 2017 ‘s The Last Jedi, [ 24 ] [ 25 ] [ 26 ] and 2019 ‘s The Rise of Skywalker. [ 27 ] Daniels appears in a cameo as C-3PO in 2016 ‘s Rogue One, the first standalone movie in the Star Wars anthology series. He besides makes an appearance as Tak in the second anthology film, Solo: A Star Wars Story, and voiced C-3PO ‘s cameo appearance in Ralph Breaks the Internet, and The Lego Movie alongside other crewmembers of the Millennium Falcon. [ 28 ] He has besides hosted the Star Wars: In Concert go in North America. [ 29 ] In March 2017, All Nippon Airways introduced a Boeing 777 modeled after C-3PO into service. Daniels attended the aircraft ‘s unveil. [ 30 ]

other acting roles [edit ]

Daniels was the voice of Legolas in the Ralph Bakshi animated adaptation of The Lord of the Rings ( 1978 ). He has appeared intermittently on british television in respective drama, notably in a recurring function in Prime Suspect starring Helen Mirren. He besides played the priest in the british parody repugnance film I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle ( 1990 ). [ 31 ] [ 32 ]

early bring [edit ]

Daniels is an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University ‘s Entertainment Technology Center. [ 29 ] His autobiography, I Am C-3PO: The Inside Story, was released on 5 November 2019 by DK. [ 33 ] He had previously considered using the entitle Telling the Odds. [ 34 ]

Filmography [edit ]

film [edit ]

television [edit ]

documentary [edit ]

Theme park attractions [edit ]

Year Title Role Notes
1987 Star Tours C-3PO Uncredited; also provides the voice in the French dub
2011 Star Tours – The Adventures Continue Uncredited

Video games [edit ]

References [edit ]

Footnotes

  1. ^ associate in nursing-tə-nee[1]
  2. ^Raiders of the Lost Jedi Temple of Doom: A Fan Film of Epic Proportions created with audience participation at Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!, which was modified to include Star Wars characters; Daniels also appeared in a parade the same weekend at part of the park’s “Star Wars Galactic Nights”.[17] Including the filmcreated with consultation participation at, which was modified to includecharacters ; Daniels besides appeared in a parade the same weekend at part of the ballpark ‘s “ Star Wars Galactic Nights ” .
  3. ^ Daniels provided the voice of the character, whilst a puppeteer portrayed the unplated C-3PO .

Citations

Sources [edit ]

  • Daniels, Anthony (2019). I Am C-3PO: The Inside Story. DK. ISBN 9781465492562.