Danny Lee Wynter
Danny Lee Wynter
01.01.1985 (39 years) (London, England)
Danny Wynter (born 25 May 1982), known professionally as Danny Lee Wynter, is a British actor, playwright, and activist. He is best known for playing the lead in Stephen Poliakoff's BBC films Joe's Palace and Capturing Mary, alongside Sir Michael Gambon and Dame Maggie Smith, and also for appearing in Dominic Cooke’s 2021 National Theatre revival of The Normal Heart, for which he was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor. Mainly recognised for his stage work, Lee Wynter began his professional training while ushering at The Royal Court Theatre. Primarily through an actors perspective, Lee Wynter has written many articles on the topic of diversity, addressing issues of race, class, disability and gender within TV, theatre, art, history, sexuality and mass media. His writing has appeared in numerous publications including The Stage Newspaper, The Huffington Post, The Guardian and The Evening Standard. Between 2017 and 2018 he was a columnist for the gay publication Attitude (magazine). He is founder of the Act For Change Project, the campaigning group and charitable organisation which helped contribute to the large shift in diversity and representation in the U.K live and recorded arts from the mid twenty-tens onwards. In 2022 The Royal Court Theatre announced it will stage his debut play, Black Superhero, as part of their Autumn/Winter season on their main stage in March 2023.