Daniel Casey

Born: 1972-06-01

Daniel Casey is an English actor who is best known for playing DS Gavin Troy in the first six series of the long-running television programme Midsomer Murders. He has also appeared in a number of other television shows, including Our Friends in the North, Steel River Blues, and Marchlands. Casey was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England, in 1972. He studied English literature at Durham University, and then trained as an actor at the Drama Centre London. Casey's first professional acting role was in the touring production of Dead Fish in 1996. He made his television debut in the BBC series Our Friends in the North in 1996. In 1997, Casey was cast as DS Gavin Troy in Midsomer Murders. He played the role for six series, and his character was one of the most popular in the show's history. After leaving Midsomer Murders, Casey has appeared in a number of other television shows, including Steel River Blues, Marchlands, and Coronation Street. He has also appeared in a number of films, including The Last King of Scotland and The Damned United. Casey is married to Ellie Casey, and they have two sons. He is a keen supporter of Sunderland AFC.


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Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem

as Self
Released: 2022-05-29

This documentary explores the enduring popularity of one of Britain's best loved crime dramas,...

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Theresa vs Boris: How May Became PM

as Gavin Williamson
Released: 2017-07-10

This drama documentary tells the story of the Conservative Party's 2016 leadership campaign -...

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Under

as Man
Released: 2014-01-14

Kerry is a train driver and on sick leave due to a trauma at work. While roaming the train...

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Midsomer Murders

as Sgt Gavin Troy
First aired: 1997-03-23

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed...

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Midsomer Murders

as Gavin Troy
First aired: 1997-03-23

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed...

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Silent Witness

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-02-21

Silent Witness is a British crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology...

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A Touch of Frost

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-12-06

Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and...

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Peak Practice

as Colin Bentley
First aired: 1993-05-10

Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town...

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M.I. High

as uncredited
First aired: 2007-01-08

M.I. High is a BBC children's spy-fi adventure series. It was produced for the BBC by the...

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French & Saunders

as DS Troy
First aired: 1987-03-09

French and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television series written by and starring comic...

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Hex

as uncredited
First aired: 2004-10-17

The show opens with a girl who yearns to be popular and liked in her school. She wishes she was...

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The Grand

as uncredited
First aired: 1997-04-04

The Grand is a British television drama series first broadcast on ITV in 1997–1998. It was...

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Our Friends in the North

as Anthony Cox
First aired: 1996-01-15

An epic tale of a changing Britain over four decades, seen through the eyes of four friends.

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Murder in Suburbia

as uncredited
First aired: 2004-03-13

Murder in Suburbia was a British detective drama that ran for two series in 2004 and 2005....

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Marchlands

as Scott Maynard
First aired: 2011-02-03

The gripping story of three different families living in the same house in the 1960’s, 1980’s...

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The Wingless Bird

as Robbie Felton
First aired: 1997-01-12

On the eve of World War I, Agnes Conway manages both the business and the problems of her...

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Steel River Blues

as Leading Firefighter Tony Barnes
First aired: 2004-09-01

Steel River Blues is a British television drama serial first broadcast in September 2004 on ITV....

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The Royal

as David Hibbert
First aired: 2003-01-19

Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled...

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