Daniel Lapaine

Born in Sydney, Australia to French parents, Lapaine graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1992. He first came to prominence in 1994 when he played the South African swimmer David Van Arckle in P. J. Hogan\'s Muriel\'s Wedding. Since then he has worked internationally in film, theatre, and television and is now based in London.\n', '

In theatre, he most recently he played Bassanio in The Merchant of Venice at Shakespeare\'s Globe, opposite Jonathan Pryce. Other theatre credits include the parts of Trip in Other Desert Cities and Eilert Lovborg in Ibsen\'s Hedda Gabler at the Old Vic, opposite Sheridan Smith. He played Leontes in The Winter\'s Tale at the Sheffield Crucible; Kurt in The Dance of Death at the Donmar at the Trafalgar Studios and George in All My Sons in the West End, opposite David Suchet. At the Royal Court, he appeared in Scenes from the Back of…