Dan Stevens

Birth Date: 10/10/1982

Daniel Jonathan Stevens, born October 10, 1982, in Croydon, London, trained at Emmanuel College, Cambridge before launching a professional stage and screen career. Best known for voicing the Beast in Beauty and the Beast (2017), Korvo in Solar Opposites, and Hugo Oak in Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts. Married to South African singer Susie Harriet since 2009, with three children.

Dan Stevens’s Voice Work and Screen Legacy

Best known as Matthew Crawley in Downton Abbey and the Beast in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (2017), Dan Stevens has built a substantial body of voice work alongside his live-action career. His vocal range – from the gentle intellectual warmth he brought to Gaston’s foil in Beauty and the Beast to the wry charm of Hugo Oak in DreamWorks’ Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts – shows how naturally his theatrical training translates to animation and performance capture. Taking over the role of Korvo in Hulu’s Solar Opposites from Justin Roiland further cemented his place in the voice acting world.

Most Known Roles of Dan Stevens

The Beast / Prince – Beauty and the Beast (2017, Disney live-action/motion capture)
Hugo Oak – Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (DreamWorks animated series)
Korvo – Solar Opposites (Hulu animated series)
Saxon – Big City Greens (Disney animated series)
TIM – The Tomorrow People (voice role)
Matthew Crawley – Downton Abbey (ITV drama series)
David Haller – Legion (FX series)

Beauty and the Beast and Performance Capture

Stevens’s performance as the Beast in the 2017 Disney live-action remake required extensive motion capture work, making it one of the more demanding hybrid voice-and-physical acting roles of that era. He wore a stilted suit on set to give co-star Emma Watson a consistent eyeline while simultaneously delivering a fully voiced and physically committed performance. The result was a Beast whose emotional range had to be conveyed almost entirely through vocal texture and digital expression, a challenge Stevens handled with considerable craft.

Solar Opposites and the Roiland Transition

When Hulu’s Solar Opposites recast the lead role of Korvo following Justin Roiland’s departure, Stevens stepped in to voice the character from Season 4 onward. Maintaining continuity for an established animated character mid-series is a distinct challenge, and Stevens managed to bring his own energy to Korvo while keeping the tone consistent with the show’s absurdist humor. The transition was well-received by the production team and marked one of the higher-profile voice casting replacements in recent adult animation.