Daniel "Dan" Peacock (born 2 October 1958 in London) is an English actor, writer and director best known for his work with the team of The Comic Strip Presents.... He is also known as Danny Peacock. Started out as a blue coat for a Pontins Holiday camp in Selsey, West Sussex in 1978.
He attended Ashmole School in Southgate, London.
He attended the Central School of Speech & Drama before leaving early to pursue a career as a comedian in an act called the 'Diamond Brothers'. Soon after this he moved into acting and writing and his credits as an actor include the following television series: The Young Ones, Little Armadillos, Only Fools and Horses, Robin of Sherwood, The Bill, Doctor Who as Nord the Vandal in the serial The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Casualty and One Foot in the Grave. Daniel Peacock has also starred in the second series of Coming of Age as DK's estranged father who has just left prison.
Film appearances include: Bloody Kids, The Supergrass, Riding High, Porridge, Quadrophenia, Gandhi, I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle, Party Party, Whoops Apocalypse, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and Carry On Columbus. He also played young Jacques Clouseau in Trail of the Pink Panther and he appeared in The Jewel of the Nile as the special effects maestro.
Daniel James Peacock (born 26 April 1975 in Reading, Berkshire) is an English-born former cricketer. Peacock was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break.
In January 1999 Peacock made his first-class debut for Mashonaland A against Matabeleland in the 1998/99 Logan Cup. Peacock represented Mashonaland A just once in the Logan Cup that season, but did represent a Zimbabwe Cricket Union President's XI against England A and for a Matabeleland Invitation XI against the Australian Cricket Academy.
In the same season Peacock made his List-A debut for Zimbabwe A against England A in February 1999. In March, Peacock represented a Matabeleland Invitation XI against the Australian Cricket Academy.
Peacock represented Zimbabwe A in the 1999/2000 ICC Emerging Nations Tournament, where Peacock played three matches against the national sides of Denmark, Kenya and Ireland. Later in 2000, Peacock played four List-A matches for Zimbabwe A on their tour of Sri Lanka. Peacock played five first-class matches on the tour, against Sri Lanka A in three matches and a Sri Lanka Board XI in two matches
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means, "God is my judge", and derives from two early biblical figures, primary among them Daniel from the Book of Daniel. It is a common given name for males, and is also used as a surname. It is also the basis for various derived given names and surnames.
The name evolved into over 100 different spellings in countries around the world. Nicknames (Dan, Danny) are common in both English and Hebrew, although in some instances "Dan" may be a complete given name rather than a nickname. The name "Daniil" (Даниил) is common in Russia. Feminine versions (Danielle, Daniela, Daniella, Dani, Danitza) are prevalent as well. The Dutch names "Daan" and "Daniël" are also variations of Daniel. A related surname developed as a patronymic, Daniels. Other surnames derived from "Daniel" include McDaniel and Danielson.
In the United States, the U.S. Social Security Administration reports that Daniel has peaked as the fifth most popular name for newborns in 1985, 1990, 2007, and 2008. The U.S. Census Bureau reported that in the 2000 census, "Daniels" was the 182nd most common surname in the U.S., while "McDaniel" was ranked at 323, and "Daniel" (without a final "s") was ranked at 380.
"Daniel" is a song by English recording artist Bat for Lashes, from her second studio album, Two Suns. It is her best selling single to date, selling over 46,000 copies worldwide. The song was announced as the lead single from Two Suns in January 2009, then released as a digital download single on 1 March 2009, and as a 7" vinyl single on 6 April 2009. The track was written by Natasha Khan and produced by David Kosten, as with all tracks on the album. Ira Wolf Tuton from Yeasayer provided the bass lines for the song and Khan did the rest of the instrumentation herself. Khan said in an interview with The Sun newspaper that "Daniel" is based on a fictional character that she fell in love with as a teenager. The single's cover features Khan with an image of the character Daniel LaRusso, from the film The Karate Kid, painted on her back. A character much like LaRusso also features at the end of the music video which goes with the song. The B-side of the 7" is a cover version of a 1980 single by The Cure.
Daniel is an English department store chain and Royal Warrant holder, with its flagship store situated in central Windsor. It was established in 1901 by Walter James Daniel, and is privately owned.