<P> Daniel Jonathan Stevens ( born 10 October 1982 ) is an English actor . He first drew international attention for his role as Matthew Crawley in the ITV acclaimed period drama series Downton Abbey ( 2010 -- 12 ) . He also starred as David in the thriller film The Guest ( 2014 ) , Sir Lancelot in the adventure film Night at the Museum : Secret of the Tomb ( 2014 ) , The Beast / Prince in Disney 's live action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast ( 2017 ) , Lorin Willis in the biographical legal drama Marshall ( 2017 ) , and Charles Dickens in the biographical drama The Man Who Invented Christmas ( 2017 ) . Since 2017 , he has starred as David Haller in the FX series Legion . </P>
<P> Daniel Jonathan Stevens ( born 10 October 1982 ) is an English actor . He first drew international attention for his role as Matthew Crawley in the ITV acclaimed period drama series Downton Abbey ( 2010 -- 12 ) . He also starred as David in the thriller film The Guest ( 2014 ) , Sir Lancelot in the adventure film Night at the Museum : Secret of the Tomb ( 2014 ) , The Beast / Prince in Disney 's live action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast ( 2017 ) , Lorin Willis in the biographical legal drama Marshall ( 2017 ) , and Charles Dickens in the biographical drama The Man Who Invented Christmas ( 2017 ) . Since 2017 , he has starred as David Haller in the FX series Legion . </P>
who is the actor that plays matthew in downton abbey
who is the actor that plays matthew in downton abbey
Daniel Jonathan Stevens
Daniel Jonathan Stevens