Daniel Hawksford (born 10 April 1980) is a Welsh stage and screen actor.

Before starting his professional career, Hawksford trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).^[1] He is an associate artist for Clwyd Theatr Cymru.

Hawksford's work in theatre includes: Much Ado About Nothing^[2] and The Hour We Knew Nothing Of Each Other^[3] at the National Theatre; The School of Night, The Tamer Tamed, The Taming of the Shrew^[4] and Cymbeline^[5] for the RSC; Jackets at the Young Vic, London; Troilus and Cressida,^[6] Romeo and Juliet and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead at Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Wales; The Pull of Negative Gravity at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh^[7] and 59E59, New York;^[8] Memory^[9] at ESG, New York; Aqua NeroReview of Acqua Nero from the theatre dance and drama in Wales web site for Sgript Cymru; Romeo and Juliet at the Northcott Theatre, Exeter and Lunch at The King's Head Theatre, London. He also played Malcolm in Shakespeare's Globe's production of Macbeth.^[10]

In May 2018, he married English stage and screen actress Niky Wardley,^[11][12] with whom he had previously worked in the Royal National Theatre production of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing (2007–2008), starring Zoë Wanamaker and Simon Russell Beale as Beatrice and Benedick.^[13] In 2022, they both appeared in the Netflix mockumentary sitcom Hard Cell (2022).