Daniel Lapaine is an Australian actor, writer, director, widely recognized for starring in Muriel's Wedding (1994), Catastrophe (2015), Black Mirror (2011), and Zero Dark Thirty (2012). He is also known for directing and writing the feature film 48 Shades.
Early Life and Wiki: Biography of Daniel Lapaine
The Australian actor was born in Sydney, Australia on June 15, 1971, with sun sign Gemini. His siblings Heidi Lapaine is an actress who starred in Muriel's Wedding (1994), Dating the Enemy (1996) alongside Guy Pearce, John Howard, and more.
CAPTION: Daniel Lapaine SOURCE: imdb.com They both belong to French parents, unfortunately, the name and family background is still not in detail.
He is of Australian nationality and his ethnicity is French.
Daniel was schooled somewhere in his hometown and come up with his graduation from the prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney.
Daniel Lapaine's Career
He started off his career in 1994, when he starred in Muriel's Wedding directed by P.J Hogan as David Van Arkle alongside Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, and more.
CAPTION: Daniel acting career SOURCE: tvovermind.com After the movie got much love from the audience and has worked often in international film, theatre, and TV series.
Moving further, he has played Bassanio in The Merchant of Venice at Shakespeare's Globe, opposite Jonathan Pryce in theatre.
Daniel also has two appearances in the UK TV Show Black Mirror, starring Hannah John-Kamen. He made his first appearances in 2011 as the morally dubious Max in The Entire History of Yoy, and later in 2017 he again appeared as the masochistic Dr. Dawson in Black Museum.
He has also worked with the film industry including Oscar-winning Zero Dark Thirty which by directed by Kathryn Bigelow alongside Fredric Lehne, Mark Duplass, and more.
He continuously made his appearance in other films like Dangerous Beauty, Polish Wedding, and Elephant Juice.
Not to mention, he also got a lead role in The Abduction Club (2002) directed by Stefan Schwartz alongside Sophia Myles, Matthew Rhys, and more.
Personal Life: Married and Wife
Talking about Lapaine's personal life he met beautiful actress Fay Ripley at a party hosted by a mutual friend in 1998.
CAPTION: Daniel and his wife SOURCE: zimbio.com After several months, they again met on a New York trip and then the couple started dating. Their marriage took place in Tuscany, Italy in October 2001.
The couple welcomed their first baby a daughter named Parker in 2002 while hoping for a second baby in October 2006. The duo again welcomed their second baby son named Sonny.
Net Worth of Daniel Lapaine
48 years old Australian actor earns his net worth through the film industry, TV series, and being a director and writer.
CAPTION: Daniel Lapaine joins ITV’s The Durrells Series 2 SOURCE: insidemediatrack.com His movie Zero Dark Thirty (2012) had a box office collection of $132,820,716 against the budget of $40,000,000.
Likewise, his debut movie Muriel's Wedding had a box office collection of $42,300,000. The movie was made on the budget of $3,000,000.
His own directed TV drama series 48 Shades also does pretty well earning which plays a major role in his million-dollar net worth.
As of 2022, the actor Daniel Lapaine has an estimated net worth of $1.5 million. With that huge net worth, he is currently living a lavish life.
