Who is Daniel Francis, aka Lord Marcus Anderson on Bridgerton?
Move over, Benedict Bridgerton – our dearest gentle readers have been captivated by his mother Violet’s love interest, played by Daniel Francis
But it’s Benedict’s mother, Violet, and her slow-burn romance with Lord Marcus Anderson, played by Daniel Francis, that has captured the audience’s attention.
“I’m more obsessed with these two than any other couple this season,” one fan commented on a photo Francis shared of himself and Gemmell on his Instagram. “I need them to have their own season omg,” another wrote with heart emojis.
But who is actor Daniel Francis, who plays the Dowager Viscountess Bridgerton’s suave love interest? Read on to find out.
He started his career on the stage
Daniel Francis was born to Jamaican parents and raised in Battersea in southwest London. In a 2013 interview with news website My London, Francis revealed that, when he was 15, his older brother was arrested. “I was at a point in my life where I could have gone down a certain route, but seeing him sent down made me say to myself, ‘That’s not going to happen to me,’” he said in the interview.
Francis went on to attend the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. After graduating, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and has had a critically acclaimed stage career.