Daniel Alexander Partridge (born 1992/1993) is an English actor. He is known for his work in musical theatre.
Early life
Partridge was born in Poole, Dorset and attended Poole Grammar School.[1] He had his first acting experience aged 12 in a school production of Grease, which he would later star in professionally as an adult.[2] He took classes at the Big Little Theatre School in Christchurch. Partridge went on to train at the Arts Educational School (ArtsEd),[3] graduating in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Musical Theatre.
Partridge went on the UK tour of Hairspray as Link Larkin, taking over the role from Edward Chitticks,[7] and the international tour of Cats as Rum Tug Tugger in 2018 and 2019. He was subsequently cast as Danny Zuko on the UK and Ireland tour of Grease, which resumed in 2021.[8] Partridge would reprise his role as Danny Zuko in the 2022 West End revival of Grease at the Dominion Theatre opposite Olivia Moore as Sandy, and reprise it again in 2023.[9][10] The cast put on a performance at the 2023 Laurence Olivier Awards. After exiting Grease, Partridge played Magaldi in Evita at the Curve in Leicester.[11]
Also in 2023, Partridge made his television debut with guest appearances in episodes of the BBC One medical soap operas Doctors and Casualty. Later that year, he portrayed Randy Scott in the ITV biographical miniseries Archie.[12]
