Daniel Webber (actor)

Daniel Webber (born 28 June 1988 in Gosford, NSW) is an Australian actor best known for playing Lee Harvey Oswald in the American science fiction thriller miniseries 11.22.63.

Webber grew up on the NSW Central Coast and attended Green Point Christian College. He was a trampolinist and performed in the 2000 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.

Webber worked as a rope access technician on wind turbines. His first acting experience was on the 2009 film The Combination. From 2009–2010, he portrayed Darius Pike on the TV series K-9. He also had roles on All Saints and in the miniseries Devil's Dust.

In 2015, Webber played Ryan Kelly, a stalker, on Australian soap opera Home and Away.

Webber's role on the J. J. Abrams-produced 11.22.63 was his first in the United States. He got the role after sending in an audition tape, which he had two days to prepare for, including watching newsreels of Oswald and listening to clips of his voice. After he was cast, he then read the novel on which it was based, as well as other books about the assassination. He received praise for "mastering Oswald's peculiar speech pattern and growing sense of paranoia."

Webber will star alongside Lena Headey and fellow Australian Eliza Taylor in the 2016 police drama film Thumper.