Daniel moved into Casting in 2006 after leaving a 25 year acting career where he worked consistently in Theatre, Film and Television.

He assisted casting directors such as Marilyn Johnson, Sue Jones, Suzanne Smith, Gary Davy & Kate Rhodes James

Daniel launched Daniel Edwards Casting in 2014 and to date has cast a broad spectrum of award winning screen projects ranging from comedic and dark shorts, low budget features to high end television such as Line of Duty,  Ripper Street (Co Cast with Kate Rhode James)  Mr Selfridge, The Sister, A Town Called Malice, Grace, Responsible Child, Then You Run, Born to Kill , When Barbara Met Alan  Malpractice , 4Stories & Blue lights, with the much anticipated Steven Night series This Town coming to BBC1 later in 2024

In 2022 Daniel won Emmy, RTS and CDG awards for his casting on the Netflix global hit, ‘Heartstopper’.