Daniel Jones trained at Rose Bruford College from 1964 to 1967 and then studied with Jacques Lecoq in Paris for one year. He worked in repertory theatre playing such roles as Mason in Journeys End, Uncle Sam in The Homecoming and Harold in Boys in the Band. He also did some film and television in the late sixties and early seventies. He then went into teaching. He returned to acting in 2013 working under the name Daniel Johns and has done mainly film work. However, he recently played Nagg in Endgame on stage in Kingston and the film Six Rounds in which he played George was selected for showing at the East London Film festival 2016.