[1][2] In 2013, he was invited to act in the kykNET crime anthology series Die Boland Moorde, where he played a lead role of adjudant officer Shane Williams.
[3][4] In Trackers (2020), he played the role of South African crime writer Deon Meyer.
[3] In 2024 he played a lead role as detective Forty Bell in the crime drama series White Lies, alongside British actress Natalie Dormer.
[5] Daniels has also featured in films, including The Young Lions, Heaven, Dollars and White Pipes, End of the Road, Fleisch, Master Harold and the Boys, I Now Pronounce You Black and White, The Abyss Boys, Agter die Berge, Black Butterflies, Four Corners, Zulu, and iNumber Number.
[3] He also acted in the plays Kho Khoi to Toi Toi, Ladies Night, Bacchus of die Boland, The Joseph and Mary Affair, Om Soos 'n Lyk te Le, Anthony and Cleopatra, Snuf in die Neus, and Skollies.