Robert Stephen Mallard (born 19 May 1992) is an English actor from Manchester, England, best known for playing Daniel Osbourne in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2016–present).

On 14 September 2016, it was announced that Mallard had been cast in Coronation Street as Ken Barlow's (William Roache) youngest son Daniel Osbourne, being the third actor to play the role after Lewis Harney and Dominic Holmes, respectively.

Producer Kate Oates said, "Daniel is a different Barlow altogether, more sensitive and bookish, he is clearly a chip off the old block, but there is more to Ken's youngest son than meets the eye.

"[4] Mallard entered a relationship with his Coronation Street co-star, Daniel Brocklebank, who plays Billy Mayhew, in May 2017.

[6] During an appearance on ITV's This Morning in March 2018, Mallard revealed that he has an essential tremor, a neurological disorder that causes involuntary shaking.