Mordecai played by Daniel Evans Mordecai is the gaunt and intense bookseller who senses something special about Daniel... A Welsh native, Daniel Evans is both a musician and an actor; he has appeared on stage, television and in film. He was seen in Masterpiece Theatre's Love in a Cold Climate (2002) and Great Expectations (1999) and won an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical (Merrily We Roll Along) in 2000.