Title: Beast (Beauty and the Beast)
Content:  In March 2015, English actor Dan Stevens was cast as the Beast in a live-action adaptation of the film, which was released on March 17, 2017. The Beast was portrayed with a “more traditional motion capture puppeteering for the body and the physical orientation", where Stevens was "in a forty-pound gray suit on stilts for much of the film". The facial capture for the Beast was done separately order to "communicate the subtleties of the human face" and "[capture the] thought that occurs to him" which gets "through [to] the eyes, which are the last human element in the Beast.” The live-action portrayal closely follows the animated version, but with some differences. Unlike the 
Title: Beast (Beauty and the Beast)
Content:  The Beast appears in the Broadway musical adaptation of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, originally portrayed by Terrence Mann. Other actors who have taken on the role include Chuck Wagner (1997), James Barbour (1998), Jeff McCarthy (2004), and Steve Blanchard.
Title: Beauty and the Beast (franchise)
Content:  On March 17, 2017, Disney released a live-action adaptation of the film, which was directed by Bill Condon. The movie stars Emma Watson as Belle, Dan Stevens as the Beast, Luke Evans as Gaston, Ewan McGregor as Lumière, Ian McKellen as Cogsworth, Emma Thompson as Mrs. Potts, Kevin Kline as Maurice, and Josh Gad as LeFou.
Title: Beast (Beauty and the Beast)
Content:  The Beast is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Animation Studios' 30th animated feature film Beauty and the Beast (1991), as well as in the film's two direct-to-video followups Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas and Belle's Magical World. Based on the hero of the French fairy tale by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, the Beast was created by screenwriter Linda Woolverton and animated by Glen Keane. A pampered prince transformed into a hideous beast as punishment for his cold-hearted and selfish ways, the Beast must, in order to return to his former self, earn the love of a beautiful young woman named Belle who he imprisons in his castle. All this must be done before the last petal falls from the enchanted rose on his twenty-first birthday. In all animated film appearances, the Beast is voiced by American actor Robby Benson. The 1991 animated film was adapted into a Broadway musical in 1994, with the role being originated by American actor Terrence Mann. Dan Stevens portrays a live-action version of the character in the 2017 live-action adaptation of the original 1991 film.
Title: Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)
Content:  • Emma Watson as Belle, a young benevolent bibliophile who seeks for life beyond the confines of her village. She develops feelings for the Beast and begins to see the humanity within him. • * Daisy Duczmal portrays an infant Belle. • Dan Stevens as Beast, a cold-hearted, selfish, unkind prince who is transformed into a beast and forced to earn back his humanity by learning to truly love and be loved in return, as well as to give rather than take. Stevens portrays the character through motion-capture. • * Adam Mitchell portrays the younger version of the prince. • Luke Evans as Gaston, a 
Title: Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)
Content:  Luke Evans, Emma Thompson, Josh Gad, Audra McDonald, and Kevin Kline joined the film as the Beast, Gaston, Mrs. Potts, Lefou, Garderobe, and Maurice, respectively. The following month, Ian McKellen, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw joined the cast, as Cogsworth, Lumière, Cadenza, and Plumette, respectively. Composer Alan Menken returned to score the film's music, with new material written by Menken and Tim Rice. In June 2015, Menken said the film would not include the songs that were written for the Broadway musical. Filming began on May 18, 2015, in London, and in Surrey. Production officially wrapped in August 2015. The film was released on March 17, 2017.
Title: Beauty and the Beast (2005 film)
Content: Jane March as Freya ; William Gregory Lee as Sven ; Justin Whalin as Eric ; David Dukas as Agnar/Beast ; Greg Melvill-Smith as Thorsson ; Candîce Hillebrand as Ingrid 
Title: Beauty &amp; the Beast (season 1)
Content: Kristin Kreuk as Catherine "Cat" Chandler ; Jay Ryan as Vincent Keller ; Max Brown as Evan Marks ; Sendhil Ramamurthy as Gabriel Lowan ; Austin Basis as J.T. Forbes ; Nina Lisandrello as Tess Vargas ; Brian White as Joe Bishop 
Title: Beast (2017 film)
Content:  Beast is a 2017 British psychological thriller film written and directed by Michael Pearce, starring Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, and Geraldine James. The film had its world premiere in the Platform section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.
Title: Beauty and the Beast (1976 TV film)
Content: George C. Scott as the Beast ; Trish Van Devere as Belle ; Virginia McKenna as Lucy ; Bernard Lee as Beaumont ; Michael Harbour as Anthony ; William Relton as Nicholas ; Patricia Quinn as Susan 

Question: who played the beast in the movie beauty and the beast?
Answer: Dan Stevens.
Adam Mitchell.