Phil Davis (actor)
Phil Davis | |
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 Phil Davis (left) and James D'Arcy at the Dinard Festival of British Cinema 2016 | |
| Born | Philip Davis 30 July 1953 Grays, Essex, England |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, writer, director |
| Known for | Quadrophenia (1979) Sherlock (2010) Whitechapel (2009–2013) Being Human |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Philip Davis (born 30 July 1953) is an English actor, writer, and director.
Early life
Davis was born in Grays, Essex, and raised in Thurrock, Essex. His father worked for Procter & Gamble in a soap factory and his mother was a hospital dining room supervisor. From the age of eight, he was interested in acting. He attended Ockendon Courts County Secondary School in South Ockendon, Essex, where he was distracted in class but enjoyed school plays. He was also a member of both the National Youth Theatre and Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop.[1]
Career
In 1977, he was cast in the lead role in the play Gotcha! about an under-achieving student who holds two teachers hostage on his last day at school. Blond haired and slightly built, an early film role was as Chalky, a mod who is knocked off his scooter by a rocker in Quadrophenia (1979). He then landed the role of midshipman Edward "Ned" Young in The Bounty (1984); co-star Daniel Day-Lewis later rated him as one of his greatest inspirations. He began a long association with Mike Leigh with roles including Cyril the motorcycle courier in High Hopes (1988) and as Stanley, the husband of the abortionist in Vera Drake (2004).[1]
He has also made numerous television appearances. More recent roles have seen him mainly cast as disreputable characters, including the mean money lender Smallweed in the BBC adaptation of Bleak House (2005), as Jeff Hope, a murderous cab driver in the first episode of Sherlock (2010), as crime family solicitor Micky Joy in Silk,[1] as Jud, the malevolent servant in Poldark (2015)[2] and as DI Tom Piper in crime drama Black Work.[3] In 2013 he starred as the human incarnation of the devil in the 5th and final series of BBC Three's Being Human. He also starred alongside Rupert Penry Jones in the tv series Whitechapel.
Personal life
Davis married actress Eve Matheson in Hackney, London in 2002. They have a daughter, Amy Elisabeth (born 2002). Davis also has a son, Hugo (born 1996), by a previous partner.[4]
Awards and nominations
 | This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (March 2012) |
- 1996 Valenciennes International Festival of Action and Adventure Films – Won – Audience Award for: I.D. (1995).
- 2001 Royal Television Society – Nominated – Best Actor – Male for: North Square (2000).
- 2001 Broadcasting Press Guild Awards – Won – Best Actor for: North Square (2000).
- 2004 British Independent Film Awards – Won – Best Actor for: Vera Drake (2004).
- 2004 San Diego Film Critics Society Awards – Won – Best Supporting Actor for: Vera Drake (2004).
- 2005 BAFTA Awards – Nominated – Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for: Vera Drake (2004).
- 2005 London Critics Circle Film Awards – Won – British Supporting Actor of the Year for: Vera Drake (2004).
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes | |
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| 1972 | The Canterbury Tales | 2nd homosexual lover | Uncredited | |
| 1973 | Orson Welles' Great Mysteries | Johnny Sheeham | ||
| 1974 | Death or Glory Boy | |||
| 1975 | The Old Curiosity Shop | Tom Scott | ||
| 1977 | Target | Ray | ||
| 1978–82 | Rumpole of the Bailey | Tony Timson | ||
| 1978 | The Professionals | Billy Turner | ||
| 1979 | Quadrophenia | Chalky | ||
| 1979 | Scum | |||
| 1980 | Grown-Ups | Dick | ||
| 1981 | Bergerac | |||
| 1982 | Pink Floyd—The Wall | Roadie | ||
| 1984 | The Bounty | Midshipman Edward "Ned" Young | ||
| 1985 | The Doctor and the Devils | Billy Bedlam | ||
| 1985–86 | Robin of Sherwood | Prince John, later King of England | ||
| 1986 | Comrades | |||
| 1988 | High Hopes | Cyril | ||
| 1989 | The Firm | "Yeti" | ||
| 1989 | Skulduggery | director and writer | ||
| 1992 | Inspector Morse | "Absolute Conviction" | ||
| 1992 | Alien 3 | Kevin | ||
| 1993 | In the Name of the Father | |||
| 1994–95 | Moving Story | |||
| 1995 | ID | director | ||
| 1996 | Secrets & Lies | |||
| 1996 | Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgment | director | ||
| 1996 | Different for Girls | |||
| 1997 | Photographing Fairies | |||
| 1997 | Face | |||
| 1998 | Real Women | director | ||
| 1999 | Births, Marriages and Deaths | |||
| 1999 | Hold Back the Night | director | ||
| 2000 | North Square | |||
| 2002 | Fields of Gold | |||
| 2002 | Nicholas Nickleby | |||
| 2002, 2004–05 | Rose and Maloney | |||
| 2002 | White Teeth | |||
| 2002 | The Safe House | |||
| 2004 | Wall of Silence | |||
| 2004 | The Baby Juice Express | |||
| 2004 | Vera Drake | nominated for a BAFTA film award in a supporting role | ||
| 2005 | Casanova | |||
| 2005 | Bleak House | Smallweed | ||
| 2005 | Like Father Like Son | Paul Barker | ||
| 2005 | Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky | Ernest Eccles | ||
| 2006 | Agatha Christie's Marple: Sleeping Murder | |||
| 2006 | Notes on a Scandal | |||
| 2007 | Secret Life | |||
| 2007 | Five Days | |||
| 2007 | Cassandra's Dream | |||
| 2007 | Midsomer Murders | |||
| 2007 | Inspector George Gently | |||
| 2007 | All About Me | |||
| 2008 | Lark Rise to Candleford | |||
| 2008 | Ashes to Ashes | |||
| 2008 | The Curse of Steptoe | Wilfrid Brambell | ||
| 2008 | Doctor Who | Lucius Petrus Dextrus | The Fires of Pompeii | |
| 2009–13 | Whitechapel | DS Ray Miles | ||
| 2009 | Dead Man Running | |||
| 2009 | Desperate Romantics | |||
| 2009 | Collision | |||
| 2010 | Sherlock | Taxi Driver (Jeff)[5] | "A Study in Pink" (pilot 2009, episode 2010) | |
| 2010 | Another Year | |||
| 2010 | The Big I Am | Stubbs | ||
| 2010 | My Family | Carl | ||
| 2010 | Brighton Rock | Spicer | ||
| 2011 | Outside Bet | |||
| 2011 | Merlin | Gleeman | ||
| 2011 | Case Histories | Theo Wyre | Episode 1 | |
| 2012, 2014 | Silk | Mickey Joy | ||
| 2012 | Fast Girls | |||
| 2012 | Borrowed Time | |||
| 2013 | Being Human | Captain Hatch | ||
| 2013 | Having You | directed by Sam Hoare[6] | ||
| 2014 | Death in Paradise | Episode 8 | ||
| 2014 | New Tricks | Episode 7 | ||
| 2015 | Age of Kill | Bill Weybridge | ||
| 2015 | Mr. Holmes | Inspector Gilbert | ||
| 2015 | Poldark | Jud | ||
| 2015 | Dough | Mr Cotton | ||
| 2015–2016 | Mad Dogs | Lawrence | 10 episodes | |
| 2015 | Black Work | DI Tom Piper | ||
| 2016 | Golden Years | Brian | ||
| 2016 | Undercover | Jimmy | ||
| 2017 | Pegasus Bridge | Bernard Montgomery | (in production) | |
| 2017 | Riviera (TV series) | Inspector Jukes(INTERPOL) |
Recording career
In 1980, Davis recorded "Blown It", which was released on the Elton John-owned label The Rocket Record Company.[7]
References
- ^ a b c 'An Actors Life For Me' at Essexlife Retrieved 20 April 2015
- ^ 'The New Poldark I have only one complaint' at The Telegraph. Retrieved 20 April 2015
- ^ Black Work at Radio Times Retrieved 27 June 2015
- ^ Births and Marriages England and Wales 1984–2006
- ^ Staff (24 January 2009). "Exclusive: Gossip from city filming of BBC drama Sherlock". South Wales Evening Post. Northcliffe Newspapers Group.
- ^ Presentation of Having you on Eurochannel website
- ^ "Phil Davis _ Blown It". Www.45cat.com. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
External links
- Philip Davis at IMDb
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