Jeremy Davies (actor)

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Jeremy Davies (2007)

Jeremy Davies (born October 8, 1969 in Traverse City , Michigan ) is an American actor .

Life

Davies studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena . He was first seen on television in the early 1990s.

1994 Davies played his first film role in Nell alongside Jodie Foster and Liam Neeson . Davies was best known in 1998 for his supporting role in Saving Private Ryan . Davies then starred in The Million Dollar Hotel by Wim Wenders starring in Lars von Trier's Dogville in ensemble and in Steven Soderbergh's Solaris . To portray a prisoner of war in Rescue Dawn , he lost 15 kilograms.

In the television production Helter Skelter , he played Charles Manson , the leader of the hippie commune that became famous in California as the Manson Family for the murder of Sharon Tate and several other people.

From 2007 to 2009 Davies could be seen as physicist Daniel Faraday in the series Lost . Since 2011 he has played the recurring role of Dickie Bennett in the Justified series . For this, Davies received an Emmy nomination in 2011 as a guest actor in a drama series (Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series) . In 2012 he was nominated again and won.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

  • 1995: Independent Spirit Award : Nominated Best Debut for Spanking the Monkey
  • 1999: Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award: Winner for Best Supporting Actor for Saving Private Ryan
  • 1999: Blockbuster Entertainment Award: Nominated for Favorite Supporting Actor - Drama for Saving Private Ryan
  • 1999: Online Film Critics Society Award : Best Acting Company Winner for Saving Private Ryan
  • 1999: Screen Actors Guild Award : Nominated Best Acting Company for Saving Private Ryan
  • 2003: Satellite Award : Nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Mini-Series or TV Movie for The Laramie Project
  • 2003: Satellite Award: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor - Drama for Solaris
  • 2008: Vail Film Festival: Winner Renegade Award
  • 2009: Monte-Carlo TV Festival: Nominated for Best Actor in a Drama Series for Lost
  • 2010: Saturn Award : Nominated for Best Supporting Actor on TV for Lost
  • 2011: Emmy : Nominated for Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series for Justified
  • 2012: Emmy : Winner for Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series for Justified

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ This and That for Rescue Dawn (2006) , accessed August 5, 2008.
  2. ↑ Nominees List: Complete Official 2011 Primetime Emmy Nominations ( English , PDF; 104 kB) Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 14, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Davies, Jeremy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Traverse City , Michigan