Philip Davis (actor)
Philip Davis (born July 30, 1953 in Grays ) is an English actor, director , composer and screenwriter.
Life
Davis grew up in Thurrock, Essex with his two brothers. His father worked for the Procter and Gamble soap factory while his mother was a cleaning lady. At the age of eight he became interested in acting. Davis attended the Ockendon Courts Secondary Modern School. He says that he was having a hard time teaching him at the time and that he may have suffered from ADHD . However, he flourished in school theater and knew very early on that he wanted to turn acting into a profession. Davis got his first professional acting job as a teenager at the National Youth Theater. A little later he got a place at Joan Littlewood's Theater Workshop at the Stratford East Theater. Davis made a career in the theater in the 1970s and appeared in a number of films and television series. During his early days as an actor, Davis earned relatively little and had a harder time keeping afloat financially. However, he was so fascinated by acting that he didn't mind. In 1980 he got a role in the television series The Studio , which paid a little better and from then on things went up financially. In 1984 he was able to buy his first own apartment. Many other films and television productions followed. Davis has a daughter with actress Eve Matheson and a son from a previous relationship.
Filmography (selection)
actor
- 1972: Pasolini's maddened stories (I racconti di Canterbury)
- 1973: Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (TV series, episode)
- 1976: Angels (TV series, episode)
- 1978: The Professionals ( The Professionals , television series, an episode)
- 1978: People Like Us (TV series, 5 episodes)
- 1979: Quadrophenia
- 1980: Dark Water (short film)
- 1982: Oliver Twist (TV movie)
- 1982: Pink Floyd - The Wall
- 1983: Jim Bergerac investigated ( Bergerac , TV series, an episode)
- 1984: The Bounty (The Bounty)
- 1985: The Doctor and the Devils
- 1985: Underworld
- 1986: Rebellion of the Lawless (Comrades)
- 1988: High Hopes
- 1988: The Firm (TV movie)
- 1989: Howling V: The Rebirth
- 1992: Alien 3 (Alien³)
- 1992: Blue Ice
- 1993: The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles ( The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones , television series, one episode)
- 1993: In the Name of the Father
- 1994: Wanted (short film)
- 1995: Undercover (ID)
- 1996: Lies and Secrets (Secrets & Lies)
- 1996: Crimetime: The Eye of Crime (Crimetime)
- 1997: Face
- 1997: The Elfengarten (Photographing Fairies)
- 1998: Still Crazy
- 1999: Births, Marriages and Deaths (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 2000: Black Cab (TV series, an episode)
- 2001: Trance (TV movie)
- 2003: Ready When You Are Mr. McGill (TV movie)
- 2004: Jack Brown and the Curse of the Crown
- 2004: The Baby Juice Express
- 2004: Vera Drake
- 2005: Casanova
- 2006: Notes on a Scandal (Notes on a Scandal)
- 2007: Cassandra's Dream (Cassandra's Dream)
- 2007: Inspector Barnaby (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2008: Bike Squad (TV movie)
- 2008: Kis Vuk (voice)
- 2008: Bitter (short film)
- 2009: Dead Man Running
- 2009-2013: Whitechapel (TV series, 18 episodes)
- 2010: Just for the Record
- 2010: Identity (TV series, episode)
- 2010: Another Year
- 2010: Brighton Rock
- 2010: Sherlock : Ein Fall von Pink ( A Study in Pink , TV movie)
- 2012: Fast Girls - Run for Your Dream (Fast Girls)
- 2012–2014: Silk - Robes made of silk ( Silk , TV series, 7 episodes)
- 2013: Being Human (TV series, 5 episodes)
- 2014: Death in Paradise (TV series, one episode)
- 2015: Mr. Holmes
- 2015–2016: Mad Dogs (series, 10 episodes)
- 2015–2016: Poldark (TV series, 15 episodes)
- 2017: Riviera (TV series, 9 episodes)
- 2018: Juliet, Naked
Director
- 1989: Skulduggery (TV movie, also screenplay)
- 1992: Life's a Gas (short film)
- 1995: Undercover (ID)
- 1995: Moving Story (TV series, one episode)
- 1996: Hot Suspicion ( Prime Subject , miniseries, 2 episodes)
- 1998: Real Women (TV series)
- 1999: Hold Back the Night
Web links
- Philip Davis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Julian Read: An actor's life for me . Essexlifemag.co.uk. October 21, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
- ↑ Phil Davis: 'I've got no savings so I'll work till I drop' . Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Davis, Philip |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English actor, director, screenwriter and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grays |