- Jack Davenport
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name = Jack Davenport
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birthplace =Suffolk ,England
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spouse =Michelle Gomez (May 1 ,2000 - present)
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tonyawards =Jack Davenport (born
March 1 1973 ) is a British film and televisionactor who became known in the mid 1990s for his role in the TV series "This Life ". He has since become best known for his roles in the "Coupling" television series and the "Pirates of the Caribbean " series of films. He has also appeared in many other Hollywood films such as "The Talented Mr. Ripley " and has gained a reputation for playing pompous or clumsy characters. He can most recently be seen as a lead character in the TV series "Swingtown ".Biography
Personal life
Davenport, the son of actors
Nigel Davenport andMaria Aitken , was born inSuffolk, England and lived inIbiza for the first seven years of his life. His uncle is writer and politicianJonathan Aitken , his maternal grandfather was politicianWilliam Aitken and his maternal great-grandfather was the firstBaron Rugby . [ [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800312869/bio Jack Davenport Biography - Yahoo! Movies ] ] His parents divorced when he was seven, at which point he was sent to The Dragon School, a boarding school, as his parents did not want him to become involved in the divorce proceedings. He then went on to attendCheltenham College and then the British American Drama Academy. He is married to the actressMichelle Gomez .Career
Davenport had not planned to become an actor, however, his career began when he took a gap year after attending
Cheltenham College . A director fromClwyd Theatr Cymru (The Welsh National Theatre) was impressed by his performance on a summer drama course and asked Davenport to work for him. At 18 years of age he ended up in Wales, performing bit parts in Hamlet, where he became friends withRhys Ifans ("Notting Hill ").The following year, he attended the
University of East Anglia (UEA), concentrating on Film Studies andEnglish Literature . He tried out acting once more at the UEA, but was not, at this point, seriously interested in it. In fact, Davenport had considered becoming a member of a film crew, as opposed to acting in front of the camera. His mother advised him, after his graduation from UEA, to write toJohn Cleese requesting work on the set of his upcoming film, "Fierce Creatures ", so that Davenport could gain some real experience behind the camera. Cleese instead sent Davenport's letter to the casting department, and he was cast as a student zookeeper. Whilst, a small part with very few lines, it provided his first opportunity to work in front of the camera. After the production of "Fierce Creatures" was completed, Davenport found an agent, who secured an audition for the role of Miles Stewart in theBBC television drama series "This Life ". It was in this part that Davenport first rose to fame.Since then Davenport has played roles in many successful films and TV series, including "The Talented Mr. Ripley", "Coupling", and "Ultraviolet", as well as the box office smash ', and its sequels, ' and "".
During his career Davenport has also performed voice-overs, having narrated the audio versions of John Buchan's "
The Thirty-Nine Steps " and recorded parts inAnthony Burgess ' "A Clockwork Orange ". He also provides the voice over for the BritishMasterCard advertisements (the American being done byBilly Crudup ).In 2006, he featured in the ITV1 drama "
The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant " and in 2009, he will star in the film "The Boat That Rocked ".Filmography
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This Life " (1996)
*"The Moth" (1997) (TV)
*"Fierce Creatures " (1997)
*"Macbeth " (1998)
*"Tale of the Mummy " (1998)
*"Ultraviolet" (1998) (TV)
*"The Wisdom of Crocodiles" (1998)
*"Ticks " (1999)
*"The Cookie Thief" (1999)
*"The Talented Mr. Ripley" (1999)
*"The Wyvern Mystery" (2000) (TV)
*"Coupling" (2000–2004) (TV)
*"Subterrain" (2001)
*"Not Afraid, Not Afraid" (2001)
*"Look " (2001)
*"Gypsy Woman" (2001)
*"Asylum't' (2001) (TV)
*"Offending Angels" (2001)
*"The Bunker" (2001)
*"Dickens " (2002) (TV)
*"A Very English Genius" (2002) (TV - Narrator)
*"The Showbiz Set" (2002) (TV -Narrator)
*"The Real Jane Austen" (2002) TV
*"The Boy Who Would be King" (2003) (TV - Narrator)
*"" (2003)
*"Beethoven - Eroica" (2003) (TV)
*"The Welsh Great Escape" (2003) (TV)
*"Terrible Kisses" (2004)
*"Agatha Christie's Marple" (2004) (TV)
*"The Libertine " (2005)
*"The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant " (2005) (TV)
*"The Wedding Date " (2005)
*"A Higher Agency" (2005)
*"" (2006)
*"This Life + 10" (2006)
*"" (2007)
*"Swingtown " (2008) (TV)
*"The Key man" (2008)
*"The Boat That Rocked " (2009)Producer filmography
*"Subterrain" (2001) Executive Producer
*"Ticks " (1999) Executive ProducerRadio
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Alistair Cooke 's American Journey" (2006) (reading the veteran journalist's wartime reports forBBC Radio 4 )References
External links
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