Dave Davis (actor)

Dave Davis (born 1989) is an American screen actor based out of Los Angeles.

Dave Davis
Born
David Randolph Davis

1989 (age 31–32)
Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActor

Background and education

Davis was born in 1989 in Princeton, New Jersey, into a Jewish family. He grew up in New Orleans. Davis graduated from the Lawrenceville School in 2007, and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre from Tulane University in 2011.[1] In fulfillment of his thesis, he starred in Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth.

Acting career

Davis has been acting since childhood. He spent five years with the New Orleans Shakespeare Festival, culminating with the critically acclaimed role of Hamlet in 2012.[2] Davis then transitioned into screen acting. Based out of New Orleans, Davis starred in many original films for MTV and Syfy, including Ghost Shark, Leprechaun's Revenge, Ozark Sharks, and several others. Notably, he guest starred in True Detective and The Walking Dead, and acted in The Big Short and Logan. Davis relocated to Los Angeles in 2015, where he currently works.

Davis won the Special Jury Prize for Performance at the 2017 Nashville Film Festival for his lead role in the independent film Bomb City.[3] In 2019, Davis starred in the horror film The Vigil, in which he plays a man tasked with watching over a deceased member of an Orthodox Jewish community.[4][5][6]

Davis is a member of the comedy group Bare Handed Bear Handlers. They have released a web miniseries, short films, and a number of music videos.[7]

References
  1. "Tulane University awards nearly 2,300 degrees today". NOLA.com. May 12, 2011. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
  2. "Summer action hero? Tulane Shakespeare Fest opens with a Hamlet out for revenge". NOLA.com. June 28, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
  3. "Nashville Film Festival Announces: 2017 Feature Award Winners".
  4. Mintzer, Jordan (September 12, 2019). "'The Vigil': Film Review | TIFF 2019". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  5. Kohn, Eric (September 12, 2019). "'The Vigil' Review: 'The Conjuring' With an Orthodox Jewish Twist That Could Birth a Franchise". IndieWire. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  6. Lipsett, Joe (September 13, 2019). "[TIFF Review] 'The Vigil' Introduces a New Kind of Jewish Horror". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  7. "Bare Handed Bear Handlers's sounds on SoundCloud – Hear the world's sounds". Soundcloud.com. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
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