Alan Davis is an English actor, stand-up comedian, writer, television and radio host screenwriter and producer. Best known for her role as Jonathan Crick in the mystical series of the same name and for participating in the intellectual comedy show QI, where for many years she has been the only regular member. He is a frequent guest of other entertainment shows on the BBC channel.
Childhood and youth
Alan Davis was born on March 6, 1966 in Loughton, Essex. At the age of six, he lost his mother, who died of leukemia, was raised by an accountant father.
He studied at several private schools, after which he graduated from college and the University of Kent with a degree in Drama and Theater. It was released in 1988 and immediately began a career as a stand-up comedian.
Stand up
An important place in the biography of Alan Davis is a stand-up. He first began performing in the clubs of his native city in 1988 and soon became recognizable in narrow circles, in 1991 the famous magazine Time Out named him the best young comedian in the country.
In 1994, Davis took a tour of the UK and Australia, and at the world-famous comedy festival in Edinburgh, he received a prize from the critics guild. In 1995, one of Alan's appearances was released on video and audio tapes. In 1998, the BBC channel showed the second stand-concert of Alan Davis. After that, he took a long break in his comedy career, focusing on television projects. In 2013 and 2016, Davis's big tours were again held, as well as concert recordings.
TV and radio roles
From 1994 to 1995 Davis led his own show on the radio, after which he began to appear as a guest in various entertainment programs. In 1997, Alan got a major role in the mystical detective series "Jonathan Creek." The protagonist works as a consultant for the illusionists, designing various tricks, and in his spare time he solves various puzzles with his partner.
The series was well received by the public and critics. In 1998, he received the UK's most prestigious BAFTA Cinematography Award in the Best Drama Series category. From 1997 to 2004 four seasons and two Christmas special episodes came out. After that, the series was considered completed for a long time, but new special episodes were released in 2009, 2010 and 2013. In 2014, the fifth season of the series was shown, and in 2016, Christmas Special was released again. Among all the actors involved in the series, Alan Davis was the only one to take part in all the series, while his partners and assistants changed over the years.
After the premiere of "Jonathan Creek, " Alan Davis became popular in the UK and in 1998 was able to launch his own radio series, which he wrote with two of his friends. However, after six episodes, the program was closed.
In 2000, Alan starred in the BBC comedy series Heart of the Shatter, which was also closed after the first season of six episodes. A year later, he played the main role in the romantic tragicomedy "Bob and Rose, " portraying a homosexual on the screen, who gradually begins to fall in love with a woman. The series was also closed after the first season, but brought Alan Davis the first acting award, the prize for best male actor at the Monte Carlo Television Festival.
After that, Alan tried to change his role and began to try himself in dramatic roles. He played a major role in the legal series The Case, which was closed after two seasons. He also appeared as a guest star in the popular British TV series Miss Marple and Hotel Babylon.
In 2010, Alan Davis starred in the comedy series Kitchen of the White about a team of provincial hotel chefs. Sitcom was closed by the channel after showing the first season.
After that, Alan began to appear more and more on television as a talk show host or entertainment guest. In 2016, he played one of the main roles in the series on the social workers "Damned", which was closed after the second season.
Full-length movies
The actor did not appear too often in feature films. Alan Davis in 2001 played the supporting role in the comedy Man to Man Wolf, in 2004 appeared in the lead role in the not very successful television movie Roman Road and in 2008 played the role of the father of one of the main heroines of the youth comedy Angus, Thongs and kisses fucking up."
In 2018, the release of the sports comedy "Boys from Bromley" with Davis in one of the main roles is planned. The first reviews of viewers who came to pre-screenings in the UK are very positive.
QI
Since 2003, Alan Davis has been a regular participant in the QI game intellectual and comedy show. The essence of the program is that the presenter (from 2003 to 2015 he was a famous actor and writer Stephen Fry, from 2015 the program is conducted by a British actress and Danish comedian Origin Sandy Toxwig) asks the question, each of the four players must correctly or as original as possible answer, thereby earning points.
Alan Davis is often responsible for the comedy component of the program, often giving the most obvious answers (for which, according to the rule of the show, the player takes ten points) and ending the game in last place. He participated in all issues of the show, except for two. In 2006, he attended the final of the Champions League, where he played his favorite football club London “Arsenal”, also missed one of the issues in 2011.
