Dan Davies (actor)

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Dan Davies
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Dan Davies at the Music Box Theatre, Chicago in 2010
Born
Daniel Joseph Davies

(1965-12-25) December 25, 1965 (age 58)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Actor; writer; producer
Years active1994–Present

Daniel Joseph "Dan" Davies (born December 25, 1965) is an American actor, screenplay writer and producer. Davies wrote, co-produced and starred in the comedy film Ed Gein, the Musical (2010), about the cannibalistic murderer and graverobber, Ed Gein. [1]

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Early life

Davies was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [2] He attended Waupaca High School in Waupaca, Wisconsin and he graduated from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse with a B.A. in Political Science and English. [3] [4] Davies claims Irish, Welsh and American Indian heritage. [5]

Career

In 1997, he wrote and hosted the instructional video, The Games We Used to Play. [6]

In 2010 he wrote, co-produced and played the title character in Ed Gein, The Musical, a micro-budget horror/musical/comedy film. [1] [7]

Davies co-wrote the screenplay for, and acts in the film, West of Thunder. [5] [8] He co-starred with Sadie Kaye in Miss Adventure meets Motörhead , which was a highly rated video on Will Ferrell/HBO's Funny or Die . [9] He was part of an ensemble cast in the British Independent Film Award (BIFA) nominated mockumentary feature film "Flim, the Movie". [10] [11] He played the role of Scorpion alongside the Nollywood actor Ramsey Nouah in the Hollywood/Nollywood collaboration, Tempting Fate (2015 film). It premiered at the Pan African Film Festival in 2015 [12] and is a Dove Foundation Award-winning film. [13] [14]

Davies also co-starred with Ayo Makun, Funke Akindele, Nse Ikpe-Etim and Eric Roberts in the Nollywood/Hollywood comedy A Trip to Jamaica that was released in September, 2016. [15] This film also premiered in London in Dec 2016 and held the highest per-screen average in the UK during its box office run. [16] The film has been nominated in 5 categories for the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards 2017. [17] It also has been nominated for a 2017 African Academy Award (Best Comedy) [18] It was the No. 1 Nollywood box office film of 2016, [19] and, as of December 2016, became the No. 1 Nollywood box office film of all time. [20] He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Comedy) along with Majid Michel and John Dumelo in the 2017 Golden Movie Awards for his work in A Trip to Jamaica. [21] He won the award July 22. [22] [23] The award ceremonies were televised on the African Movie Channel throughout Africa as well as the UK, Germany, France and The Netherlands. [24]

In 2017 he appeared in the revenge thriller Wronged [25] and the psychological thriller/horror Mr. Thursday. [26]

Dan Davies at IMDb

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