Dave Davis (actor)

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Dave Davis
Born1989 (age 3435)
Education Tulane University (BFA)
OccupationActor

Dave Davis (born 1989) is an American actor based in Los Angeles and New Orleans. He is best known for his role in the 2019 horror film The Vigil .

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Early life and education

Davis was born on June 7, 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 .

Career

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

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Flakes Stoner #1Uncredited
2012 Stolen Taylor
2014 Elsa & Fred Photographer
2014StarveJiminey
2015 The Final Girls 50's Counselor
2015 Demonic Tech 1
2015 Get Hard Cross Dresser
2015N.O.L.A CircusVinny
2015NocturnaBobby
2015 The Big Short Burry's Assistant
2015 Daddy's Home Panda Singer #1
2016 The Backup Dancer RudyUncredited
2017 Logan Convenience Store Clerk
2017 Bomb City Brian
2017Dark MeridianTevi Marek
2017 Jeepers Creepers 3 SWAT Team One
2018 Laundry Day Ethan
2018 The Domestics Flame Gambler
2019 The Vigil Yakov Ronen
2019The True Don QuixoteTrout
2019Sunday GirlJack
2020 Greyhound Boatswain's Mate #1
2023ResurrectedFather Stanley Martin

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 Memphis Beat BryanEpisode: "The Things We Carry"
2011HideYoung Charlie MarvinTV movie
2012 Red Clover Dax Spence
2012American Horror HouseLloyd
2012 The Walking Dead GargulioEpisode: "Hounded"
2013 Heebie Jeebies MaceTV movie
2013Ladies' Man: A Made MovieToby Miller
2013 Ghost Shark Blaise
2014 True Detective TobyEpisode: "After You've Gone"
2014SnakeHead SwampChrisTelevision film
2016 NCIS: New Orleans JJ TaylorEpisode: "Help Wanted"
2016 Ozark Sharks HarrisonTelevision film
2018Bad StepmotherJonathan Hawking
2019 Lucifer Maury NovakEpisode: "Somebody's Been Reading Dante's Inferno"

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