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.
Dave Davis | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1989 (age 34–35) Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Education | Tulane University (BFA) |
| Occupation | Actor |
Early life and education
editDavis 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
editDavis 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
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Flakes | Stoner #1 | Uncredited |
| 2012 | Stolen | Taylor | |
| 2014 | Elsa & Fred | Photographer | |
| 2014 | Starve | Jiminey | |
| 2015 | The Final Girls | 50's Counselor | |
| 2015 | Demonic | Tech 1 | |
| 2015 | Get Hard | Cross Dresser | |
| 2015 | N.O.L.A Circus | Vinny | |
| 2015 | Nocturna | Bobby | |
| 2015 | The Big Short | Burry's Assistant | |
| 2015 | Daddy's Home | Panda Singer #1 | |
| 2016 | The Backup Dancer | Rudy | Uncredited |
| 2017 | Logan | Convenience Store Clerk | |
| 2017 | Bomb City | Brian | |
| 2017 | Dark Meridian | Tevi Marek | |
| 2017 | Jeepers Creepers 3 | SWAT Team One | |
| 2018 | Laundry Day | Ethan | |
| 2018 | The Domestics | Flame Gambler | |
| 2019 | The Vigil | Yakov Ronen | |
| 2019 | The True Don Quixote | Trout | |
| 2019 | Sunday Girl | Jack | |
| 2020 | Greyhound | Boatswain's Mate #1 | |
| 2023 | Resurrected | Father Stanley Martin |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Memphis Beat | Bryan | Episode: "The Things We Carry" |
| 2011 | Hide | Young Charlie Marvin | TV movie |
| 2012 | Red Clover | Dax Spence | |
| 2012 | American Horror House | Lloyd | |
| 2012 | The Walking Dead | Gargulio | Episode: "Hounded" |
| 2013 | Heebie Jeebies | Mace | TV movie |
| 2013 | Ladies' Man: A Made Movie | Toby Miller | |
| 2013 | Ghost Shark | Blaise | |
| 2014 | True Detective | Toby | Episode: "After You've Gone" |
| 2014 | SnakeHead Swamp | Chris | Television film |
| 2016 | NCIS: New Orleans | JJ Taylor | Episode: "Help Wanted" |
| 2016 | Ozark Sharks | Harrison | Television film |
| 2018 | Bad Stepmother | Jonathan Hawking | |
| 2019 | Lucifer | Maury Novak | Episode: "Somebody's Been Reading Dante's Inferno" |
References
edit- ^ "Tulane University awards nearly 2,300 degrees today". NOLA.com. May 12, 2011. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
- ^ "Summer action hero? Tulane Shakespeare Fest opens with a Hamlet out for revenge". NOLA.com. June 28, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
- ^ "Nashville Film Festival Announces: 2017 Feature Award Winners". Archived from the original on June 16, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- ^ Mintzer, Jordan (September 12, 2019). "'The Vigil': Film Review | TIFF 2019". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Lipsett, Joe (September 13, 2019). "[TIFF Review] 'The Vigil' Introduces a New Kind of Jewish Horror". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
- ^ "Bare Handed Bear Handlers's sounds on SoundCloud – Hear the world's sounds". Soundcloud.com. Archived from the original on May 8, 2016. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
External links
edit- Dave Davis at IMDb