Jack Davenport's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) FlashForward Lloyd Simcoe Smash Derek Wills Coupling (UK) Steve Taylor Swingtown Bruce Miller Ultraviolet (UK) Detective S… Ramsay's Boiling Point (UK) Himself - N… This Life (UK) Miles Stewart Mary Bryant (AU) Lt Ralph Cl…

Main Movie Roles 2009 - The Boat That Rocked 2007 - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 2006 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2005 - The Wedding Date 2004 - The Libertine 2003 - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2001 - The Bunker 1999 - The Talented Mr. Ripley 1998 - The Wisdom of Crocodiles 1997 - Fierce Creatures

BIOGRAPHY:

Jack Davenport was born in 1973 and is the son of actors Maria Aitken and Nigel Davenport. He studied Literature and Film Studies at the University of East Anglia. His first break happened after he wrote to John Cleese to ask to be a runner on Fierce Creatures (1997) where he ended up playing a zoo keeper. His first major role however was that of public school educated barrister Miles in the BBC television series "This Life" (1996). Recent projects include the stylish "Ultraviolet" (1998) where he played a modern-day vampire hunter, The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) as Matt Damon's love interest, and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) as the Keira Knightley's intended mate.


TRIVIA:

• He was considered for the role of Arthur Dent in _The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)_ (qv) but the idea didn't prosper as the producers decided he was too good-looking for the role.
• Considered for the role of Caledon 'Cal' Hockley in James Cameron's "Titanic" but was deemed too young.
• He is the nephew of former Conservative MP and Cabinet minister 'Jonathan Aitken (II)' (qv).
• His maternal great-grandfather was John Maffey, 1st Baron Rugby (1877-1969), a prominent British diplomat and the British ambassador to Ireland during World War II.
• Graduated in film and English from the University of East Anglia.
• His great-great-uncle was the British politician and writer, Sir William Maxwell "Max" Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (1879-1964).
• His maternal grandmother was the famed English socialite, the Hon. Lady Penelope Aitken (1910-2005).
• Son of 'Nigel Davenport' (qv) and 'Maria Aitken' (qv).