Jack Davenport Add to My Celebs Age 39 Birthday Mar. 1st, 1973 Born in Suffolk, England, UK Height 6' 2"

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

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


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:

• Half-brother of actress 'Laura Davenport (I)' (qv).
• Graduated in film and English from the University of East Anglia.
• Son of 'Nigel Davenport' (qv) and 'Maria Aitken' (qv).
• Attended Cheltenham College, as did his father, 'Nigel Davenport' (qv).
• His maternal grandmother was the famed English socialite, the Hon. Lady Penelope Aitken (1910-2005).
• He was nominated for a 2002 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Most Promising Newcomer of 2001 for his performance in The Servant at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre.
• He is the nephew of former Conservative MP and Cabinet minister 'Jonathan Aitken (II)' (qv).
• 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.

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