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Jack Davenport

Age: 36
Height: 6' 2"

Birth Place: Suffolk, England, UK
Born: Mar. 1st, 1973

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Jack Davenport's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
FlashForward	Lloyd Simcoe
Coupling (UK)	Steve Taylor
Swingtown	Bruce Miller
Ultraviolet (UK)	Detective Ser&hellip
This Life (UK)	Miles Stewart
Ramsay's Boiling Point (UK)	Himself - Nar&hellip

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:

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.
Graduated in film and English from the University of East Anglia.
His maternal grandmother was the famed English socialite, the Hon. Lady Penelope Aitken (1910-2005).
His great-great-uncle was the British politician and writer, Sir William Maxwell "Max" Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (1879-1964).
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.
Attended Cheltenham College, as did his father, 'Nigel Davenport' (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.
Son of 'Nigel Davenport' (qv) and 'Maria Aitken' (qv).