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Encyclopedia > Jeremy Davies (actor)

Jeremy Davies (b. October 8, 1969, Traverse City, Michigan) is an American film and television actor. Born Jeremy Boring, he is the second of four children, having an older brother, Josh, who is an Air Force Pilot; a younger brother, Zachary; and younger sister, Katy. He was raised in Traverse City, Michigan during his early childhood, then moved to Kansas with his mother after his parents divorced. When his mother died of complications from Lupus in the mid 1970s, he went to live with his father, Mel Boring, and step-mother in Santa Barbara, California. They later moved to Rockford, Iowa, in 1986 [citation needed]. is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Traverse City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Official language(s) English[2] Capital Topeka Largest city Wichita Area  Ranked 15th  - Total 82,277 sq mi (213,096 km²)  - Width 211 miles (340 km)  - Length 417 miles (645 km)  - % water 0. ... // Lupus may refer to: Wolf (latin). ... // Mel Boring (born 1939) is an American childrens author who specializes in non-fiction. ... Nickname: Location in Santa Barbara County and the state of California Coordinates: , County Santa Barbara Government  - Mayor Marty Blum Area  - City 111. ... Rockford is a city located in Floyd County, Iowa. ...


Davies attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena, California.[citation needed] His first role of note came as a bit part on an episode of Singer & Sons in 1990. Afterwards he performed on two episodes of The Wonder Years in 1992. He also had small roles in the NBC TV movie Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance, and appeared as a "Scruffy Kid" in the pilot for a colonial era sitcom called 1775. Among the few substantial roles he won during this time was co-starring as a youth in Guncrazy, a Showtime thriller, as well as a guest appearance on Melrose Place. The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) is a fully accredited two-year conservatory with campuses located at 120 Madison Avenue in New York City (in a landmark building designed by famed architect Stanford White as the original Colony Club) and 1336 North La Brea Avenue in Hollywood (in a... Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... The Wonder Years is an Emmy Award winning American television dramedy created by Carol Black and Neal Marlens. ... The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... A television pilot is a test episode of an intended television series. ... Guncrazy is a 1992 American crime/drama/thriller film. ... Showtime is a subscription television brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world, but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United States. ... Melrose Place is an American primetime soap opera that ran between 1992 and 1999, created by Darren Star for the FOX network. ...


In 1993, Davies was cast in a TV commercial for Subaru in which his "character" compares the car to punk rock. The commercial was noticed by numerous casting directors and industry forces. Soon after, Davies found himself being sent feature film scripts. He began building a repertoire with films such as Twister, and in 1998 he landed a pivotal role in the Steven Spielberg war-epic Saving Private Ryan as an American GI linguist in Normandy, France, recruited just after D-Day by Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) to act as a interpreter on a dangerous mission to rescue a lone, lost paratrooper (Matt Damon). Davies's performance was well-received, and he has gone on to star in numerous films, including Solaris with George Clooney. For other uses, see Subaru (disambiguation). ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Twister is a 1996 disaster film starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton as storm chasers researching tornadoes. ... Steven Allan Spielberg KBE (born December 18, 1946)[1] is an American film director and producer. ... Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 Academy-Award-winning film set in World War II, directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. ... Flag of Normandy Normandy (in French: Normandie, and in Norman: Normaundie) is a geographical region in northern France. ... Land on Normandy In military parlance, D-Day is a term often used to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. ... Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American two-time Academy Award-winning film actor, Emmy-winning director, voice-over artist and movie producer. ... Matthew Paige Matt Damon (born October 8, 1970) is an American screenwriter and actor. ... Solaris is a 2002 film directed by Steven Soderbergh, and stars George Clooney. ... George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an Academy Award and two-time Golden Globe-winning American actor, director, producer and screenwriter, known for his role in the first five seasons of the long-running television drama ER (1994–99), and his rise as an A-List movie star...


Davies is set to join ABC's hit series Lost in 2008 [1]. Look up ABC in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up lost in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

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Filmography

Film

Rescue Dawn is a 2007 movie starring Christian Bale and Steve Zahn. ... For the fictional estate, see Manderley; for the Burmese city, see Mandalay. ... Dogville is a 2003 movie written and directed by Lars von Trier, starring Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, Lauren Bacall, Chloe Sevigny, Stellan Skarsgård and James Caan, among others. ... Solaris is a 2002 film directed by Steven Soderbergh, and stars George Clooney. ... Twentynine Palms is a 2003 film directed by Bruno Dumont. ... Searching for Paradise is the story of Gilda Mattei, a girl overcome with grief over the death of her father. ... Secretary DVD Secretary is a 2002 romantic black comedy film based on a short story from Bad Behavior by Mary Gaitskill. ... The Laramie Project is a 2002 drama film written and directed by Moisés Kaufman. ... Teknolust is a 2002 movie produced, written, and directed by Lynn Hershman Leeson who, at the time of production, was working in the art department at University of California, Davis. ... CQ is a 2001 film written and directed by Roman Coppola. ... Investigating Sex is a 2001 comedy/drama film written (screenplay) and directed by Alan Rudolph and based on the book Recherches Sur la sexualite archives du surealisme by Jose Pierre. ... The Million Dollar Hotel is an English language 2000 movie based on a concept story by Bono of Irish rock band U2 and Nicholas Klein and directed by Wim Wenders. ... The Florentine is a 1999 film by Nick Stagliano. ... For the record label, see Ravenous Records. ... Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 Academy-Award-winning film set in World War II, directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. ... Twister is a 1996 disaster film starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton as storm chasers researching tornadoes. ... Nell is a 1994 drama film starring Jodie Foster as a young woman raised by her mother in an isolated cabin who has to face other human beings for the first time. ... Spanking the Monkey is a 1994 US independent black comedy written and directed by David O. Russell. ... Guncrazy is a 1992 American crime/drama/thriller film. ...

Television

Helter Skelter is a 1976 TV film based on the 1974 book by prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry. ... General Hospital (commonly abbreviated GH) is the longest-running daytime American serial broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company television network. ... Miss Marple was a long-running and popular British television series based on the Miss Marple murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie. ... Lost is an Emmy Award and Golden Globe-winning American serial drama television series that follows the lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, after a passenger jet flying between Australia and the United States crashes somewhere in the South Pacific. ...

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Jeremy Davies (actor) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (336 words)
Jeremy Davies (born October 8, 1969 in Traverse City, Michigan, USA), is an American film and television actor.
Davies attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena, California.
In 1993, Davies was cast in a TV commercial for Subaru in which his "character" compares the car to punk rock.
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