Phil davis actor biography search

Of the same generation as Robert Carlyle, Ray Winstone, Gary Oldman and Phil Daniels, and cut from the same rough, tough working-class cloth, Phil Davis has graduated from teenage tearaways to middle-aged hoods and, more recently, detectives.

Aside from breaking or making the law, he has, while rarely hogging the limelight, built an admired career as one of Britain's busiest and most versatile character actors.

Born 30 July 1953, the middle of three sons, Davis grew up on a council estate in Essex.

He joined the National Youth Theatre for three seasons in his mid-teens, then worked in a theatre coffee bar after leaving school.

In 1972, he caught the eye of Joan Littlewood, who cast him in one of her Theatre Workshop productions.

But he first came to attention for his highly praised performance as a young delinquent in Barrie Keeffe's 'Gotcha', initially on stage, then on television as a BBC Play For Today (tx.

12/4/1977). 

In 1979, Davis played one of t