Jeremy Davies

Having a Welsh and Scottish background, Jeremy was born in Michigan. He is one of the two sons of children’s books author, Melvin Lyle Boring, from whose second marriage he has two half-siblings. After his parents’ divorce, he lived with his mother who passed away while he was still young due to which he had to move in with his father. He took up his mother’s maiden name, Davies, as his professional one. It wasn’t long until he left home to complete his high school in Iowa and then moved to California to pursue his studies at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

He made his fame-gaining debut in David Russell’s movie called Spanking the Monkey. It was considered a classic and got Jeremy a lot of fame. He won an Independent Spirit Award because of his debut performance in the movie. Before that movie in 1994, he did several small roles in projects like the TV movie called Shoot First: A Cop’s Vengeance, in a few episodes of The Wonder Years, in a short film called 1775 and another one called Guncrazy. However, what got him, a good name was Spanking the Monkey. What got him that part was a successful TV commercial of a car.

Early in his career, another role worth noticing was his role as Timothy E. Upham in S. Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan. These roles jumpstarted his career. He has featured in several other movies including It’s Kind Of A Funny Story, Investigating Sex, CQ, The Million Dollar Hotel, Solaris, The Laramie Project, etc. He got nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor for the last two films. Saving Private Ryan got him three nominations, one of which he won.

He started getting noticed in the TV world after 2004 when he played Charles Manson in Helter Skelter, a CBS show. He bagged a lead role in fourth and fifth seasons and also in a few episodes in sixth seasons of Lost as Daniel Faraday, a physicist. He won a Primetime Emmy Award for his several appearances on Justified, an FX’s show. He is known to be a very hard working actor. He particularly worked very hard for his role in Lost for which he studied both Physics and Maths. His voice is loved by many for its warm and relaxed tone. His success is much appreciated since his childhood was a difficult one with a nomadic essence to it.