Geraint Wyn Davies
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Geraint Wyn Davies is a British-Canadian
-American
actor.
He was born on 20 April 1957 in Britain, at Swansea
. He was the son of a Congregationalist
preacher. At the age of seven he moved with his family from Haverfordwest
to Canada
; where he attended Upper Canada College
and then the University of Western Ontario
, where he studied economics before dropping out to pursue an acting career.
His most famous role is that of vampire
-turned-police-detective, Nick Knight, on Forever Knight
. Before this he had also played a vampire in Dracula: The Series
.
His recent television roles include 24
in early 2006, as James Nathanson and ReGenesis
in 2008 as Carleton Riddlemeyer. He also played cyber-terrorist David Kaydick in RoboCop: Prime Directives
, and also portrayed maverick U.S. Air Force pilot Mike Rivers in the final season of Airwolf
. He played Nick Haskell on the Canadian series Black Harbour
, and Henry Breedlove in the second season of Slings and Arrows
. His more recent films include Some Things That Stay (2004), The Wild Dogs (2002) and Cube 2: Hypercube
(2002)
He appeared several seasons with the Shaw
and Stratford
festivals. He recently appeared in New York City
with Christopher Plummer
in King Lear
, and in Washington, D.C.
in the title roles of both Cyrano de Bergerac
and Richard III
.
In 2008, he played Polonius
in the Stratford Festival production of Hamlet
and appeared as the King in Fuente Ovejuna
for the same festival. In the 2009 season of the Stratford Festival, he starred in A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Nick Bottom
, as the title role in Julius Caesar
, and as Duncan in Macbeth
. The 2011 season featured Wyn Davies in a singing role as King Arthur in Lerner and Loewe's Camelot
.
.
His professional stage debut was made in 1976 in Quebec City, when at 19 he appeared in The Fantasticks
, Red Emma, and A Midsummer's Night Dream.
After Quebec, Geraint moved on to London's Centre Stage Theatre Company.
In Britain he continued his stage career with the British Actors Theatre Company, where he played the lead in The Last Englishman.
He then spent two seasons with Wales's leading theatre company, Theatr Clwyd, touring Britain in Enemy of the People and Hamlet
. It was his performance in Hamlet that led to his receiving the Regional Theatre Best Actor Award. He then spent a season with the Chichester Festival, performing in Henry VIII.
He has performed in Canada at both the Shaw Festival and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Geraint gained a reputation as a gifted actor for his performances in such plays as The Music Cure, Candida, Cyrano de Bergerac
, The Vortex, Goodnight Disgrace, Henry V
and The Three Musketeers
. He even sang his way through the Rogers and Hart musical, The Boys from Syracuse
.
Other stage performances include My Fat Friend, in Los Angeles, and Sleuth
with Patrick Macnee, in Toronto.
In April 1996 Geraint appeared as Petruchio in Shakespeare's The Taming of The Shrew
, directed by Patrick Tucker of the Original Shakespeare Company. This three-performance run was presented as Shakespeare's own players may have done - with sparse rehearsal, eclectic costuming, and rotating roles.
In Spring 1998 Geraint appeared in the Moises Kaufmann production, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Gross Indecency earned the Garland Award for "Best Ensemble Cast from Backstage West" that year.
In August 1999 Geraint starred in a one-man show written by the late Leon Pownall, called An Evening with Dylan Thomas at the Atlantic Theatre Festival in Nova Scotia, Canada. The following summer he returned to the Atlantic Theatre Festival in the second of what would become Leon Pownall's Dylan Thomas
trilogy, Dylan Thomas and Shakespeare: In the Envy Of Some Greatness. August 2001 saw the completion of Pownall's trilogy with Stranger in Paradise.
The summer of 2002 Geraint returned to the Stratford Shakespeare Festival Theatre's main stage in My Fair Lady
, starring as Henry Higgins, a role he shared with his good friend Colm Feore
. He also reprised his role of Dylan Thomas at the Festival's Studio Theatre.
Geraint returned to the Atlantic Theatre Festival in August 2003 to perform a one-act play Hughie
by Eugene O'Neill
. The evening was topped off by a presentation of The Sermon by David Mamet
.
2004 saw Geraint appear at the Lincoln in New York as Edmund to Christopher Plummer
's King Lear
. Following Lear he starred in the title role of Cyrano at The Shakespeare Theatre, in Washington, D.C. Audiences loved the play and almost every performance ended with a standing ovation. Geraint won the prestigious "Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Resident Play" for his portrayal of the tragic hero.
In 2005 Geraint was Dylan Thomas for seven weeks as he performed Do Not Go Gentle at the Arclight Theatre
in New York City. While there he also did a reading of Tennessee Williams
' letters at the New York Public Library and performed in a reading of Eugene O'Neill's Days Without End.
In September he joined in a reading of R. L. Stevenson's Treasure Island in Washington, D.C., and in October took part in a staged reading of a new play by Austin Pendleton
entitled H6R3, which blends Shakespeare's plays Henry VI
and Richard III
.
In 2006 Geraint returned to The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. to perform Don Armado in Michael Kahn's 60's version of Shakespeare's Love's Labor's Lost. Following the American run the play moved to Stratford-Upon-Avon
in Britain for a limited run. He was nominated but did not win The Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play for Don Armado. While in D.C. he also participated in a reading of London Assurance by Dion Boucicault.
Early in 2007 Geraint headlined as Richard III by Shakespeare at The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. He, along with friend Brent Carver, are opening in Toronto's CanStage production of The Elephant Man in mid-October.
2008 saw Geraint’s return to Ontario’s Stratford Shakespeare Festival to appear in Hamlet (as Polonius) and Fuente Ovejuna (as the King). He followed the Stratford season playing the Duke in Red Bull Theater’s production of Women Beware Women in New York City.
Geraint returned to Stratford for their 2009 season playing Duncan in Macbeth
, Caesar in Julius Caesar
and Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
For the 2010 Stratford Shakespeare Festival season, Geraint portrayed King Arthur in Camelot
and Falstaff in Merry Wives of Windsor.
Wyn Davies has voiced two audio books, Great American Suspense: Five Unabridged Classics and Great Classic Hauntings: Six Unabridged Stories.
(1996), Conspiracy of Fear (1996), RoboCop: Prime Directives
(2000) and One of the Hollywood Ten
(2000), American Psycho 2: All American Girl (2002) and Cube 2: Hypercube
(2002) as well as appearing in The Wild Dogs
(Best Canadian Feature - Atlantic Film Festival 2002). In 2002, Geraint also appeared in Trudeau, a two-part movie for Canadian television and 2004 brought Some Things That Stay. In 2007, Geraint appeared in a cameo in Nancy Drew and filmed a made-for-TV movie titled Post Mortem for Lifetime.
(with Barry Van Dyke and Michele Scarabelli). He played vampire roles twice - as Klaus in Dracula; The Series and as Nick Knight in Forever Knight
(probably his most recognized role).
Since Forever Knight Geraint has appeared in several series. He travelled to Nova Scotia to star in the critically acclaimed series, Black Harbour, and journeyed from space as the evil alien "Zin" in the sci-fi series, Tracker. He appeared as "Nathanson" in the fifth season of 24
, and most recently appears in the Canadian sci-fi shows Regenesis (seasons 3 & 4) and The Murdoch Mysteries (two episodes as Arthur Conan Doyle).
He has guest starred in episodes of The Littlest Hobo
, Katts and Dog
, Highlander: The Series
, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
, The Outer Limits
, RoboCop: The Series
, The Hidden Room, Matrix, Diamonds
, Sweating Bullets
, 1-800-Missing
, and many more.
In June 2000 he took on the challenge of directing Oliver Mayer's Joy of the Desolate in Highland Park, IL. A "back-burner" project for Geraint is Horatio Salt, a collection of four short films that he is producing and directing.
He has appeared in several musicals in his career, most notably as Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady in Stratford, Ontario.
He is a self-taught musician who produced a CD of his own works Bar Talk , which is sold through his fan club with the proceeds going to a variety of charities such as Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, Children's Hospital Foundation in Washington D.C., the Atlantic Theatre Festival of Wolfville and The Stratford Festival's Shakespeare School (Stratford, Ontario).
For several years he has been involved with actress Claire Lautier, and they are currently living together, according to her bio on the International Movie Database.
. Davies said of the experience: "It was wonderful."
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
-American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor.
He was born on 20 April 1957 in Britain, at Swansea
Swansea
Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
. He was the son of a Congregationalist
Congregational church
Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs....
preacher. At the age of seven he moved with his family from Haverfordwest
Haverfordwest
Haverfordwest is the county town of Pembrokeshire, Wales and serves as the County's principal commercial and administrative centre. Haverfordwest is the most populous urban area in Pembrokeshire, with a population of 13,367 in 2001; though its community boundaries make it the second most populous...
to Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
; where he attended Upper Canada College
Upper Canada College
Upper Canada College , located in midtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is an independent elementary and secondary school for boys between Senior Kindergarten and Grade Twelve, operating under the International Baccalaureate program. The secondary school segment is divided into ten houses; eight are...
and then the University of Western Ontario
University of Western Ontario
The University of Western Ontario is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus covers of land, with the Thames River cutting through the eastern portion of the main campus. Western administers its programs through 12 different faculties and...
, where he studied economics before dropping out to pursue an acting career.
His most famous role is that of vampire
Vampire
Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...
-turned-police-detective, Nick Knight, on Forever Knight
Forever Knight
Forever Knight was a Canadian television series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern day Toronto. Wracked with guilt for centuries of killing others, he seeks redemption by working as a homicide detective on the night shift while struggling to find a...
. Before this he had also played a vampire in Dracula: The Series
Dracula: The Series
Dracula: The Series was a short-lived syndicated series about Count Dracula and his struggles with Gustav Van Helsing, as well as Gustav's young nephews — Maximilian and Christopher Townsend. They were also aided by a schoolgirl, Sophie Metternich...
.
His recent television roles include 24
24 (TV series)
24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...
in early 2006, as James Nathanson and ReGenesis
ReGenesis
ReGenesis is a Canadian television program produced by The Movie Network and Movie Central in conjunction with Shaftesbury Films. The series, which ran for four seasons, revolves around the scientists of NorBAC , a fictional organization with a lab based in Toronto...
in 2008 as Carleton Riddlemeyer. He also played cyber-terrorist David Kaydick in RoboCop: Prime Directives
RoboCop: Prime Directives
RoboCop: Prime Directives is a TV miniseries released in 2001. It is based on the 1987 cyberpunk/science fiction film RoboCop directed by Paul Verhoeven. The series consisted of four feature length movies: Dark Justice, Meltdown, Resurrection, and Crash and Burn...
, and also portrayed maverick U.S. Air Force pilot Mike Rivers in the final season of Airwolf
Airwolf
Airwolf is an American television series that ran from 1984 until 1987. The program centers on a high-tech military helicopter, code named Airwolf, and its crew as they undertake various missions, many involving espionage, with a Cold War theme....
. He played Nick Haskell on the Canadian series Black Harbour
Black Harbour
Black Harbour is a Canadian television series, which ran on CBC Television from 1996 to 1999.The show starred Rebecca Jenkins as Katherine Hubbard, a successful restaurant owner who returned to live in her Nova Scotia hometown to be with her mother who had suffered a heart attack. Her husband...
, and Henry Breedlove in the second season of Slings and Arrows
Slings and Arrows
Slings and Arrows is a Canadian TV series set at the fictional New Burbage Festival, a Shakespearean festival similar to the real-world Stratford Festival...
. His more recent films include Some Things That Stay (2004), The Wild Dogs (2002) and Cube 2: Hypercube
Cube 2: Hypercube
Cube 2: Hypercube is a 2003 Canadian psychological thriller/horror film film and the sequel to the psychological thriller/horror film Cube. Released in 2002, Cube 2: Hypercube had a bigger budget than its predecessor, and a new director, Andrzej Sekuła...
(2002)
He appeared several seasons with the Shaw
Shaw Festival
The Shaw Festival is a major Canadian theatre festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, the second largest repertory theatre company in North America...
and Stratford
Stratford Festival of Canada
The Stratford Shakespeare Festival is an internationally recognized annual celebration of theatre running from April to November in the Canadian city of Stratford, Ontario...
festivals. He recently appeared in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
with Christopher Plummer
Christopher Plummer
Arthur Christopher Orne Plummer, CC is a Canadian theatre, film and television actor. He made his film debut in 1957's Stage Struck, and notable early film performances include Night of the Generals, The Return of the Pink Panther and The Man Who Would Be King.In a career that spans over five...
in King Lear
King Lear
King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The title character descends into madness after foolishly disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all. The play is based on the legend of Leir of Britain, a mythological...
, and in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
in the title roles of both Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac (play)
Cyrano de Bergerac is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand. Although there was a real Cyrano de Bergerac, the play bears very scant resemblance to his life....
and Richard III
Richard III (play)
Richard III is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1591. It depicts the Machiavellian rise to power and subsequent short reign of Richard III of England. The play is grouped among the histories in the First Folio and is most often classified...
.
In 2008, he played Polonius
Polonius
Polonius is a character in William Shakespeare's Hamlet. He is King Claudius's chief counsellor, and the father of Ophelia and Laertes. Polonius connives with Claudius to spy on Hamlet...
in the Stratford Festival production of Hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
and appeared as the King in Fuente Ovejuna
Fuente Ovejuna
Fuenteovejuna is a play by the Spanish playwright, Lope de Vega. First published in Madrid in 1619 as part of Docena Parte de las Comedias de Lope de Vega Carpio , the play is believed to have been written between 1612 and 1614...
for the same festival. In the 2009 season of the Stratford Festival, he starred in A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...
as Nick Bottom
Nick Bottom
Nick Bottom is a character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream who provides comic relief throughout the play, and is famously known for getting his head transformed into that of an ass by the elusive Puck within the play.- Overview :...
, as the title role in Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar (play)
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, also known simply as Julius Caesar, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1599. It portrays the 44 BC conspiracy against...
, and as Duncan in Macbeth
Macbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
. The 2011 season featured Wyn Davies in a singing role as King Arthur in Lerner and Loewe's Camelot
Camelot (musical)
Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe . It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White tetralogy novel The Once and Future King....
.
Stage
Geraint was 12 when he was first bitten by the acting bug, appearing in a school production of Lord of the FliesLord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding about a group of British boys stuck on a deserted island who try to govern themselves, with disastrous results...
.
His professional stage debut was made in 1976 in Quebec City, when at 19 he appeared in The Fantasticks
The Fantasticks
The Fantasticks is a 1960 musical with music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones. It was produced by Lore Noto. It tells an allegorical story, loosely based on the play "The Romancers" by Edmond Rostand, concerning two neighboring fathers who trick their children, Luisa and Matt, into...
, Red Emma, and A Midsummer's Night Dream.
After Quebec, Geraint moved on to London's Centre Stage Theatre Company.
In Britain he continued his stage career with the British Actors Theatre Company, where he played the lead in The Last Englishman.
He then spent two seasons with Wales's leading theatre company, Theatr Clwyd, touring Britain in Enemy of the People and Hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
. It was his performance in Hamlet that led to his receiving the Regional Theatre Best Actor Award. He then spent a season with the Chichester Festival, performing in Henry VIII.
He has performed in Canada at both the Shaw Festival and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Geraint gained a reputation as a gifted actor for his performances in such plays as The Music Cure, Candida, Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac
Hercule-Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac was a French dramatist and duelist. He is now best remembered for the works of fiction which have been woven, often very loosely, around his life story, most notably the 1897 play by Edmond Rostand...
, The Vortex, Goodnight Disgrace, Henry V
Henry V
Henry V may refer to:People* Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor * Henry V, Count of Luxembourg * Henry V of England * Henri, comte de Chambord, nominally Henry V of France, Entertainment...
and The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, first serialized in March–July 1844. Set in the 17th century, it recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan after he leaves home to travel to Paris, to join the Musketeers of the Guard...
. He even sang his way through the Rogers and Hart musical, The Boys from Syracuse
The Boys from Syracuse
The Boys from Syracuse is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, based on William Shakespeare's play, The Comedy of Errors, as adapted by librettist George Abbott. The score includes swing and other contemporary rhythms of the 1930s. The show was the first musical...
.
Other stage performances include My Fat Friend, in Los Angeles, and Sleuth
Sleuth
-Theatre and film:*Sleuth , a 1970 play by Anthony Shaffer*Sleuth , a film adaptation of the Anthony Shaffer play, directed by Joseph L...
with Patrick Macnee, in Toronto.
In April 1996 Geraint appeared as Petruchio in Shakespeare's The Taming of The Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1591.The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the Induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken tinker named Sly into believing he is actually a nobleman himself...
, directed by Patrick Tucker of the Original Shakespeare Company. This three-performance run was presented as Shakespeare's own players may have done - with sparse rehearsal, eclectic costuming, and rotating roles.
In Spring 1998 Geraint appeared in the Moises Kaufmann production, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Gross Indecency earned the Garland Award for "Best Ensemble Cast from Backstage West" that year.
In August 1999 Geraint starred in a one-man show written by the late Leon Pownall, called An Evening with Dylan Thomas at the Atlantic Theatre Festival in Nova Scotia, Canada. The following summer he returned to the Atlantic Theatre Festival in the second of what would become Leon Pownall's Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas
Dylan Marlais Thomas was a Welsh poet and writer, Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 11 January 2008. who wrote exclusively in English. In addition to poetry, he wrote short stories and scripts for film and radio, which he often performed himself...
trilogy, Dylan Thomas and Shakespeare: In the Envy Of Some Greatness. August 2001 saw the completion of Pownall's trilogy with Stranger in Paradise.
The summer of 2002 Geraint returned to the Stratford Shakespeare Festival Theatre's main stage in My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe...
, starring as Henry Higgins, a role he shared with his good friend Colm Feore
Colm Feore
Colm Feore is an American-born Canadian stage, film and television actor.-Early life:Feore was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Irish parents who lived in Ireland for several years during Feore's early life. The family subsequently moved to Windsor, Ontario, where Feore grew up.After graduating...
. He also reprised his role of Dylan Thomas at the Festival's Studio Theatre.
Geraint returned to the Atlantic Theatre Festival in August 2003 to perform a one-act play Hughie
Hughie
Hughie is a short two-character play by Eugene O’Neill set in the lobby of a small hotel on a West Side street in midtown New York during the summer of 1928. The play is essentially a long monologue delivered by a small time hustler named Erie Smith to the hotel’s new night clerk Charlie Hughes,...
by Eugene O'Neill
Eugene O'Neill
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in Literature. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into American drama techniques of realism earlier associated with Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish...
. The evening was topped off by a presentation of The Sermon by David Mamet
David Mamet
David Alan Mamet is an American playwright, essayist, screenwriter and film director.Best known as a playwright, Mamet won a Pulitzer Prize and received a Tony nomination for Glengarry Glen Ross . He also received a Tony nomination for Speed-the-Plow . As a screenwriter, he received Oscar...
.
2004 saw Geraint appear at the Lincoln in New York as Edmund to Christopher Plummer
Christopher Plummer
Arthur Christopher Orne Plummer, CC is a Canadian theatre, film and television actor. He made his film debut in 1957's Stage Struck, and notable early film performances include Night of the Generals, The Return of the Pink Panther and The Man Who Would Be King.In a career that spans over five...
's King Lear
King Lear
King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The title character descends into madness after foolishly disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all. The play is based on the legend of Leir of Britain, a mythological...
. Following Lear he starred in the title role of Cyrano at The Shakespeare Theatre, in Washington, D.C. Audiences loved the play and almost every performance ended with a standing ovation. Geraint won the prestigious "Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Resident Play" for his portrayal of the tragic hero.
In 2005 Geraint was Dylan Thomas for seven weeks as he performed Do Not Go Gentle at the Arclight Theatre
Arclight Theatre
The Arclight Theatre, located at 152 West 71st Street, between Broadway & Columbus Avenues.The theater has a seating capacity of 99 seats and is located on the lower level of The Church of the Blessed Sacrament, down one flight of stairs....
in New York City. While there he also did a reading of Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams
Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs...
' letters at the New York Public Library and performed in a reading of Eugene O'Neill's Days Without End.
In September he joined in a reading of R. L. Stevenson's Treasure Island in Washington, D.C., and in October took part in a staged reading of a new play by Austin Pendleton
Austin Pendleton
Austin Pendleton is an American film, television, and stage actor, a playwright, and a theatre director and instructor.-Life and career:...
entitled H6R3, which blends Shakespeare's plays Henry VI
Henry VI
Henry VI may refer to:* Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor .* Henry VI of Luxembourg, Count of Luxembourg, * Henry VI of England...
and Richard III
Richard III
-People:*Richard III, Duke of Normandy *Richard III of Capua *Richard III of Gaeta *Richard III of England -Biography:*Richard III , a 1955 biography of the English king by Paul Murray Kendall...
.
In 2006 Geraint returned to The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. to perform Don Armado in Michael Kahn's 60's version of Shakespeare's Love's Labor's Lost. Following the American run the play moved to Stratford-Upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon is a market town and civil parish in south Warwickshire, England. It lies on the River Avon, south east of Birmingham and south west of Warwick. It is the largest and most populous town of the District of Stratford-on-Avon, which uses the term "on" to indicate that it covers...
in Britain for a limited run. He was nominated but did not win The Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play for Don Armado. While in D.C. he also participated in a reading of London Assurance by Dion Boucicault.
Early in 2007 Geraint headlined as Richard III by Shakespeare at The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. He, along with friend Brent Carver, are opening in Toronto's CanStage production of The Elephant Man in mid-October.
2008 saw Geraint’s return to Ontario’s Stratford Shakespeare Festival to appear in Hamlet (as Polonius) and Fuente Ovejuna (as the King). He followed the Stratford season playing the Duke in Red Bull Theater’s production of Women Beware Women in New York City.
Geraint returned to Stratford for their 2009 season playing Duncan in Macbeth
Macbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
, Caesar in Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman and a distinguished writer of Latin prose. He played a critical role in the gradual transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
and Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
For the 2010 Stratford Shakespeare Festival season, Geraint portrayed King Arthur in Camelot
Camelot (musical)
Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe . It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White tetralogy novel The Once and Future King....
and Falstaff in Merry Wives of Windsor.
Wyn Davies has voiced two audio books, Great American Suspense: Five Unabridged Classics and Great Classic Hauntings: Six Unabridged Stories.
Film
Geraint made his film debut in Deadly Harvest in 1977 and has since appeared in many other films, among them Paid Vacation (1979), Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989), Other Women's Children (1993), Ghost Mom (1993), Trilogy of Terror IITrilogy of Terror II
Trilogy of Terror II is a 1996 theatrical sequel to the 1975 television film, Trilogy of Terror. The film follows the formula of the original, with one female lead playing parts in each of three segments...
(1996), Conspiracy of Fear (1996), RoboCop: Prime Directives
RoboCop: Prime Directives
RoboCop: Prime Directives is a TV miniseries released in 2001. It is based on the 1987 cyberpunk/science fiction film RoboCop directed by Paul Verhoeven. The series consisted of four feature length movies: Dark Justice, Meltdown, Resurrection, and Crash and Burn...
(2000) and One of the Hollywood Ten
One of the Hollywood Ten
One of the Hollywood Ten is a Spanish and British bio-picture. The film was written and directed by Karl Francis.The drama focuses on screenwriter/director Herbert Biberman and his efforts to make, what would become the historic political film, Salt of the Earth , produced without studio backing...
(2000), American Psycho 2: All American Girl (2002) and Cube 2: Hypercube
Cube 2: Hypercube
Cube 2: Hypercube is a 2003 Canadian psychological thriller/horror film film and the sequel to the psychological thriller/horror film Cube. Released in 2002, Cube 2: Hypercube had a bigger budget than its predecessor, and a new director, Andrzej Sekuła...
(2002) as well as appearing in The Wild Dogs
The Wild Dogs
- Plot :Set in the city of Bucharest, Romania, the action is confined to a week in the life of the various characters. Alberta Watson plays the bored wife of a diplomat. Director and screenwriter Thom Fitzgerald plays a Canadian pornographer...
(Best Canadian Feature - Atlantic Film Festival 2002). In 2002, Geraint also appeared in Trudeau, a two-part movie for Canadian television and 2004 brought Some Things That Stay. In 2007, Geraint appeared in a cameo in Nancy Drew and filmed a made-for-TV movie titled Post Mortem for Lifetime.
Filmography
- Pavane (2008) - Phil
- I Know What I Saw (2007) - Detective Morgan
- Some Things That Stay (2004) - Mr. Murphy
- The Wild DogsThe Wild Dogs- Plot :Set in the city of Bucharest, Romania, the action is confined to a week in the life of the various characters. Alberta Watson plays the bored wife of a diplomat. Director and screenwriter Thom Fitzgerald plays a Canadian pornographer...
(2002) - Colin - Cube 2: HypercubeCube 2: HypercubeCube 2: Hypercube is a 2003 Canadian psychological thriller/horror film film and the sequel to the psychological thriller/horror film Cube. Released in 2002, Cube 2: Hypercube had a bigger budget than its predecessor, and a new director, Andrzej Sekuła...
(2002) - Simon Grady - American Psycho II: All American Girl (2002) - Daniels
- TrudeauTrudeau (film)Trudeau is a 2002 television miniseries dramatizing the life of former Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. It aired on CBC Television and was written by Wayne Grigsby and directed by Jerry Ciccoritti....
(2002) - Premier William G. Davis - One of the Hollywood TenOne of the Hollywood TenOne of the Hollywood Ten is a Spanish and British bio-picture. The film was written and directed by Karl Francis.The drama focuses on screenwriter/director Herbert Biberman and his efforts to make, what would become the historic political film, Salt of the Earth , produced without studio backing...
(2000) - Michael Wilson - Trilogy of Terror IITrilogy of Terror IITrilogy of Terror II is a 1996 theatrical sequel to the 1975 television film, Trilogy of Terror. The film follows the formula of the original, with one female lead playing parts in each of three segments...
(1996) - Ben - The Conspiracy of Fear (1996) - Timothy Straker
- Dancing in the Dark (1995) - Dr. Lambert
- Ghost Mom (1993) - Martin Mallory
- Other Women's Children (1993) - Matt Stewart
- Hush Little Baby (1993) - Dr.Martin Nolan
- Terror Stalks the Class Reunion (1992) - Anton/Tony
- Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989) - Allan Devlin
- The Taming of the Shrew (1988) - Hortensio
- Daughters of the Country (1987) - Angus
- Learning to Fly (1986) - Young pilot
- The Boys from Syracuse (1986) - Antipholus of Syracuse
- A Paid Vacation (1979) - Rick Jarrell
- D.O.A. (1978) - Jon
- Deadly Harvest (1977) - Michael Franklin
Television
Geraint has been very busy on television. He was a regular in the cast of To Serve and Protect, The Judge and in the final season of AirwolfAirwolf
Airwolf is an American television series that ran from 1984 until 1987. The program centers on a high-tech military helicopter, code named Airwolf, and its crew as they undertake various missions, many involving espionage, with a Cold War theme....
(with Barry Van Dyke and Michele Scarabelli). He played vampire roles twice - as Klaus in Dracula; The Series and as Nick Knight in Forever Knight
Forever Knight
Forever Knight was a Canadian television series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern day Toronto. Wracked with guilt for centuries of killing others, he seeks redemption by working as a homicide detective on the night shift while struggling to find a...
(probably his most recognized role).
Since Forever Knight Geraint has appeared in several series. He travelled to Nova Scotia to star in the critically acclaimed series, Black Harbour, and journeyed from space as the evil alien "Zin" in the sci-fi series, Tracker. He appeared as "Nathanson" in the fifth season of 24
24 (TV series)
24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...
, and most recently appears in the Canadian sci-fi shows Regenesis (seasons 3 & 4) and The Murdoch Mysteries (two episodes as Arthur Conan Doyle).
He has guest starred in episodes of The Littlest Hobo
The Littlest Hobo
The Littlest Hobo is a Canadian television series based upon a 1958 American film of the same name directed by Charles R. Rondeau. The series first aired from 1963 to 1965 in syndication, and was revived for a popular second run on CTV from October 11, 1979 to March 7, 1985.All three productions...
, Katts and Dog
Katts and Dog
Katts and Dog is a French and Canadian-produced television series which ran from 1988 to 1993. It was known as Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop in the United States where it originally aired on CBN Cable/The Family Channel and Rintintin Junior in France...
, Highlander: The Series
Highlander: The Series
Highlander: The Series is a fantasy-adventure television series featuring Duncan MacLeod of the Scottish Clan MacLeod, as the Highlander. It was an offshoot and another alternate sequel of the 1986 feature film with a twist: Connor MacLeod did not win the prize and Immortals still exist post-1985...
, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues is a spin-off of the 1972-1975 television series Kung Fu. David Carradine and Chris Potter starred as a father and son trained in kung fu - Carradine playing a Shaolin monk, Potter a police detective. This series aired in syndication for four seasons, from January 27,...
, The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)
The Outer Limits is an American television series that originally aired on Showtime,the Sci Fi Channel and in syndication between 1995 and 2002...
, RoboCop: The Series
RoboCop: The Series
RoboCop: The Series is a 1994 television series based on the film of the same name. It stars Richard Eden as the title character. Made to appeal primarily to children and young teenagers, it lacks the graphic violence that was the hallmark of RoboCop and RoboCop 2...
, The Hidden Room, Matrix, Diamonds
Diamonds (TV series)
Diamonds is a Canadian television series, which aired from 1987 to 1989. The show starred Nicholas Campbell as Mike Devitt and Peggy Smithhart as Christina Towne, a divorced couple who continued to work together as private investigators...
, Sweating Bullets
Sweating Bullets
Sweating Bullets may refer to:*"Sweating Bullets" , by Megadeth from their 1992 album Countdown to Extinction*"Sweatin Bullets", a song by Brand Nubian from their 1994 album Everything is Everything...
, 1-800-Missing
1-800-Missing
Missing is a Canadian-American crime drama television series based on the 1-800-WHERE-R-YOU book series by Meg Cabot...
, and many more.
TV
- Murdoch MysteriesMurdoch MysteriesMurdoch Mysteries is a Canadian drama television series that airs on Citytv, featuring Yannick Bisson as William Murdoch, a police detective working in Toronto, Ontario in the 1890s. The television series is based on the Detective Murdoch series of novels by Maureen Jennings. The fifth season was...
(2008) as Arthur Conan Doyle (2 episodes) - ReGenesisReGenesisReGenesis is a Canadian television program produced by The Movie Network and Movie Central in conjunction with Shaftesbury Films. The series, which ran for four seasons, revolves around the scientists of NorBAC , a fictional organization with a lab based in Toronto...
(2007–2008) as Carleton Riddlemeyer (18 episodes) - 2424 (TV series)24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...
(2006) as James Nathanson (6 episodes) - Slings and ArrowsSlings and ArrowsSlings and Arrows is a Canadian TV series set at the fictional New Burbage Festival, a Shakespearean festival similar to the real-world Stratford Festival...
(2005) as Henry Breedlove (5 episodes) - TrackerTracker (TV series)Tracker is a 2001 Canadian science fiction television series starring Adrian Paul and Amy Price-Francis. The series is based on a short story by Gil Grant and Jeannine Renshaw...
(2001–2002) as Zin (12 episodes) - The Outer LimitsThe Outer Limits (1995 TV series)The Outer Limits is an American television series that originally aired on Showtime,the Sci Fi Channel and in syndication between 1995 and 2002...
(1996–2001) as David / Sheriff Grady Markham (2 episodes) - Black HarbourBlack HarbourBlack Harbour is a Canadian television series, which ran on CBC Television from 1996 to 1999.The show starred Rebecca Jenkins as Katherine Hubbard, a successful restaurant owner who returned to live in her Nova Scotia hometown to be with her mother who had suffered a heart attack. Her husband...
(1996–1999) as Nick Haskell (34 episodes) - Forever KnightForever KnightForever Knight was a Canadian television series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern day Toronto. Wracked with guilt for centuries of killing others, he seeks redemption by working as a homicide detective on the night shift while struggling to find a...
(1992–1996) as Det. Nicholas 'Nick' Knight / Nicholas de Brabant (70 episodes) - Dracula: The SeriesDracula: The SeriesDracula: The Series was a short-lived syndicated series about Count Dracula and his struggles with Gustav Van Helsing, as well as Gustav's young nephews — Maximilian and Christopher Townsend. They were also aided by a schoolgirl, Sophie Metternich...
(1990–1991) as Klaus Helsing (5 episodes) - AirwolfAirwolfAirwolf is an American television series that ran from 1984 until 1987. The program centers on a high-tech military helicopter, code named Airwolf, and its crew as they undertake various missions, many involving espionage, with a Cold War theme....
(1987) as Major Mike Rivers (24 episodes) - The JudgeThe Judge (TV series)The Judge was a syndicated television drama that ran from 1986 to 1992. The series chronicled the family court cases heard by Judge Robert J. Franklin, played by Bob Shield, who died in late 1996....
(1986) as Allan Pearson (6 episodes) - The Littlest HoboThe Littlest HoboThe Littlest Hobo is a Canadian television series based upon a 1958 American film of the same name directed by Charles R. Rondeau. The series first aired from 1963 to 1965 in syndication, and was revived for a popular second run on CTV from October 11, 1979 to March 7, 1985.All three productions...
(1982–1983) as Adam Coulter / David Barrington (3 episodes) - Hangin' InHangin' InHangin' In is a Canadian television sitcom which aired on CBC from 1981 to 1987. It also aired briefly in syndication in the United States. Canadian producer Jack Humphrey developed Hangin' In and served as executive producer for the show.-Synopsis:...
(1982) as Drake / Jonathan (2 episodes)
Directing
Geraint has directed many episodes of Forever Knight, Black Harbour, Pit Pony, Power Play and North of 60.In June 2000 he took on the challenge of directing Oliver Mayer's Joy of the Desolate in Highland Park, IL. A "back-burner" project for Geraint is Horatio Salt, a collection of four short films that he is producing and directing.
Music
Geraint's musical talent was first brought to prominence on Forever Knight, where he played the piano in the loft and co-wrote a song for the "Baby Baby" episode. As a result he was featured in one of the selections on the first Forever Knight CD.He has appeared in several musicals in his career, most notably as Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady in Stratford, Ontario.
He is a self-taught musician who produced a CD of his own works Bar Talk , which is sold through his fan club with the proceeds going to a variety of charities such as Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, Children's Hospital Foundation in Washington D.C., the Atlantic Theatre Festival of Wolfville and The Stratford Festival's Shakespeare School (Stratford, Ontario).
Personal life
Geraint Wyn Davies was married to Canadian artist Alana Guinn from 1985 to 2006; with whom he has two children, daughter Pyper and son Galen.For several years he has been involved with actress Claire Lautier, and they are currently living together, according to her bio on the International Movie Database.
Citizenship
On 13 June 2006 Davies became an American citizen, having been sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader GinsburgRuth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Ginsburg was appointed by President Bill Clinton and took the oath of office on August 10, 1993. She is the second female justice and the first Jewish female justice.She is generally viewed as belonging to...
. Davies said of the experience: "It was wonderful."