Dave Davis (actor)

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1989}}

| birth_place = Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.

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| education = Tulane University (BFA)

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Dave Davis (born 1989) is an American actor based in Los Angeles and New Orleans. He is best known for his role in the 2019 horror film The Vigil.

Early life and education

Davis was born on June 7, 1989 in Princeton, New Jersey, into a Jewish family. He grew up in New Orleans. Davis graduated from the Lawrenceville School in 2007, and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre from Tulane University in 2011.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2011/05/tulane_university_awards_nearl.html |title=Tulane University awards nearly 2,300 degrees today |publisher=NOLA.com |date=May 12, 2011 |access-date=November 18, 2013}} In fulfillment of his thesis, he starred in Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth.

Career

Davis spent five years with the New Orleans Shakespeare Festival, culminating with the critically acclaimed role of Hamlet in 2012.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.nola.com/arts/index.ssf/2012/06/summer_action_hero_tulane_shak.html |title=Summer action hero? Tulane Shakespeare Fest opens with a Hamlet out for revenge |publisher=NOLA.com |date=June 28, 2012 |access-date=November 18, 2013}} Davis then transitioned into screen acting. Based out of New Orleans, Davis starred in many original films for MTV and Syfy, including Ghost Shark, Leprechaun's Revenge, Ozark Sharks, and several others. Notably, he guest starred in True Detective and The Walking Dead, and acted in The Big Short and Logan.

Davis won the Special Jury Prize for Performance at the 2017 Nashville Film Festival for his lead role in the independent film Bomb City.{{cite web |url=https://nashvillefilmfestival.org/news/nashville-film-festival-announces-2017-feature-award-winners/ |title=Nashville Film Festival Announces: 2017 Feature Award Winners |access-date=May 10, 2017 |archive-date=June 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616205326/https://nashvillefilmfestival.org/news/nashville-film-festival-announces-2017-feature-award-winners/ |url-status=dead }} In 2019, Davis starred in the horror film The Vigil, in which he plays a man tasked with watching over a deceased member of an Orthodox Jewish community.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/vigil-review-1239097|title='The Vigil': Film Review {{!}} TIFF 2019|last=Mintzer|first=Jordan|date=September 12, 2019|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=July 8, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/09/the-vigil-review-tiff-1202172902/|title='The Vigil' Review: 'The Conjuring' With an Orthodox Jewish Twist That Could Birth a Franchise|last=Kohn|first=Eric|date=September 12, 2019|website=IndieWire|access-date=July 8, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/3583655/tiff-review-vigil-introduces-new-kind-jewish-horror/|title=[TIFF Review] 'The Vigil' Introduces a New Kind of Jewish Horror|last=Lipsett|first=Joe|date=September 13, 2019|website=Bloody Disgusting|access-date=July 8, 2020}}

Davis was a member of the comedy group Bare Handed Bear Handlers, releasing a web miniseries, short films, and a number of music videos.{{cite web |author= |url=https://soundcloud.com/barehandedbearhandlers |title=Bare Handed Bear Handlers's sounds on SoundCloud – Hear the world's sounds |publisher=Soundcloud.com |date= |access-date=November 18, 2013 |archive-date=May 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508115226/https://soundcloud.com/barehandedbearhandlers |url-status=dead }}