Garnon Davies
{{Short description|Welsh actor (born 1982)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Garnon Davies
| image = Garnon Davies.jpg
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| caption = Garnon Davies at the 2010 Inside Soap Awards
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|12|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = Pyle, Bridgend, Wales
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 2007–
}}
Garnon Davies is a Welsh actor, best known for his television appearances.
Career
Davies was born in Pyle, near Bridgend, South Wales,{{cite news|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/11/14/there-was-a-lot-of-physical-bullying-and-then-the-name-calling-91466-22253773/|title=There was a lot of physical bullying – and then the name calling |last=Aplin|first=Matt |date=14 November 2008|work=Western Mail|access-date=30 November 2011}} on 16 December 1982.{{cn|date=January 2025}} He attended Ysgol Y ferch O'r Sger primary school and then went on to Welsh-speaking secondary school Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari. After a few years at that school he went on to study for his GCSEs and A-levels in Porthcawl Comprehensive School.
On leaving Porthcawl Comprehensive Davies attended the prestigious Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in Kensington, London where he trained as an actor for 3 years. Since leaving he has played many roles on TV and in theatre but is mostly known for his work in Channel 4's Hollyoaks where he played Elliot Bevan. Since leaving Channel 4's Hollyoaks, Davies has gone on to appearing in stage and screen productions. Working in Wales and on shows such as Doctors, Da Vinci's Demons and Holby City.{{cite news|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/11/07/leaving-soap-is-no-geek-tragedy-fo-garnon-91466-27614085/|title=Leaving soap is no geek tragedy for Garnon|last=Ensor|first=Josie |date=7 November 2010|work=Western Mail|access-date=30 November 2011}}
Garnon is an avid collector of antique chairs and has over 300 pieces.
In 2008, he participated in a campaign held by the Anti-Bullying Alliance.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7727018.stm|title=Swimming champ beat the bullies |date=17 November 2008|work=BBC News|access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/soaps/hollyoaks/news/hollyoaks-elliot-bullying-in-schools-must-stop/4395|title=Hollyoaks' Elliot: 'Bullying in schools must stop'|date=13 November 2008|work=What's on TV|access-date=30 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109180245/http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/soaps/hollyoaks/news/hollyoaks-elliot-bullying-in-schools-must-stop/4395 |archive-date=9 January 2009}}
In 2014, Davies took the role of Charlie in an Afternoon Drama, titled Atlas, on BBC Radio 4. The episode was broadcast on 15 December 2014.{{cite web |title=Afternoon Drama: Atlas |url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/proginfo/2014/50/afternoon-drama-atlas |website=BBC Online |access-date=14 October 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Gilbert |first1=Gerard |title=Television & radio |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent/111465972/ |website=The Independent |access-date=14 October 2023 |pages=41 |date=15 December 2014|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| scope="row"| 2007–2010
| Regular role |
| scope="row"| 2008, 2010
| Elliot Bevan | Regular role |
| scope="row"| 2011
| Doctors | Philip Dudley | Guest role |
| scope="row"| 2013
| Laley | Guest role |
| scope="row"| 2013
| Adam Buchanan | Recurring |
| scope="row"| 2016
| Stella | Alan | Guest role |
Personal life
In 2008, Davies revealed in an interview with Laura-Jayne Tyler from Inside Soap that he is gay.{{cite magazine |last1=Tyler |first1=Laura-Jayne |title=Beauty and the geek |magazine=Inside Soap |date=26 July – 1 August 2008 |issue=30 |page=33}}{{cite web |title=Garnon Davies' kiss nerves |url=https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/tv/Hollyoaks-52326.html |website=Female First |access-date=13 October 2023 |date=23 July 2008}}
Davies has been working at drama school Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts since 2019 where he teaches acting and musical theatre.{{cite web |title=Faculty |url=https://www.italiaconti.com/about-us/board-of-governors/faculty/ |website=Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts|access-date=14 October 2023 |date=12 July 2022}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|2834949}}
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Category:Welsh male television actors
Category:Welsh male stage actors
Category:People educated at Porthcawl Comprehensive School
Category:People educated at Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari
Category:Welsh-speaking actors
Category:British male television actors
Category:21st-century Welsh LGBTQ people
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