Matthew Lloyd Davies

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| name = Matthew Lloyd Davies

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| nationality = British

| alma_mater = Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

| occupation = Theatre and voice actor

| awards = {{Bulleted list

| 2018 Audie Award for Humor - Carpet Diem: Or...How to Save the World by Accident {{Cite news |title='Lincoln in the Bardo' Wins Top Honor at 23rd Annual Audie Awards |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/audio-books/article/77159-lincoln-in-the-bardo-wins-top-honor-at-23rd-annual-audie-awards.html |last=Coreno |first=Annie |date=2018-06-04 |access-date=2023-06-19 |work=Publishers Weekly}}

| 2022 Audie Award for Fiction (jointly) - The Final Revival of Opal and Nev {{Cite web |url=https://www.audiopub.org/2022audieawards |title=2022 AUDIE AWARDS |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=Audio Publishers Association }}

| 2022 AudioFile Best of the Year Award for Mystery and Suspense - A Spy's Life

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| Forget Me Not Lane as Frank's younger self (1990) {{Cite magazine |title=Review - Forget Me Not Lane |date=1990-04-19 |magazine=The Stage |page=11}}

| Cider With Rosie as Laurie Lee's younger self (1991){{Cite news |title=Last night's review - Cider with Rosie |last=Macdonald |first=Keith |date=1991-08-14 |work=Manchester Evening News}}

| Black Chiffon as Roy {{Cite magazine |title=Black Chiffon |date=1996-02-29 |magazine=The Stage |page=13}}

| The Importance of Being Earnest as Algernon (1997){{Cite magazine |title=Review - The Importance of Being Earnest |date=1997-05-29 |magazine=The Stage |page=13}}

| Dracula as Jack Seward (2000) {{Cite news |title=Vampire with a Nazi bite |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2000/dec/19/theatre.artsfeatures |last=Hopkin |first=James |date=2000-12-18 |access-date=2023-06-19 |work=The Guardian}}

| A Spy's Life (Audiobook narrator) {{Cite web |url=https://lithub.com/a-spys-life-by-henry-porter-read-by-matthew-lloyd-davies/ |title=A Spy's Life by Henry Porter, Read by Matthew Lloyd Davies |date=2022-07-18 |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=Literary Hub }}

|The Madness of King George as Papendiek {{Cite web |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb434be44 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629104113/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb434be44 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 29, 2018 |title=Filmography |date= |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=British Film Institute }}

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| website = {{URL|https://www.matthewlloyddavies.com/|official website}}

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Matthew Lloyd Davies is a British theatre and voice actor. Trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School; Lloyd Davies has appeared in theatrical productions directed by Terry Hands, Jonathan Holloway, and Nicholas Hytner; and narrated audiobooks by Henry Porter and Dawnie Walton. He won the Audio Publishers Association 2018 Audie Award for Humour and jointly won the 2022 Audie Award for Fiction.{{Cite web |url=https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/narrators/matthew-lloyd-davies/ |title=Narrator profile - Matthew Lloyd Davies |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=AudioFile }}

Career

=Theatre=

In 1990, Lloyd Davies played Frank's younger self in Peter Nichols' autobiographical Forget Me Not Lane. And the following year, he played Laurie Lee's younger self in a stage adaptation of Lee's non-fiction novel Cider With Rosie.

Matthew Lloyd Davies featured in a production of "Black Chiffon" by Lesley Storm at the Richmond Theatre, and tour. In the play, he portrayed the character of Roy, son to characters Alicia and Robert Christie, and brother to Thea. The narrative focuses on the upcoming wedding of Roy to his fiancée, Louise. The family dynamics and tensions between father and son become a significant part of the storyline, especially after Alicia, Roy's mother, is arrested for shoplifting.{{Cite news |title=A family on the brink of crisis |last=Taylor |first=Helen |date=1996-03-08 |work=Richmond and Twickenham Times}}

In 1997 Lloyd Davies played Algernon in Terry Hands' version of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. Lloyd Davies' depiction of Algernon infused the character with his own interpretation. His portrayal of the character was recognised for its energy and enthusiasm. Hands' production ran at the Old Vic in London before moving to Toronto's Princess of Wales Theater.{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/1997/legit/reviews/the-importance-of-being-earnest-5-1200451338/ |title=The Importance of Being Earnest |date=1997-10-20 |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=Variety |last=Friedlander |first=Mira }}

In 2000, Lloyd Davies played Jack Seward in Jonathan Holloway's reworking of Bram Stoker's Dracula.

=Audiobooks=

Lloyd Davies transitioned into audiobook narration to his career after he responded to a publisher's advertisement in The Stage and Television Today seeking narrators with a demo tape.{{Cite magazine |title=Talking with Matthew Lloyd Davies |date=2020-10-01 |magazine=AudioFile |url=https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/narrators/matthew-lloyd-davies/ |access-date=2023-06-19 |location=Portland, Maine}}

==A Spy's Life==

Lloyd Davies, performed the audiobook version of Henry Porter's novel, gaining a ‘best of the year 2022’ award from Audiofile magazine The story centred on Robert Harland, an ex-British spy who works for the UN Secretary-General. Following a plane crash, Harland is once again involved in intelligence activities.

Other theatre work

Lloyd Davies has also appeared several times at The National Theatre.

class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" \|+ ! colspan="4" \| Other theatre work
Play Title ! Year of Release ! Actor ! Film Adaptation
Three Days In The Country \| 2015 \| \|
A Small Family Business \| 2014 \| \|
Great Britain \| 2014 \| \|
The Madness of George III \| 1991 \| Lloyd Davies (reprised as Papendiek) \| The Madness of King George (1994)

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! colspan="4" | Other theatre work

Play Title

! Year of Release

! Actor

! Film Adaptation

Three Days In The Country

| 2015

A Small Family Business

| 2014

Great Britain

| 2014

The Madness of George III

| 1991

| Lloyd Davies (reprised as Papendiek)

| The Madness of King George (1994)

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

1999

|Playing the Field (TV Series)

|Mr Crowther

1999

|Wives and Daughters (TV Series)

|Mr Roscoe

1998

|A Rather English Marriage (Film)

|Chaggers

1996

|Over Here (TV Series)

|Jarvis

1995

|My Good Friend (TV Series)

|Tim

1995

|The Madness of King George

|Arthur Papandiek{{Cite web |url=https://catalogue.nationaltheatre.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Performance&id=1239 |title=National Theatre Archive for The Madness of King George |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=National Theatre Live }}

Awards

2018 Audie Award for Humour - Carpet Diem: Or...How to Save the World by Accident
2022 Audie Award for Fiction - The Final Revival of Opal and Nev
2022 AudioFile Best of the Year Award for Mystery and Suspense - A Spy's Life

References

External links

Category:Living people

Category:British voice actors

Category:British actors

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)