Geraint Wyn Davies (, 20 April 1957) is a Welsh-American stage, film and television actor-director. Educated in Canada, he has worked in the

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and the

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. His most famous role as the vampire-turned police detective Nick Knight in the Canadian television series ''

Forever Knight ''Forever Knight'' is a Canadian television series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern-day Toronto, Ontario. Wracked with guilt for centuries of killing others, he seeks redemption by working as a ho ...

''.

Early life and training

Geraint Wyn Davies was born on 20 April 1957 in

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, Wales, the son of a Congregationalist Christian preacher and a school teacher. At the age of 7 he moved with his family from

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to Canada, where he attended

Upper Canada College Upper Canada College (UCC) is an elite, all-boys, private school in Toronto, Ontario, operating under the International Baccalaureate program. The college is widely described as the country's most prestigious preparatory school, and has produce ...

. He first acted at age 12, appearing in a school production of ''

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''. He went on to study at the

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, where he studied economics before

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to pursue an acting career. His professional stage debut was in 1976 in Quebec City, when at 19 he appeared in ''

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'', '' Red Emma'', and ''

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''.

Stage career

Davies moved from Quebec to London's Centre Stage theatre company, and later played the lead in ''The Last Englishman'' with the British Actors Theatre Company. He spent two seasons with Theatr Clwyd, touring Britain in ''Enemy of the People'' and ''

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'' (for which he received the Regional Theatre Best Actor award), and a season with the Chichester Festival, in ''

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''. In Canada, he appeared over several seasons with the

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and

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. He gained a reputation for his performances in ''The Music Cure'', ''Candida'', '' Cyrano de Bergereac'', ''The Vortex'', ''Goodnight Disgrace'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. He sang his way through the Rodgers and Hart musical ''

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''. Other performances include ''My Fat Friend'' in Los Angeles and ''

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'' with Patrick Macnee in Toronto. In 2004, he appeared in

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in the title roles of ''

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'' . In April 1996, Davies appeared as Petruchio in Shakespeare's ''

The Taming of The Shrew ''The Taming of the Shrew'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken ...

'', 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, he appeared in the Moises Kaufmann production ''Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde'' at the

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in Los Angeles. ''Gross Indecency'' earned the Garland Award for "Best Ensemble Cast from Backstage West" that year. In August 1999, Davies starred in

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's one-man show ''An Evening with Dylan Thomas'' at the Atlantic Theatre Festival in

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, Canada. The following summer he returned to the Atlantic Theatre Festival in Pownall's ''Dylan Thomas and Shakespeare: In the Envy of Some Greatness''. August 2001 saw the completion of Pownall's Dylan Thomas trilogy with ''Stranger in Paradise''. In mid-2002, he returned to the Stratford Festival Theatre's main stage in ''

My Fair Lady ''My Fair Lady'' is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play ''Pygmalion'', with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons f ...

'', as Henry Higgins, a role he alternated with

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. He reprised the role of

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at the Festival's Studio Theatre, and returned to the Atlantic Theatre Festival in August 2003 to perform ''

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'' (a one-act play by

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). The evening was topped off by a presentation of ''The Sermon'' by

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. 2004 saw Davies appear at the Lincoln in New York as Edmund to

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's ''

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''. In the summer of 2004, he starred in the title role of ''Cyrano'' in Barry Kornhauser's adaptation of ''

'' at The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C., for which he won the

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Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Resident Play. The next year, in 2005, he was Dylan Thomas for seven weeks in ''Do Not Go Gentle'' at the Arclight Theatre in New York City. While there, he did a reading of

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's letters at the New York Public Library, and performed in a reading of

's ''Days Without End''. In September 2005, 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

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entitled ''H6R3'', which blends Shakespeare's plays '' Henry VI'' and ''

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''. In 2006, he returned to The Shakespeare Theatre in

to perform Don Armado in Michael Kahn's 1960s version of Shakespeare's ''

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''. Following the American run, the play moved to the

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in the UK 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 participated in a reading of ''London Assurance'' by

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. Early in 2007, Davies headlined as ''Richard III'' by Shakespeare at The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. He, along with friend

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, opened Toronto's CanStage production of ''The Elephant Man'' in mid-October. In 2008, he returned to Ontario's Stratford Festival to appear in ''Hamlet'' (as Polonius) and ''Fuente Ovejuna'' (as the King). He followed the Stratford season playing the Duke at the Red Bull Theater (NYC) production of ''Women Beware Women''. He returned to Stratford in 2009, playing Duncan in ''

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'', Caesar in ''

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'' and Bottom in ''A Midsummer Night’s Dream''. For the 2010 Stratford Festival season, he portrayed King Arthur in ''

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'' and Falstaff in ''

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''. The 2011 season featured him again in a singing role as King Arthur. For the Stratford Festival's 60th season in 2013, Davies portrayed Duke Vincentio in ''

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'' and the Earl of Leicester in '' Mary Stuart''. The following year, he continued at the Stratford Festival, portraying Antony in ''

Antony & Cleopatra ''Antony and Cleopatra'' (First Folio title: ''The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The play was first performed, by the King's Men, at either the Blackfriars Theatre or the Globe Theatre in around ...

'' and the Cook in ''

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''. For the 2015 season, he portrayed Claudius in ''Hamlet'', and Johann Wilhelm Mobius in ''

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''. He played Prospero in The Tempest in the 2014-2015 season of The Shakespeare Theatre of Washington, D.C. He has voiced two audio books, ''Great American Suspense: Five Unabridged Classics'' and ''Great Classic Hauntings: Six Unabridged Stories''.

Filmography

Davies made his film debut in ''Deadly Harvest'' in 1977, and has since appeared in many films, among them '' RoboCop: Prime Directives'' (2000). In 2007 he appeared in a cameo in ''Nancy Drew'' and filmed a made-for-TV movie, ''Post Mortem'' for

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. *'' Deadly Harvest'' (1977) - Michael Franklin *''D.O.A.'' (1978) - Jon *''A Paid Vacation'' (1979) - Rick Jarrell *''The Boys from Syracuse'' (1986) - Antipholus of Syracuse *''Learning to Fly'' (1986) - Young pilot *''Daughters of the Country'' (1987) - Angus *''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1988) - Hortensio *'' Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman'' (1989) - Allan Devlin *' (1992) - Anton/Tony *''Hush Little Baby'' (1993) - Dr. Martin Nolan *''Other Women's Children'' (1993) - Matt Stewart *''Ghost Mom'' (1993) - Martin Mallory *'' Dancing in the Dark'' (1995) - Dr. Lambert *''The Conspiracy of Fear'' (1996) - Timothy Straker *''

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'' (1996) - Ben *''

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'' (2000) - Michael Wilson *'' Trudeau'' (2002) - Premier William G. Davis *''

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'' (2002) - Daniels *'' Cube 2: Hypercube'' (2002) - Simon Grady *''

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'' (2002) - Colin *''Some Things That Stay'' (2004) - Mr. Murphy *''I Know What I Saw'' (2007) - Detective Morgan *''Pavane'' (2008) - Phil * ''

Antony and Cleopatra ''Antony and Cleopatra'' (First Folio title: ''The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The play was first performed, by the King's Men, at either the Blackfriars Theatre or the Globe Theatre in around ...

'' (2015) — Antony

Television

Davies was a regular in the cast of ''To Serve and Protect''. Since ''Forever Knight'' he has appeared in several series. He has guest-starred in episodes of ''

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'', '' Highlander: The Series'', '' Kung Fu: The Legend Continues'', '' The Outer Limits'', '' RoboCop: The Series'', ''

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'', '' Sweating Bullets'', ''

1-800-Missing ''Missing'' (originally titled ''1-800-Missing'') is a Canadian crime drama television series based on the ''1-800-WHERE-R-YOU'' book series by Meg Cabot. The series aired on the A network and W Network in Canada, and on Lifetime in the United ...

'', among others. *''

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'' (1982) as Drake/Jonathan (2 episodes) *''

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'' (1982–83) as Adam Coulter/David Barrington (3 episodes) *'' The Judge'' (1986) as Allan Pearson (6 episodes) *''

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'' (1987) as Major Mike Rivers (24 episodes) *'' Dracula: The Series'' (1990–91) as Klaus Helsing (5 episodes) *''

'' (1992–96) as Det. Nicholas 'Nick' Knight/Nicholas de Brabant (70 episodes) *''

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'' (1994) as Martin (episode: "Provision 22") *''

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'' (1996–99) as Nick Haskell (34 episodes) *'' The Outer Limits'' (1996–2001) as David / Sheriff Grady Markham (2 episodes) *'' Robocop: Prime Directives'' (2001) (TV Mini-Series) as Dr. David Kaydick (episode 1 - "Dark Justice") *'' Robocop: Prime Directives'' (2001) (TV Mini-Series) as Dr. David Kaydick (episode 2 - "Meltdown") *'' Robocop: Prime Directives'' (2001) (TV Mini-Series) as Dr. David Kaydick (episode 3 - "Resurrection") *'' Robocop: Prime Directives'' (2001) (TV Mini-Series) as Dr. David Kaydick (episode 4 - "Crash and Burn") *'' Tracker'' (2001–2002) as Zin (12 episodes) *''

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'' (2005) as Henry Breedlove (5 episodes) *'' 24'' (2006) as James Nathanson (6 episodes) *''

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'' (2007–2008) as Carleton Riddlemeyer (18 episodes) *''

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'' (2008 & 2013) as Sir

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'' (2021) as Ned Drake (one episode)

Directing

Davies has directed several episodes of ''Forever Knight'', ''Black Harbour'', ''Pit Pony'', ''Power Play'' and ''North of 60''.Geraint Wyn Davies profile
imdb.com; accessed 9 December 2015.
filmreference.com; accessed 9 December 2015.

Music

In ''Forever Knight'', Wyn Davies played the piano in the loft and co-wrote a song for the "Baby Baby" episode; he was featured in one of the selections on the first ''Forever Knight'' CD. He has appeared in several musicals, notably as Henry Higgins in ''My Fair Lady'' in

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. Wyn Davies 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

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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

Wyn Davies was married to Canadian artist Alana Guinn from 1985 to 2006. They have two children, daughter Pyper and son Galen. On 13 June 2006, Wyn Davies became an American citizen, having been sworn in by Supreme Court Justice

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.Horwitz, Jane. "This Winter, No Discontent As Richard III", ''

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'', 31 January 2007.Report of actor's naturalization as citizen of the United States
washingtonpost.com; accessed 9 December 2015. In August 2011, he married actress Claire Lautier.

References

External links

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