The English actor Phil Davis had a chance to play in the television and movies "Poldark", "Whitechapel", "Be a Man", and the multi-part project "Sherlock". The role of Chalki with the picture "Quadrofenia" brought fame. Also, the artist is known as the director of "Identity Card", "Real Woman" and screenwriter.
All the works of Philip "Phil" Davis are distinguished by the organic and vibrant performance.
The biography of the future star began in 1953. The baby was born in Grace on July 30. My father worked at the Procter & Gamble soap factory. The boy’s mom worked as a manager of a hospital cafeteria. The family soon moved to Tarrok, where Phil grew up.
The road to cinema
The child first demonstrated his artistic abilities at the age of eight. Then he became interested in theater. Phil studied at the school of South Oakedon, where he participated in all productions. He became a member of the National Youth Theater and Joan Littlewood Theater Studio.
The film debut was the work in the film "Canterbury Tales." The role was small, but the directors still paid attention to the artist. Successful was the work in “Quadrofenia” in 1979. The aspiring actor got the character of Chalki's fashion, a representative of the British youth subculture of the late fifties and a friend of the protagonist.
The film takes place in 1965. Jim spends days without worries. The guy works as a courier in an advertising company, often hanging out with friends. He meets years later with a childhood friend, Kevin, who became a rocker.
A group of mods in Brighton ran into rockers. The result of mass cancers was the arrest of all its participants. Released, Jimmy returned home, but became depressed. Parents are angry with their son for using amphetamine, evidence they found in his room. The mod resigned from work, got hooked on psychostimulants.
Upon learning that his girlfriend preferred his friend to him, Jim was furious. He does not make out roads and gets under the car. As a result, the guy himself escaped with a slight fright, and his scooter was seriously injured. Jim decided to return to Brighton, where he was happy with Stef.
Wandering the streets of the city, the young man meets the leader of the mod group, his idol Ace Face. The fan is completely disappointed in him after the news that he is working as a messenger in a city hotel. Jim on a scooter stolen from an ex-idol arrives on the coast, where he crashes vehicles.
New roles
In the film project "Bounty" in 1984, he played the role of Edward Young, the midshipman. The game of Davis so shocked the performer of the protagonist, the famous actor Daniel Day-Lewis, that he called the work of a colleague a real inspiration.
In the project "Firma" 1988, the artist was played by Yeti. The picture tells about the events before the European Football Championship. In England, the leader of the West Ham United club group decides to unite all the fans in one team to act as a united front at the upcoming grand event. However, this decision is not made by other leaders. Their actions on the “threat” are quite predictable.
The main character Cyril Bender was the actor in the film "High Expectations." According to the plot, he is a hippie. Cyril, living with a friend of Shirley in an abandoned house, works as a courier. The girl is in love with a guy, dreams of a real relationship between them. Valerie, the hippie sister, decided to celebrate the anniversary of her mother, suffering from memory loss. Cyril himself is gradually becoming disillusioned with his own attitude. He refuses Shirley, fearing responsibility, and all conflicts of interest make up the main storyline of the project.
In 1989, the actor played the main character of the film "Howl 5: Revival". He reincarnated as Count Istvan. In 1997, he played Roy in the project “With fairies - jokes are bad”, and in 2004 became the film spouse of the main character of the film “Vera Drake”.
Plans and their implementation
He took part in the filming of Casanova, The Scandalous Diary, Cassandra’s Dream, Another Year and Mr. Holmes. He also starred in many television films. In the mini-series Cold House, Smallvid became his hero.
In the first episode of the Sherlock telenovela, titled Etude in Pink, he reincarnated as a taxi driver Jefferson Hope. An artist for the TV series Poldark transformed into the evil servant of Jude Painter. In the crime drama "Black Job", he played detective inspector Tom Piper.
In the popular television story Robin from Sherwood, he played Prince John, was Dr. James Kennedy in the television series Miss Marple Agatha Christie.
Frank Stone Davis played in Desperate Romantics. The project spoke about the Pre-Raphaelite artists, their work and life.
