Jeremy Davies (born Jeremy Boring; October 8, 1969) is an American
film and television actor. He won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest
Actor in a Drama Series in 2012 for his portrayal of Dickie Bennett in
the FX series Justified.Davies received the BAFTA Award for Best
Performance in a Video Game for his role as Norse god Baldur in God of
War. He also played Corporal Upham in Saving Private Ryan and Daniel
Faraday on the ABC series Lost.Jeremy Davies was born in Traverse
City, Michigan, of Scottish and Welsh descent, the son of children's
author Melvin Lyle "Mel" Boring. Davies is Jeremy's mother's maiden
name, which he adopted as his professional name. He has a brother,
Joshua, and two half-siblings, Zachery and Katrina, from his father's
second marriage.His parents separated when he was young, leaving
Davies to relocate to Kansas with his mother until the mid-1970s, when
she died of lupus. He went to live with his father and his stepmother
in Santa Barbara, California, before moving to Rockford, Iowa in 1986,
where he completed high school. He attended college at the American
Academy of Dramatic Arts in California.
film and television actor. He won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest
Actor in a Drama Series in 2012 for his portrayal of Dickie Bennett in
the FX series Justified.Davies received the BAFTA Award for Best
Performance in a Video Game for his role as Norse god Baldur in God of
War. He also played Corporal Upham in Saving Private Ryan and Daniel
Faraday on the ABC series Lost.Jeremy Davies was born in Traverse
City, Michigan, of Scottish and Welsh descent, the son of children's
author Melvin Lyle "Mel" Boring. Davies is Jeremy's mother's maiden
name, which he adopted as his professional name. He has a brother,
Joshua, and two half-siblings, Zachery and Katrina, from his father's
second marriage.His parents separated when he was young, leaving
Davies to relocate to Kansas with his mother until the mid-1970s, when
she died of lupus. He went to live with his father and his stepmother
in Santa Barbara, California, before moving to Rockford, Iowa in 1986,
where he completed high school. He attended college at the American
Academy of Dramatic Arts in California.
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