Dan Davies

Davies was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[2] He attended Waupaca High School in Waupaca, Wisconsin and he graduated from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse with a B.A. in Political Science and English.[3][4] Davies claims Irish, Welsh and American Indian heritage.[5]

In 1997, he wrote and hosted the instructional video, The Games We Used to Play, which teaches children how to be healthy by inspiring them to play the physically active games that were played before the advent of video games.[6]

In late 2007, he started a production company with Steve Russell, DaviesRussell.[7]

In 2010 he wrote, co-produced and played the title character in Ed Gein, The Musical, a micro-budget horror/musical/comedy film.[1][8]

Davies wrote the screenplay for the film, West of Thunder with Jody Marriott Bar-Lev.[5][9] In it Davies plays the starring role of Henry Seed.[10]

Davies is a contributor to Nature's Pathways[11] online magazine.

Davies co-starred with Sadie Kaye in Miss Adventure meets Motörhead, that as of May 29, 2013 was the highest-rated video of all-time on Will Ferrell/HBO's Funny or Die.[12] It will also be seen on HBO's Funny or Die and Comedy Central (Europe).[13]

Davies co-stars along with an ensemble British cast in the British Independent Film Award (BIFA) nominated mockumentary feature film "Flim, the Movie".[14][15]

He played the role of Scorpion alongside the Nollywood actor Ramsey Nouah in the Hollywood/Nollywood collaboration, Tempting Fate (2015 film). It premiered at the Pan African Film Festival in 2015[16] and is a Dove Foundation Award-winning film.[17][18]

Davies also co-starred with Ayo Makun, Funke Akindele, Nse Ikpe-Etim and Eric Roberts in the Nollywood/Hollywood comedy A Trip to Jamaica that was released in September, 2016.[19] This film also premiered in London in Dec 2016 and held the highest per-screen average in the UK during its box office run.[20] The film has been nominated in 5 categories for the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards 2017.[21] It also has been nominated for a 2017 African Academy Award (Best Comedy) [22] It was the No. 1 Nollywood box office film of 2016,[23] and, as of December 2016, became the No. 1 Nollywood box office film of all time.[24] It was eventually eclipsed by The Wedding Party in 2017.

Davies was nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Comedy) along with Majid Michel and John Dumelo in the 2017 Golden Movie Awards for his portrayal of Michael Rice in A Trip to Jamaica.[25] He won the award July 22.[26][27] The award ceremonies were televised on the African Movie Channel throughout Africa as well as the UK, Germany, France and The Netherlands.[28]

In 2019 he starred in the Lionsgate and Indican Pictures revenge thriller Wronged. After a limited theatrical release it was released worldwide via DVD and OnDemand Feb 26th, 2019.[29][30][31]

In October 2019 Davies founded The Film Forte, a film and music festival in Appleton, WI.[32] As part of the Film Forte he also created the National Independent Film Association and the NIFA Awards to honor independent films and music as well as industry luminaries.[33]

In November 2019 Davies was included, via his film (co-writer/co-star) West of Thunder, in The Encyclopedia of Best Films (A Century of All the Finest Movies) by Jay Robert Nash.[34]

Davies' film (co-star) A Trip to Jamaica premiered on Netflix worldwide Dec, 13th 2019. It became a Top Ten Most Trended and Popular new Netflix addition for the month of Dec, 2019 [35] On Nov 21st, 2020 A Trip to Jamaica became one of the Top 5 Caribbean Shows and Movies to Binge Watch in Daily Caribbean Magazine.[36]

On Jan 2nd, 2020 Davies was featured, along with PGA Golf Pro Don Iverson, as a University of Wisconsin-La Crosse notable alumni on the website and magazine Affordable Schools. [37]

Davies is a recurring guest on RTHK Radio Television Hong Kong's Mental Ideas Podcast heard throughout Hong Kong and China on RTHK Radio 3. It premiered on April 2, 2020 and the subsequent 12 episode series has a variety of celebrity guests. It was created by and is hosted by Hong Kong radio and TV personality Sadie Kaye.[38] On Sept 22nd, 2020 this show was nominated as a shortlist finalist for the Association for International Broadcasting AIB Award under Radio & Audio (Best Factual Podcast/Radio). The award ceremonies took place in London, UK on Nov 13th, 2020 and were aired worldwide as well as simulcast as an internet stream on Al Jazeera. [39]

In 2020 and early to mid 2021 Davies has three films coming out, a horror anthology "I Dream of a Psychopomp", an action/thriller "The Runners" starring Tom Sizemore, Neal McCoy and Glenn Morshower, and "Mr. Thursday" a horror/thriller.[40]

In 2019 Dan Davies was approached by David Starr of TickleFilms and ultimately cast in a starring role playing ML Funk in Starr's docu-drama The Fifty Million Dollar Bullet</ref>

Davies has a book coming out in early 2021 entitled The Rantings of a Madman on Facebook (The Inspiration, Perspiration & Inebriation of a Lovable Loser). It is a semi-autobiographical account of his life and career through the lens of his Facebook postings from 2009 to 2020.[41]