17 Facts About Greg Davies

Gregory Daniel Davies is a Welsh comedian, actor, presenter, and writer.

Greg Davies is best known for his roles as Greg in We Are Klang, Mr Gilbert in The Inbetweeners, Ken Thompson in Cuckoo, the Taskmaster in Taskmaster, Dan Davies in Man Down, and Paul "Wicky" Wickstead in The Cleaner, the latter of which he wrote.

Gregory Daniel Davies was born in St Asaph, Denbighshire, Wales, on 14 May 1968.

Greg Davies's Welsh parents lived in England at the time, but his father drove his mother across the border to make sure he was born in Wales so that he would be eligible to play rugby for the Wales national team.

Greg Davies grew up in Wem, which he regards as his home.

Greg Davies was educated at Thomas Adams School in Wem, before studying English and Drama at Brunel University in London.

In 2005, Davies played a caricature of cricketer W G Grace in a series of adverts for Channel 4's television coverage of The Ashes.

From 2008, Greg Davies played head of Sixth Form Mr Gilbert in the E4 coming-of-age British comedy The Inbetweeners.

Greg Davies appears in the follow-up films The Inbetweeners Movie and The Inbetweeners 2.

Greg Davies was nominated for the Edinburgh Fringe's Malcolm Hardee "Act Most Likely to Make a Million Quid" Award.

From October 2013, Greg Davies starred in Channel 4's sitcom Man Down, as Dan, a man who hates his job as a teacher, with Rik Mayall as his father.

The classroom used in the show is the same classroom in which Greg Davies taught at Sandhurst School.

Since July 2015, Greg Davies has been the host of the panel game show Taskmaster.

In November 2017, Greg Davies recorded a Netflix stand-up comedy special at the Hammersmith Apollo during his Magnificent Beast UK tour.

From 2021, Greg Davies wrote and starred in the BBC One comedy series The Cleaner.

Greg Davies is the current host of Never Mind the Buzzcocks on Sky Max which was revived in 2021.

Greg Davies was in a relationship with Labour Party politician Liz Kendall from 2007 to 2015.