1. Gregory Daniel Davies is a Welsh comedian, actor, presenter, and writer.
18 Facts About Greg Davies
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Greg Davies is best known for his roles as Mr Gilbert in The Inbetweeners, Ken Thompson in Cuckoo, Dan Davies in Man Down and Paul "Wicky" Wickstead in The Cleaner.
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Greg Davies was born in St Asaph, Flintshire, Wales, on 14 May 1968.
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Greg Davies's Welsh parents, Bob and Pauline, 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.
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Greg Davies grew up in Wem, Shropshire, which he regards as his home.
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Greg Davies was educated at Thomas Adams School in Wem, before studying drama and English at Brunel University, graduating in 1990.
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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.
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From 2008 to 2014, Greg Davies played the head of sixth form Mr Gilbert in the E4 comedy The Inbetweeners, and in the two follow-up films The Inbetweeners Movie and The Inbetweeners 2.
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From October 2013, Greg Davies starred in Channel 4's sitcom Man Down, playing a teacher, Dan, who dislikes his job.
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The classroom used in the show is the same classroom in which Greg Davies taught at Sandhurst School.
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Since July 2015, Greg Davies has been the host of the panel game show Taskmaster.
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Since 2021, Greg Davies has written and starred in the BBC One comedy series The Cleaner, as well as serving as the host of the music panel show Never Mind the Buzzcocks.
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Greg Davies began his stand up career in 2005, working the independent club circuit.
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Greg Davies was nominated for the Edinburgh Fringe's Malcolm Hardee "Act Most Likely to Make a Million Quid" Award.
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In November 2017, Greg Davies recorded a Netflix stand-up comedy special at the Hammersmith Apollo during his Magnificent Beast UK tour.
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Greg Davies was in a relationship with Labour Party politician Liz Kendall from 2007 to 2015, which ended prior to the general election that year.
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In 2022, Greg Davies was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humanities from his alma mater, Brunel University London.
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In May 2024, Greg Davies was the guest for BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, where his musical choices included "Baggy Trousers" by Madness and "Wichita Lineman" by Glen Campbell.