1. Jack Davenport is best known for his roles in the television series This Life and Coupling, and as James Norrington in the Pirates of the Caribbean series.
14 Facts About Jack Davenport
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Jack Davenport has appeared in other Hollywood films, such as The Talented Mr Ripley and Kingsman: The Secret Service.
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On television, Davenport is known for his roles in the ensemble drama series FlashForward, Smash, and The Morning Show as well as his leading role in the 2013 ITV drama series Breathless.
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Jack Davenport, the son of actor Nigel Jack Davenport and actress Maria Aitken, was born in Wimbledon, London, and lived in Ibiza, Spain, for the first seven years of his life.
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Jack Davenport's uncle is writer and former Conservative MP Jonathan Aitken, his maternal grandmother was socialite Penelope Aitken, his maternal grandfather was politician William Aitken, and one of his maternal great-grandfathers was John Maffey, 1st Baron Rugby.
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Jack Davenport's parents divorced when he was seven, at which point he was sent to the independent Dragon School in Oxford, as his parents did not want him to become involved in the divorce proceedings.
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Jack Davenport then went on to attend Cheltenham College, a boarding independent school for boys, in the spa town of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, followed by the British American Drama Academy in London.
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Jack Davenport performed bit parts in Hamlet, where he became friends with Rhys Ifans.
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Jack Davenport dabbled in acting again during his time at UEA, but considered becoming a member of a film crew rather than acting.
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Since then Jack Davenport has played roles in many successful films and TV series, including The Talented Mr Ripley, Coupling and Ultraviolet, as well as the box office hit Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, and its sequels, Dead Man's Chest and At World's End.
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Jack Davenport provides the voice over for the British MasterCard advertisements.
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In 2008, Davenport was cast in the ABC pilot FlashForward, which was based on a Robert J Sawyer novel.
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In February 2011, Jack Davenport was cast in the NBC musical drama pilot Smash.
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Jack Davenport starred as the replacement singer in the video for Snow Patrol's single "Called Out in the Dark", released on YouTube on 17 August 2011, alongside Tara Summers and Gary Lightbody.