Karl Davies was born on 6 August 1982 and is an English actor who portrayed Lyle Anderson in the TV series Kingdom.
11 Facts About Karl Davies
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Karl Davies played a trainee solicitor Lyle Anderson, who dreams of escaping Market Shipborough, where the show is set, to work in the city.
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In 2010, Karl Davies played multiple characters on stage in the Tricycle Theatre's The Great Game: Afghanistan.
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The production's tour includes stops in California, Minnesota, New York, and Washington, DC Karl Davies appears in four segments, frequently as a soldier.
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In 2011 Karl Davies was cast in the second series of the fantasy epic Game of Thrones as Alton Lannister.
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In 2014 Davies appeared in two episodes of the drama series The Crimson Field, set in a field hospital during World War I His character, Corporal Lawrence Prentiss, begins to suffer from combat fatigue and shell shock, and by the time of his second appearance is "completely psychologically damaged" by his experience of war.
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In preparation for the role, Karl Davies watched surviving footage of shell-shock sufferers from the first world war, and was shocked by the extent of their condition.
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Also that year, Karl Davies filmed a minor role in the disaster film Black Sea, in which his character dismisses the protagonist Captain Robinson from his job.
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Karl Davies returned for a second series of the drama in 2016.
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Karl Davies has expressed a love of extreme sports such as snowboarding and skiing.
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Karl Davies has revealed that his role in Emmerdale led to much greater public recognition, and that the reaction from fans of the show was mixed: he was insulted and slapped in the street by strangers who were unable to tell him apart from the character he played.