Overview
Geraint Wyn Davies (, born 20 April 1957) is a Welsh-Canadian-American stage, film and television actor. Educated in Canada, he became a citizen of the United States in 2006. His most famous role as the vampire-turned police detective Nick Knight in the Canadian television series Forever Knight.
Early life and training
Geraint Wyn Davies was born on 20 April 1957 in Swansea, Wales, the son of a Congregationalist Christian preacher and a school teacher. At the age of 7 he moved with his family from Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire to Canada, where he attended Upper Canada College. He first acted at age 12, appearing in a school production of Lord of the Flies. He went on to study at the University of Western Ontario, where he studied economics before dropping out to pursue an acting career.
Career
Acting
His professional stage debut was in 1976 in Quebec City, when at 19 he appeared in The Fantasticks, Red Emma, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. He relocated from Quebec to London's Centre Stage theatre company, and later played the lead in The Last Englishman with the British Actors Theatre Company. He spent two seasons with Theatr Clwyd, touring Britain in Enemy of the People and Hamlet (for which he received the Regional Theatre Best Actor award), and a season with the Chichester Festival, in Henry VIII. In Canada, he appeared over several seasons with the Shaw Festival and Stratford Festival of Canada. He gained a reputation for his performances in The Music Cure, Candida, Cyrano de Bergereac, The Vortex, Goodnight Disgrace, Henry V, and The Three Musketeers. He sang his way through the Rodgers and Hart musical The Boys from Syracuse.
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