Jeremy Davies Biography

Jeremy Davies (born October 8, 1969) is an American film and television actor. He is known for portraying the interpreter Cpl. Timothy E. Upham in the film Saving Private Ryan and the physicist Daniel Faraday on the television series Lost. He currently appears in the FX series, Justified, as Dickie Bennett, for which he has been twice nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and won in 2012.

Early life

Davies was born in Traverse City, Michigan. He is the son of children's author Mel Boring; Davies is his mother's maiden name. He has three siblings: Josh, Zachary, and Katy. His parents separated when he was young, leaving Davies to relocate to Kansas with his mother until the mid-1970s, when she died of lupus, Davies went to live with his father and stepmother in Santa Barbara, California, before moving to Rockford, Iowa, in 1986, where he completed high school. Jeremy attended college at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in California. His roommate was character actor Jeffrey Asch. Jeremy Davies has Scottish and Welsh ancestry.

Career

In 1992, he appeared on two episodes of The Wonder Years. He appeared in small roles in the NBC TV movie Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance and in the pilot for the colonial-era sitcom 1775. He played a youth in the Showtime thriller Guncrazy and had a guest appearance on Melrose Place.

In 1993, Davies was cast in a TV commercial for Subaru in which his character compares the car to punk rock. Numerous casting directors and industry forces noticed the commercial, and Davies found himself being sent feature film scripts. Critics embraced his performance in David O. Russell's debut film, the black comedy Spanking the Monkey. He began building a repertoire with Twister. In 1998, he landed a pivotal role in Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan as Timothy E. Upham, an American GI linguist in Normandy, recruited just after D-Day by Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) to be the interpreter on a dangerous mission to rescue a paratrooper (Matt Damon). Davies's performance was well received, and he has gone on to star in several films, including Secretary and Solaris. In 2004, he portrayed Charles Manson in CBS's adaptation of Helter Skelter.

Davies appeared as a main cast member on ABC's series Lost during its fourth season in 2008 and its fifth season in 2009. Davies played Daniel Faraday, an amnesiac physicist who comes to the island as part of a team hired by Charles Widmore. He guest starred in three episodes in Lost's sixth season.

Davies currently has a recurring role on FX's Justified as Dickie Bennett. His performance earned him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2012. He was also nominated for the award in 2011.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance	White Punk	TV movie
1992	Guncrazy	Bill
1992	1775	Scruffy Kid	Short film
1994	Spanking the Monkey	Ray Aibelli	Nominated"?Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance
1994	Nell	Billy Fisher
1996	Twister	Laurence
1997	Going All the Way	Williard 'Sonny' Burns
1997	The Locusts	Flyboy
1998	Saving Private Ryan	Cpl. Timothy P. Upham	Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Cast Performance Nominated"?Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Best Supporting Actor " Drama Nominated"?Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
1999	Ravenous	Pvt. Toffler
1999	The Florentine	Truby
2000	The Million Dollar Hotel	Tom Tom
2000	Up at the Villa	Karl Richter
2001	Investigating Sex	Oscar
2001	CQ	Paul
2001	The Atlantis Conspiracy	Flush	TV movie
2002	Teknolust	Sandy
2002	The Laramie Project	Jedadiah Schultz	TV movie Nominated"?Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor " Series, Miniseries or Television Film
2002	Secretary	Peter
2002	Searching for Paradise	Adam
2002	29 Palms	The Drifter
2002	Solaris	Snow	Nominated"?Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor " Motion Picture
2003	Dogville	Bill Henson
2004	Helter Skelter	Charles Manson	TV Film
2005	Manderlay	Niels
2007	Rescue Dawn	Gene
2010	It's Kind of a Funny Story	Smitty

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Dream On	Mugger #3	Episode: "No, I'm Just Happy to See You"
1992	General Hospital	Roger	Unknown episodes
1992	The Wonder Years	Eddie Horvath	2 episodes
1992	Melrose Place	Pete Stoller	Episode: "The Whole Truth"
2008"2010	Lost	Daniel Faraday	33 episodes Nominated"?Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television
2011"2013	Justified	Dickie Bennett	18 episodes Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Nominated"?Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series