Dan Davies is an actor, screenwriter and producer. He was born in Milwaukee, WI USA, and grew up in Waupaca, WI. He is of predominant Irish extract but is also Welsh, Scottish and Seneca (Iroquois) Indian. Along with having a varied skill-set and overall knowledge of films and filmmaking he has a B.A. in English and Political Science from the University of Wisconsin.
He is a Two-Time Platinum/Gold Remi Award winner (Houston International Film Festival) and a winner of the American Dream World Comedy Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. He co-wrote and stars in the award winning Lakota-inspired western "West of Thunder".
Dan wrote and starred in the critically acclaimed comedic horror/musical "Ed Gein, the Musical" which premiered on PBS and Retro TV Network as well as having over 500 theatrical screenings. He co-stars in HBO's Funny or Die "Miss Adventure meets Motorhead" that, as of July 18th, 2012, has consistently remained their highest rated video ever. This pilot is now becoming an episodic TV show on Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) where Dan will reprise his role of Johnny.
He is co-starring in one of the most anticipated films of 2013, "Flim, the Movie". This British comedy premieres Sept, 2013 in London. He has just been offered the role of Gower in the feature length film "Pericles" (Shakespeare) to be shot in Bologna, Italy. He also just sold a comedic TV pilot ("Caroline") to Sunset Beach Entertainment and will be co-starring in this pilot with a soon to be named Country Music star (singer/songwriter). Filming for "Caroline" takes place in Nashville, TN. He is also co-starring in the 1920s/zombie/mob TV pilot "Dead Men Walking" that is being shot in Chicago the summer of 2013.
Dan has been interviewed and featured on the CBS Evening News, Fox News National, XM/Sirius, NPR, PRI and over 1000 national and regional radio programs, newspapers, magazines, websites, blogs and TV news & talk shows. He has a deep base of knowledge about the production of lower-budgeted films...especially the marketing and selling of the films.
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