Background
Davies was born in Ealing, Middlesex, England.
Davies was born in Ealing, Middlesex, England.
He attended the King"s School, Canterbury.
After obtaining his Doctor of Philosophy, he worked as a history lecturer at the University of Edinburgh before taking up acting professionally in 1967. Davies had a regular role as Peter Foxcott Queen's Counsel in Kavanagh Queen's Counsel. He also appeared in the Independent Television television drama The Uninvited, and in a 2002 episode of the popular drama Foyle"s War. His highest-profile acting role was most likely his role as Sio Bibble in the Star Wars "prequel trilogy" films, released in 1999, 2002 and 2005.
He appeared as Polonius in Hamlet with the Royal Shakespeare Company, alongside David Tennant and Patrick Stewart, and in 2009 appeared in All"s Well That Ends Well at the Royal National Theatre as the King of France.
In 2010 he appeared as Balfour in the premiere of Ben Brown"s play The Promise, about the Balfour Declaration. In 2012, he appeared in a stage adaptation of Michelle Magorian"s book Goodnight Mister Tom, in which he played the central character, Thomas Oakley.
He is back with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2014 as Justice Shallow in "Henry IV, Participant 2".
Davies was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award in 1990 (1989 season) for Best Actor in a New Play for Racing Demon. He was twice nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for his performance in Absolutely! (perhaps) at the Wyndham"s Theatre in 2003 and again in 2009 for his performance as Polonius in the Royal Society of Chemistry production of Hamlet at the Novello Theatre.
