Jack Davenport - wikipedia Jack Davenport For American Medal of Honor recipient, see Jack A. Davenport. Jack Davenport Davenport in 2007 Jack Arthur Davenport ( 1973 - 03 - 01 ) 1 March 1973 ( age 45 ) Wimbledon, London, England, UK Education Dragon School, Oxford Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire ( independent boarding school ) Alma mater British American Drama Academy, London Occupation Actor Years active 1996 -- present Spouse ( s ) Michelle Gomez ( m. 2000 ) Children Parent ( s ) Nigel Davenport Maria Aitken Relatives Jonathan Aitken ( maternal uncle ) Penelope, Lady Aitken ( maternal grandmother ) William Aitken ( maternal grandfather ) John Maffey ( great - grandfather ) Jack Arthur Davenport ( born 1 March 1973 ) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in the television series This Life and Coupling, and as James Norrington in the Pirates of the Caribbean series. He has also appeared in other Hollywood films, such as The Talented Mr. Ripley. More recently, he was part of the ensemble cast in the drama series FlashForward and Smash, and took the lead role in the 2013 ITV drama series Breathless. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 5 Radio 6 References 7 External links Early Life Davenport, the son of actors Nigel Davenport and Maria Aitken, was born in Wimbledon, London, and lived in Ibiza, Spain, for the first seven years of his life. His uncle is writer and former Conservative MP Jonathan Aitken, his maternal grandmother was socialite Penelope Aitken, his maternal grandfather was politician William Aitken, and one of his maternal great - grandfathers was John Maffey, 1st Baron Rugby. His parents divorced when he was seven, at which point he was sent to the independent Dragon School in Oxford, as his parents did not want him to become involved in the divorce proceedings. He then went on to attend Cheltenham College, a boarding independent school for boys ( now co-educational ), in the spa town of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, in the West of England, followed by the British American Drama Academy in London. Career Davenport had not planned to become an actor ; however, his career began when he took a gap year after attending Cheltenham College. A director from Clwyd Theatr Cymru was impressed by his performance in a summer drama course and asked Davenport to work for him. Aged 18 he was in Wales, performing bit parts in Hamlet, where he became friends with Rhys Ifans. The following year, he attended the University of East Anglia ( UEA ), concentrating in Film Studies and English Literature. He tried acting once more at the UEA but was not, at this point, particularly interested in it. Davenport had considered becoming a member of a film crew, as opposed to acting in front of the camera. His mother advised him, after his graduation from UEA, to write to John Cleese requesting work on the set of his upcoming film, Fierce Creatures, so that Davenport could gain some experience behind the camera. Cleese instead sent Davenport 's letter to the casting department, and he was subsequently cast as a trainee zookeeper. Whilst a small part with few lines it provided his first opportunity to work in front of the camera. After the production of Fierce Creatures was completed, Davenport found an agent who secured him an audition for the role of Miles Stewart in the BBC television drama series This Life. Since then Davenport has played roles in many successful films and TV series, including The Talented Mr. Ripley, Coupling and Ultraviolet, as well as the box office smash Pirates of the Caribbean : The Curse of the Black Pearl, and its sequels, Dead Man 's Chest and At World 's End. During his career Davenport has also performed voice - overs, having narrated the audio versions of John Buchan 's The Thirty - Nine Steps and recorded parts in Anthony Burgess 's A Clockwork Orange. He also provides the voice over for the British MasterCard advertisements ( the American being done by Billy Crudup ). In 2006, he featured in the ITV1 drama The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant and in 2009 starred in the film The Boat That Rocked. In 2007 Davenport was cast in Swingtown, a period and relationship drama for CBS about the impact of sexual and social liberation in 1970s American suburban households, with story arcs involving open marriages and key parties. This was cancelled after one series. In 2008, Davenport was cast in the ABC pilot FlashForward, which was based on a Robert J. Sawyer novel. In the series, Davenport played the character of Lloyd Simcoe, a physicist allegedly responsible for a worldwide blackout, which causes the whole world to see the future. The series was cancelled after a single series. In February 2011, Davenport was cast in the NBC musical drama pilot Smash. In May 2011, it was reported that NBC has picked up the show as a series for the autumn 2011 TV season. The series follows a group of people coming together to put on a Marilyn Monroe musical on Broadway. Davenport plays the musical 's director. Davenport also starred as the replacement singer in the video for Snow Patrol 's single `` Called Out in the Dark '', released on YouTube on 17 August 2011, alongside Tara Summers and Gary Lightbody. 2018 saw Davenport 's Broadway debut playing the Earl of Warwick in a revival of George Bernard Shaw 's Saint Joan starring Condola Rashad. Personal Life Davenport married actress Michelle Gomez in 2000. Their son, Harry, was born in 2010. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1997 Fierce Creatures Student Zoo Keeper 1998 Tale of the Mummy Detective Bartone 1999 The Cookie Thief A Man Short film 1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley Peter Smith - Kingsley 2000 Offending Angels Rort 2001 Not Afraid, Not Afraid Michael 2001 Subterrain Businessman 2001 Gypsy Woman Leon 2001 The Bunker LCpl. Ebert 2003 Pirates of the Caribbean : The Curse of the Black Pearl James Norrington The Libertine Harris 2005 The Wedding Date Edward Fletcher - Wooten 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man 's Chest James Norrington Teen Choice Award for Choice Rumble 2007 Pirates of the Caribbean : At World 's End James Norrington 2009 That Deadwood Feeling Jack 2009 The Boat That Rocked Twatt 2011 The Key Man Bobby 2012 Mother 's Milk Patrick Melrose 2014 Death Knight Love Story Zeliek 2014 Kingsman : The Secret Service Lancelot 2016 A United Kingdom Alistair Canning 2016 The Tank Will Sacks 2016 Americana Calib 2017 The Wilde Wedding Rory Darling Completed 2017 The Stolen Joshua McCullen Television Year Title Role 1996 -- 1997 This Life Miles Stewart 1997 The Moth Robert Bradley 1998 Macbeth Malcolm 1998 Ultraviolet Detective Sergeant Michael Colefield 2000 The Wyvern Mystery Harry Fairfield 2000 -- 2004 Coupling Steve Taylor 2002 Dickens Charley Dickens 2002 The Real Jane Austen Henry Austen 2003 The Welsh Great Escape Narrator 2003 Eroica Prince Lobkowitz Agatha Christie 's Marple : The Body in the Library Superintendent Harper 2005 The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant Lt Ralph Clarke 2007 This Life + 10 Miles Stewart 2008 Swingtown Bruce Miller 2009 -- 2010 FlashForward Lloyd Simcoe 2012 -- 2013 Smash Derek Wills 2013 Breathless Otto Powell 2014 The Good Wife Frank Asher 2016 The Mindy Project Leland Breakfast 2017 Edward VIII : The Nazi King Narrator 2018 Deception Sebastian Black Radio Alistair Cooke 's American Journey ( 2006 ) ( BBC Radio 4 ) Jack Davenport reads The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall References Jump up ^ `` Coupling is back ! - Biography - Jack Davenport ( Steve ) ''. BBC. 16 June 2004. Retrieved 2009 - 05 - 13. Jump up ^ Who 's Who 2014 Jump up ^ `` Jack Davenport Biography - Yahoo ! Movies ''. Jump up ^ Andreeva, Nellie ( 13 February 2011 ). `` Jack Davenport To Co-Star In NBC 's ' Smash ' ''. Jump up ^ Andreeva, Nellie ( 11 May 2011 ). `` UPDATE : NBC Picks Up Whitney Cummings & Emily Spivey Pilots, ' Smash ' & ' Prime Suspect ' ''. Jump up ^ SnowPatrolVEVO ( 17 August 2011 ). `` Snow Patrol - Called Out In The Dark '' -- via YouTube. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jack Davenport. 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Question: who plays commodore norrington in the pirates of the caribbean films
Answer: Jack Arthur Davenport