# Dave Davis (actor)

Dave Davis (born 1989) is an American actor based in Los Angeles and New Orleans. He is best known for his role in the 2019 horror film The Vigil.

## Early life and education

Davis was born on June 7, 1989 in Princeton, New Jersey, into a Jewish family. He grew up in New Orleans. Davis graduated from the Lawrenceville School in 2007, and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre from Tulane University in 2011. In fulfillment of his thesis, he starred in Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth.

## Career

Davis spent five years with the New Orleans Shakespeare Festival, culminating with the critically acclaimed role of Hamlet in 2012. Davis then transitioned into screen acting. Based out of New Orleans, Davis starred in many original films for MTV and Syfy, including Ghost Shark, Leprechaun's Revenge, Ozark Sharks, and several others. Notably, he guest starred in True Detective and The Walking Dead, and acted in The Big Short and Logan.
Davis won the Special Jury Prize for Performance at the 2017 Nashville Film Festival for his lead role in the independent film Bomb City. In 2019, Davis starred in the horror film The Vigil, in which he plays a man tasked with watching over a deceased member of an Orthodox Jewish community.
Davis was a member of the comedy group Bare Handed Bear Handlers, releasing a web miniseries, short films, and a number of music videos.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2007 | Flakes | Stoner #1 | Uncredited |
| 2012 | Stolen | Taylor | |
| 2014 | Elsa & Fred | Photographer | |
| 2014 | Starve | Jiminey | |
| 2015 | The Final Girls | 50's Counselor | |
| 2015 | Demonic | Tech 1 | |
| 2015 | Get Hard | Cross Dresser | |
| 2015 | N.O.L.A Circus | Vinny | |
| 2015 | Nocturna | Bobby | |
| 2015 | The Big Short | Burry's Assistant | |
| 2015 | Daddy's Home | Panda Singer #1 | |
| 2016 | The Backup Dancer | Rudy | Uncredited |
| 2017 | Logan | Convenience Store Clerk | |
| 2017 | Bomb City | Brian Deneke | |
| 2017 | Dark Meridian | Tevi Marek | |
| 2017 | Jeepers Creepers 3 | SWAT Team One | |
| 2018 | Laundry Day | Ethan | |
| 2018 | The Domestics | Flame Gambler | |
| 2019 | The Vigil | Yakov Ronen | |
| 2019 | The True Don Quixote | Trout | |
| 2019 | Sunday Girl | Jack | |
| 2020 | Greyhound | Boatswain's Mate #1 | |
| 2023 | Resurrected | Father Stanley Martin | |
| 2025 | Hazard | John Lang | Post-production |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2011 | Memphis Beat | Bryan | Episode: "The Things We Carry" |
| 2011 | Hide | Young Charlie Marvin | TV movie |
| 2012 | Red Clover | Dax Spence | TV movie |
| 2012 | American Horror House | Lloyd | TV movie |
| 2012 | The Walking Dead | Gargulio | Episode: "Hounded" |
| 2013 | Heebie Jeebies | Mace | TV movie |
| 2013 | Ladies' Man: A Made Movie | Toby Miller | TV movie |
| 2013 | Ghost Shark | Blaise | TV movie |
| 2014 | True Detective | Toby | Episode: "After You've Gone" |
| 2014 | SnakeHead Swamp | Chris | Television film |
| 2016 | NCIS: New Orleans | JJ Taylor | Episode: "Help Wanted" |
| 2016 | Ozark Sharks | Harrison | Television film |
| 2018 | Bad Stepmother | Jonathan Hawking | Television film |
| 2019 | Lucifer | Maury Novak | Episode: "Somebody's Been Reading Dante's Inferno" |