---
name: "Jeremy Davies"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jeremy-davies"
fi1m_id: "jeremy-davies"
imdb_id: "nm0001111"
tmdb_id: 4654
wikidata_id: "Q312337"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 October 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-05T00:07:58.510541+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jeremy Davies

## Identity

Jeremy Davies

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jeremy-davies
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jeremy-davies
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001111
- **TMDB ID:** 4654
- **Wikidata ID:** Q312337
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Davies, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312337, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001111/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4654

Actor. Born 8 October 1969 in Saugus, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 October 1969, Saugus, California, USA
- **Active:** 1996–present
- **Also known as:** 제레미 데이비스, 杰里米·戴维斯, Джеремі Дейвіс, جرمی دیویس
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as actor, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 74 (2), 2000s 76 (3), 2010s 87 (1), 2020s 64 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 66 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 5 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Crime 2, Mystery 2, Thriller 2, Action 1, Action & Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,156m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Davies, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312337, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001111/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4654

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Justified*](https://film.one/tv/justified.md) (87), [*Lost*](https://film.one/tv/lost.md) (81)
- **Apple TV:** [*Saving Private Ryan*](https://film.one/film/saving-private-ryan.md) (84)
- **Netflix:** [*Black Phone 2*](https://film.one/film/black-phone-2.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Jeremy Davies

> Jeremy Davies makes nervousness worth watching, with a muttered line or hands that will not keep still. We rate him most highly when a director makes those habits useful, rather than merely giving us another eccentric to recognise.

In *Solaris* (2002), Jeremy Davies's Snow mumbles and flutters his hands. He could be the least frightened person on the station or the most frightened; Davies keeps both possibilities open. We found him unsettling because those small movements make his fear difficult to measure. Steven Soderbergh gets something useful from an actor whose nervous habits might otherwise become a distraction.

His breakthrough lead in David O. Russell's *Spanking the Monkey* (1994) came before the wider notice brought by Steven Spielberg's *Saving Private Ryan* (1998). As Corporal Upham, the battle-shy interpreter, he brings sympathy to a man whose uncertainty could be easy to dismiss. We value Spielberg's film chiefly for its combat sequences and Tom Hanks's strained authority, but Davies gives that ensemble a different kind of unease. The part makes good use of his vulnerability without requiring him to be reassuring.

A role in Lars von Trier's *Dogville* (2003) was followed by substantial television work. He played the troubled physicist Daniel Faraday in *Lost* (2008–2010) and the volatile outlaw Dickie Bennett in *Justified* (2011–2015). There is a danger in repeatedly casting him as damaged or eccentric men: we may start recognising the habits before we have met the character. We would be wary of treating those habits as proof that a performance has depth. In *Solaris*, they work because we cannot decide what they mean.

His later supporting work includes Terrence, the father in *The Black Phone* (2021), and a return in Scott Derrickson's *Black Phone 2* (2025). The sequel gives him more to do, though its grainy dream sequences are more persuasive than its explanations and sermonising. We would not make it the first stop for someone curious about Davies, simply because the larger part sits inside a film we only partly recommend. Start with *Solaris*, where Soderbergh lets the mumbling and the restless hands remain difficult to read.

## Biography

Jeremy Davies is an American actor. He played Corporal Timothy Upham in *Saving Private Ryan* (1998), Snow in *Solaris* (2002), and Terrence in *The Black Phone* (2022) and *Black Phone 2* (2025). On television he portrayed Daniel Faraday in *Lost* (2004–2010) and Dickie Bennett in *Justified* (2011–2015).

Davies won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2012 for his work in *Justified*. He trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in California. His birth name is Jeremy Boring; Davies is his mother’s maiden name, which he uses professionally.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Black Phone 2* (2025), Fi1m 64, as Terrence — [page](https://film.one/film/black-phone-2.md)
- *Justified* (2010), Fi1m 87, as Dickie Bennett — [page](https://film.one/tv/justified.md)
- *Lost* (2004), Fi1m 81, as Daniel Faraday — [page](https://film.one/tv/lost.md)
- *Dogville* (2003), Fi1m 74, as Bill Henson — [page](https://film.one/film/dogville.md)
- *Solaris* (2002), Fi1m 74, as Snow — [page](https://film.one/film/solaris.md)
- *Saving Private Ryan* (1998), Fi1m 84, as Corporal Upham — [page](https://film.one/film/saving-private-ryan.md)
- *Twister* (1996), Fi1m 64, as Laurence — [page](https://film.one/film/twister.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Black Phone 2* (2025), as Terrence — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/black-phone-2.md)
- *Adventures of the Naked Umbrella* (2023), as Sam Wanoutsky
- *Dark Harvest* (2023), as Dan Shepard
- *LOST: Circle* (2023), series, as Daniel Faraday
- *Bitcon* (2022), as Lew
- *The Infernal Machine* (2022), as Elijah Barett
- *The Black Phone* (2022), as Terrence
- *The Rookie* (2018), series, as Det. Bill Summerland
- *The House That Jack Built* (2018), as Al
- *FBI* (2018), series, as Kenneth Bates
- *American Gods* (2017), series, as Jesus Prime
- *Justice League Dark* (2017), as Ritchie Simpson (voice)
- *Lucifer* (2016), series, as Nick Hofmeister
- *Supergirl* (2015), series, as John Deegan
- *Texas Rising* (2015), series, as Ephraim Knowles
- *Constantine* (2014), series, as Ritchie Simpson
- *The Flash* (2014), series, as John Deegan
- *Sleepy Hollow* (2013), series, as Malcolm Dreyfuss
- *Hannibal* (2013), series, as Peter Bernardone — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/hannibal-2013.md)
- *Arrow* (2012), series, as John Deegan
- *Animal Love* (2011), as Paul
- *It's Kind of a Funny Story* (2010), as Smitty
- *Justified* (2010), series, as Dickie Bennett — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/justified.md)
- *Rescue Dawn* (2007), as Gene
- *Manderlay* (2005), as Niels
- *Lost* (2004), series, as Daniel Faraday — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/lost.md)
- *Helter Skelter* (2004), as Charles Manson
- *Dogville* (2003), as Bill Henson — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/dogville.md)
- *Solaris* (2002), as Snow — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/solaris.md)
- *Secretary* (2002), as Peter
- *29 Palms* (2002), as The Drifter
- *Searching for Paradise* (2002), as Adam
- *Intimate Affairs* (2002), as Oscar
- *The Laramie Project* (2002), as Jedadiah Schultz
- *Teknolust* (2002), as Sandy
- *CQ* (2001), as Paul
- *The Atlantis Conspiracy* (2001), as Flush
- *Up at the Villa* (2000), as Karl Richter
- *The Million Dollar Hotel* (2000), as Tom Tom
- *The Florentine* (1999), as Truby
- *Ravenous* (1999), as Toffler
- *Saving Private Ryan* (1998), as Corporal Upham — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/saving-private-ryan.md)
- *The Locusts* (1997), as Flyboy
- *Going All the Way* (1997), as Williard 'Sonny' Burns
- *Twister* (1996), as Laurence — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/twister.md)
- *Nell* (1994), as Billy Fisher
- *Spanking the Monkey* (1994), as Ray Aibelli
- *Guncrazy* (1992), as Bill
- *Melrose Place* (1992), series, as Pete Stoller
- *Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance* (1991), as White Punk
- *Dream On* (1990), series, as Mugger
- *Twin Peaks* (1990), series, as Jimmy — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/twin-peaks.md)
- *The Wonder Years* (1988), series, as Eddie Horvath — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wonder-years.md)

## Gallery

- ![Jeremy Davies](https://film.one/media/person/7880/gallery-debd0664bdce.jpg) Jeremy Davies — jbach, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Jeremydavies.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Werner Herzog, Christian Bale and Jeremy Davies answer questions after the premiere screening of Rescue Dawn in Toronto. (2006)](https://film.one/media/person/7880/gallery-81017071766a.jpg) Werner Herzog, Christian Bale and Jeremy Davies answer questions after the premiere screening of Rescue Dawn in Toronto. (2006) — jbach, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/HerzogBaleDavies.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Werner Herzog, Christian Bale and Jeremy Davies answer questions after the premiere screening of Rescue Dawn in Toronto (2006)](https://film.one/media/person/7880/gallery-c1cba5ea4666.jpg) Werner Herzog, Christian Bale and Jeremy Davies answer questions after the premiere screening of Rescue Dawn in Toronto (2006) — jbach, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Werner_Herzog%2C_Christian_Bale_and_Jeremy_Davies.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jeremy Davies](https://film.one/media/person/7880/gallery-cdf4d2bb52fd.jpg) Jeremy Davies — Image via TMDB
- ![Jeremy Davies](https://film.one/media/person/7880/gallery-136ca9e39da1.jpg) Jeremy Davies — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 2012: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (won), for *Justified*

### Other awards — 1 won

- British Academy Games Award for Performer 2019: British Academy Games Award for Performer (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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