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Geraint Davies

Actor from Pembroke

Geraint Davies — professionally credited as Geraint Wyn Davies. Geraint was born in Swansea, Wales, in 1957, the son of a Congregationalist preacher and a schoolteacher. The family lived in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, before emigrating to Canada when Geraint was seven, and he was largely educated there, attending Upper Canada College and later the University of Western Ontario, where he studied economics before dropping out to pursue acting.

He made his professional stage debut in Quebec City in 1976 and went on to work extensively in theatre on both sides of the Atlantic, including two seasons back in Wales with Theatr Clwyd, touring Britain in 'Enemy of the People' and 'Hamlet' — the latter earning him a Regional Theatre Best Actor award — plus seasons with the Shaw Festival and the Stratford Festival of Canada, where he has returned repeatedly over a career spanning five decades.

Davies is best known internationally for playing the vampire-turned-police-detective Nick Knight in the cult Canadian television series 'Forever Knight' (1992-96), across 70 episodes. His other genre television credits, all referenced in the original FamousWelsh entry, include 'Airwolf' (1987), in which he played Major Mike Rivers; 'Dracula: The Series' (1990-91), as Klaus Helsing; and 'RoboCop: The Series' (1994) and the mini-series 'RoboCop: Prime Directives' (2001). He later played Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in several episodes of 'Murdoch Mysteries'.

Davies became a United States citizen in 2006, sworn in by then Associate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and continues to divide his career between film, television and the stage, including a celebrated run in the title role of 'Cyrano de Bergerac' at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C., for which he won the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actor.

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Welsh-Canadian actor best known as vampire detective Nick Knight in the cult series Forever Knight.

After settling in Canada, Davies first acted at age twelve in a school production of 'Lord of the Flies', and by nineteen was performing professionally in Quebec City. He built a substantial stage career across North America, including many seasons at Ontario's Stratford Festival playing roles from Prospero in 'The Tempest' to King Arthur in 'Camelot' and the title role in 'Richard III'.

His father later served as minister of the Dewi Sant Welsh church in Toronto, maintaining the family's connection to Welsh community life in Canada even after the move from Pembrokeshire, a detail also recorded by readers of the original FamousWelsh entry below.

Career Highlights

  • Played vampire-detective Nick Knight in the cult Canadian series Forever Knight (1992-96), across 70 episodes
  • Played Major Mike Rivers in the action series Airwolf (1987)
  • Played Klaus Helsing in Dracula: The Series (1990-91)
  • Won the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actor for the title role in Cyrano de Bergerac (2004), Shakespeare Theatre, Washington D.C.
  • Spent two seasons with Theatr Clwyd in Wales, winning a Regional Theatre Best Actor award for Hamlet
  • Played Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in several episodes of Murdoch Mysteries

ℹ️ Born Geraint Wyn Davies, 1957, Swansea, Wales

Geraint Davies was born in Swansea and his family lived in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, where his father was a Congregationalist preacher, before emigrating to Canada when Geraint was seven; he later returned to Wales for two seasons with Theatr Clwyd.

From: Stateside
He is so handsome! I love you, Ger, in the series FOREVER KNIGHT! I hope you are in future vampire movies!
From: Californian
Geraint lived for many years in Canada and has appeared in theatre and on numerous TV shows in that country. His father was the minister (now retired) of Dewi Sant church in Toronto. A great guy with a wonderful sense of humour.