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Gregory Daniel Davies (Шаблон:IPAc-en Шаблон:Respell; born 14 May 1968) is a Welsh comedian, actor, presenter, and writer. He is best known for his roles as Greg in We Are Klang, Mr Gilbert in The Inbetweeners, Ken Thompson in Cuckoo, the Taskmaster in Taskmaster and Dan Davies in Man Down, and he currently writes and stars as Paul "Wicky" Wickstead in The Cleaner. He has appeared on Mock the Week, Fast and Loose, Live at the Apollo, and Would I Lie to You?.

For his performance in Cuckoo, Davies was nominated for the BAFTA Television Award for Best Male Comedy Performance in 2013.

Early life

Gregory Daniel Davies was born in St Asaph, Denbighshire, Wales, on 14 May 1968. His Welsh parents lived in England at the time, but his father drove his mother across the border to make sure he was born in Wales, so that he would be eligible to play rugby for the Wales national team. He grew up in Wem, Shropshire, which he regards as his home. His father's origins lie in Porthmadog. Like many people in north Wales, he claims descent from Owain the Great.

Davies was educated at Thomas Adams School in Wem, before studying drama and English at Brunel University London, graduating in 1990. Prior to embarking on a career in comedy, he taught drama for 13 years at a number of secondary schools: Langleywood School in Slough, Orleans Park School in Twickenham, and Sandhurst School in Sandhurst.

Career

In 2003 Davies made an appearance on the children's TV show Dick & Dom in da Bungalow, playing a caricatured version of himself named "Massive Greg".

In 2005 Davies played a caricature of cricketer W. G. Grace in a series of adverts for Channel 4's television coverage of The Ashes.

In 2007 Davies was nominated three times in the Chortle Awards, in the categories "Breakthrough Act" (for his solo stand-up act), "Best Sketch, Variety or Character Act", and "Best Full-Length Show" (both as part of sketch team We Are Klang).

From 2008 Davies played the head of Sixth Form Mr Gilbert in the E4 comedy The Inbetweeners, and in the two follow-up films The Inbetweeners Movie (2011) and The Inbetweeners 2 (2014).

In 2010 Davies' first solo stand-up show Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog was nominated for the Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Awards at the Edinburgh Festival. The show was subsequently taken on his first ever tour the following autumn. He was also nominated for the Edinburgh Fringe's Malcolm Hardee "Act Most Likely to Make a Million Quid" Award.

From October 2013 Davies starred in Channel 4's sitcom Man Down, playing a teacher, Dan, who dislikes his job. Rik Mayall played Dan's father. Channel 4 also commissioned a Christmas special, and subsequently renewed for a second series. Rik Mayall's death in June 2014 slowed progress but the second series was announced in 2015. The classroom used in the show is the same classroom in which Davies taught at Sandhurst School.

Since July 2015 Davies has been the host of the panel game show Taskmaster. In December 2015, he starred in BBC Two's comedy drama A Gert Lush Christmas where he played Tony, the uncle of Russell and Kerry Howard's characters. On Christmas Day he played King Hydroflax in the 2015 Doctor Who Special "The Husbands of River Song".

In November 2017 Davies recorded a Netflix stand-up comedy special at the Hammersmith Apollo during his Magnificent Beast UK tour. It was released as You Magnificent Beast in 2018.

From 2021 Davies wrote and starred in the BBC One comedy series The Cleaner. From September 2021 Davies has been host of Never Mind the Buzzcocks on Sky Max.

Personal life

Davies is noted for his height, standing Шаблон:Convert tall. He lives in the Kennington area of London. He was in a relationship with Labour Party politician Liz Kendall from 2007 to 2015. In 2022 Davies was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humanities from his alma mater, Brunel University London.

Comedy specials

Year	Title
2011	Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog
2013	The Back of My Mum's Head
2018	You Magnificent Beast

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2003	Dick & Dom in da Bungalow	Massive Greg
2006	Girls? Eugh!	Uncredited
2007	The Musical Storytellers Ginger & Black	Mr Hopkirk
2007	Saxondale	Dunc
2007–08	CBBC Office	Various characters
2008	The Wall	Various characters
2008–10	The Inbetweeners	Mr Gilbert
2009	We Are Klang	Greg
2010–11	Ask Rhod Gilbert	Himself
2011	Fast and Loose	Himself
2011	The Inbetweeners Movie	Mr Gilbert
2012–19	Cuckoo	Ken Thompson
2013–17	Man Down	Dan
2014	This Is Jinsy	Jennitta Bishard
2014	The Inbetweeners 2	Mr Gilbert
2014	Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule	Himself
2015–present	Taskmaster	Himself/The Taskmaster
2015	A Gert Lush Christmas	Uncle Tony
2015	Doctor Who	King Hydroflax
2016	Travel Man	Himself
2016	Asterix: The Mansions of the GodsШаблон:Hsp	The Centurion (English dub)
2017	Who Do You Think You Are?	Subject
2017	Comic Relief 2017	Himself
2018	Teen Titans Go! To the Movies	Balloon Man (voice)
2019	The Inbetweeners: Fwends Reunited	Himself
2019	Greg Davies: Looking for Kes	Himself
2020	Taskmaster NZ	Himself (Video message cameo - Series 1, Episode 7)
2021-present	The Cleaner	Paul Wickstead; also series creator and writer
2021–present	Never Mind the Buzzcocks	Himself/Presenter
2022	The Horne Section TV Show	Himself (Episode 1)
2023	Brassic	Dick Dolphin (Christmas Special)
2024	The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin	Leslie Duvall (Guest appearance)

External links

• Шаблон:IMDb name
• Шаблон:British Comedy Guide