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This article is about the comedian and actor. For the rock guitarist see The Soft Boys.

Alan Davies is a comedian and actor, born 6 March 1966 in Essex, England.

  • He won the Time Out award for Best Young Comic in 1991.
  • In 1995 he appeared in the spoof travel show One for the Road.
  • In 1997 he played Jonathan Creek, a stage magician with a side interest in solving crimes. This lasted four series finishing with three episodes in 2004.
  • He got his own radio show The Alan Davies Show in 1998.
  • In 2001 he played Robert Gossage in Bob and Rose, a comedy drama about a gay man falling for a woman.
  • In 2006, he was the first ever guest on TV Heaven, Telly Hell.

He has most recently appeared as a permanent panellist on the BBC quiz game QI hosted by Stephen Fry.

He is also a renowned fan and, regularly berates Manchester United as "Moanchester United" in his weekly Times football column.

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1966 births | Living people | Alumni of the University of Kent | English comedians | English actors | People from Essex

 

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