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Richard Davies
Davies at the 2012 GQ Men of the year awards
Born	12 August Australia
Education	National Theatre Drama School (2005)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2008–present
Known for	The Saddle Club Bed of Roses Offspring

Richard Davies is an Australian actor best known for his roles in television series, such as Offspring and The Saddle Club.

Early life

In 2005, Davies graduated from the National Theatre Drama School. In his graduation productions he performed Wayne Shute in The Rivers of China, directed by Ken Boucher and Harry Bagley, and Cathy in Cloud 9, directed by Melanie Beddie.

Acting career

Davies' first television roles were guests appearances in Neighbours and Satisfaction. After this, he played Max Regnary #2 on season 3 of The Saddle Club from September 2008 to April 2009. From 2008 to 2010, he had had a recurring role in Bed of Roses as Rooster McIver.

Davies is best known for his role as Jimmy Proudman, the brother of main character Nina (played by Asher Keddie) in Network 10 drama Offspring, which he appeared in from 2010 to 2017. He has also had recurring roles in miniseries Howzat! Kerry Packer's War (2012) as David Hookes, Let's Talk About (2015) as Ben Gould, multi-award winning web series Bruce (2016), supernatural Netflix series Tidelands (2018) and Lucy and DiC (2019).

Davies starred in the short film Oxygen (2009) as well as playing the lead in the short film When the Wind Changes, which he also wrote and produced. Other film appearances include biographical TV movie Beaconsfield (2012), documentary That Sugar Film (2014) and comedy crime drama The Mule (also 2014). Further films include family drama Oddball (2015) and thriller 2:22 (2017).

Davies' other television guest roles have been in Rush (2009), My Life is Murder (2019), Fisk (2021), Summer Love (2022) and The Newsreader (2023).

Filmography

Personal life

In 2020, on his own birthday, Davies welcomed his first child, son Freddie with partner Channelle Calderwood.

Davies has been open about the fact that he struggles with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

References

1. https://www.nowtolove.com.au/celebrity/celebrity-news/offspring-richard-davies-baby-wife-65122/
2. "Watch full episodes of TV shows for free on 10 play".
3. "Neighbours Episode Guide: 5376–5400". Neighbours Worldwide Fanpages. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
4. "Satisfaction: episode guide". Australian Television. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
5. "Bed of Roses". Australian Television. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
6. "Offspring". Channel Ten. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
7. "When the Wind Changes". When the Wind Changes. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
8. "Australian Television: Offspring: Cast".
9. https://www.nowtolove.com.au/celebrity/celebrity-news/offspring-richard-davies-baby-wife-65122/
10. https://www.newidea.com.au/celebrity/offspring-richard-davies-ocd/

External links

• Richard Davies at IMDb

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