Alan Davies Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Time Out Award for Best Comic in 1991, which gave him a jump in popularity
• Attended the University of Kent, where he studied Drama, and where he first became interested in stand-up comedy
• Started out as a stand-up comedian, performing for the first time five months after leaving college
• Was on the spoof travel show "One for the Road" in 1995 and started his radio show, "The Alan Davies Show," in 1998
• Quote: "When I started out doing stand-up, I was basically just mucking about, spouting nonsense and doing silly impressions of dolphins․ I tried hard to avoid talking about the stuff that was going on in my life․"
• Best known as a comedian, actor, and writer who appears regularly as a panelist on the panel show "QI․"
• Has had recurring roles on the TV series "Jonathan Creek" in 1997 and "A Many Splintered Thing" in 1998