Alan Davies

He first met his wife Katie Maskell on the sets of ‘QI’. The couple exchanged nuptial vows on 13th January 2007, after being in a relationship for 6 months.

The couple was blessed with their first child, a daughter, in December 2009. A boy was born to them, two years later, whom they named Robert.

Alan, the second of the three children in his family, was born in Loughton, England on 6th March, 1966. His other siblings are an elder brother and a younger sister. Suffering from leukaemia, his mother passed away when he was only six-years-old. Davies’ father worked as an accountant.

He received primary education at the ‘Staples Road School’ but during his third year, Davies was shifted from Loughton to the ‘Bancroft’s School’ in Essex. He faced a lot of problems coping with his mother’s death, which turned into a brat, and got him involved in petty thefts and smoking.

After completing school with eight O-Levels in 1982, he went to the ‘Loughton College of Further Education’ to pursue Theatre and Media Studies. He graduated with 4 GCSE qualifications.

Continuing further studies in Drama at the ‘Kent University’, he received his degree in 1988.

Leaving Essex to pursue his dream of being on the centre-stage was a major turning point in his life. Months after graduating from University, he bagged his first job as a stand-up comedian, in 1988.

The immensely talented comedian gained quick popularity and was invited for a three month tour of Canada which included performances at various festivals and clubs. The gruelling schedule during the tour took its toll on the actor, and he planned his return to England.

In 1991, this actor was nominated as the ‘Best Young Comic’ by the ‘Time Out’ magazine. A year later, he appeared as a guest on the ‘Tonight with Jonathon Ross’ show.

Continuing to perform stand-ups across the continents, he won the ‘Critics Award for Comedy’ at the ‘Edinburgh Festival’ in 1994. The award-winning show was later released in audio and video formats. The show was recorded at the ‘Lyric Theatre’ and was included in the Perrier Picks at the ‘Edinburgh Awards’ as ‘Alan Davies Live at the Lyric’.

His popularity skyrocketed with the awards, and he was assigned to host the radio show ‘Alan’s Big One’. From 1994 to 1995, he also appeared in the ‘Altman International’ and ‘Channel 4’ production, ‘One for the Road’, a TV Series based on Simon Treat’s crazy adventures, as he sets out to travel the world.The character of Simon was portrayed by Davies.

This comedian’s stand up show ‘Urban Trauma’ was a sell-out, and is considered one of his finest works as a stand-up comedian. The show gave Alan’s career a new dimension, and he used his new found success to propel his acting career.