David Avery
| David Avery | |
|---|---|
 Avery at Kill Your Friends premiere, London 2015 | |
| Born | Birmingham, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2009–present |
David Avery is a British film, television and theatre actor. He is best known for The Night Manager, Starred Up and The Inbetweeners Movie.
Background
Avery is from Birmingham, England. He studied acting for one year at the Central School of Speech and Drama.[1]
Career
Avery's first on screen role came in 2009 by starring in the third series of Sofia's Diary. He joined the lead cast as Flex featuring throughout the series. Sofia's Diary, produced by Sony Television Pictures International, was one of the first online web series to make the transition to UK television.[2] Avery then landed his first feature film role in Fit written and directed by Rikki Beadle-Blair. Avery played Marios the older brother of lead character Lee. Shortly after, his big break came when he landed the part of Nicos in The Inbetweeners Movie. The film went on to break UK box office records for the opening weekend.[3] In 2012 Avery took part in the June edition of Monologue Slam UK. Actors take to the stage to compete against each other by performing monologues to a professional industry panel. Avery won first prize for his performance, "The monologue that David performed captivating the room was 'Nowhere in America' by Bathsheba Doran".[4]
Avery is also notable for playing lead character Marcus Graham in the multi-award winning web-to-television series Brothers With No Game. The series amassed a huge international following when the first episode was released online in June 2012.[5] Avery and the cast later returned for a second series with the public demand being so high and winning six awards at the LA Web Festival 2013.[6] The shows popularity got the attention of a new television channel London Live (TV channel) and went on to be broadcast in 2014. The lead cast of the show also went on to win Favourite Web Series Ensemble at the first ever Screen Nation Digital-iS awards.[7]
Avery's television work continued when he joined the cast of CBBC's The Dumping Ground. Avery played Kingsley Jackson, Jodie's eldest brother alongside Victoria Alcock who played Jodie's mother. The family were a popular edition to the first series, so much so that the family were asked to return to the show for a Christmas Special episode Jody in Wonderland. The series went on to win a BAFTA that year for Best Drama.[8] His next major role was landing the part of Ashley in feature film Starred Up opposite Jack O'Connell and Ben Mendelsohn. The film received excellent reviews "Raw and Immediate" - Variety and 4/5 stars from Empire Magazine.[9][10] The film was directed by David Mackenzie and went on to win various awards including Best Feature Film at BAFTA Scotland 2014.[11]
Avery appeared as Freddie Hamid in BBC/AMC's The Night Manager. The British-American television series is based on the 1993 novel of the same name by John le Carre and has been updated to present day. The series was directed by Susanne Bier and lead cast include Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie and Olivia Coleman. The series was later nominated for 12 Emmy Awards. Susanne Bier won Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special and Victor Reyes won Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special.
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Sofia's Diary | Flex | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Missing | Pete Walsh | Episode 2.2 |
| Coming Up - DIP | Theo | Episode 8.7 | |
| 2012 | Brothers With No Game | Marcus Graham[12] | 14 episodes (Seasons 1 & 2) |
| Pini | Dave | Episode "Gorillas in the Mist" | |
| 2013 | Doctor Who | Fabian | Episode "The Name of the Doctor" |
| The Dumping Ground | Kingsley Jackson | 1.04, 2.JIW | |
| 2014 | 24: Live Another Day | Donny | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Spotless | Yilmaz | Episode 1.7 |
| 2016 | The Night Manager | Freddie Hamid | 2 episodes |
| Borderline | Tariq Mansour | 6 episodes | |
| The Dumping Ground | Kingsley Jackson | Episode 4.20 |
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Fit | Marios | Nominated - Grand Prize Chéries-Chéris - Feature Film |
| 2011 | The Inbetweeners Movie | Nicos | Won - Empire Award - Best Comedy Nominated - Empire Award - Best British Film Nominated - Evening Standard British Film Award - Blockbuster of the Year |
| 2013 | Starred Up | Ashley | Won - BAFTA Awards, Scotland - Best Feature Film Nominated - British Independent Film Awards - Best British Independent Film |
| 2015 | Drift | Bisher | Won - Best Drama at Portobello Film Festival |
| Kill Your Friends | Fisher | ||
| 2016 | Criminal | Kebab Clerk | |
| Mona | Frasier | Won - Grand Prize at Luxor Film Festival |
Awards
Screen Nation Digital-iS Awards - Favourite Web Series Ensemble - Brothers With No Game
LA Web Festival 2013 - Brothers With No Game - Winner Outstanding Ensemble David Avery, Jay Marsh, Zephryn Taitte and Isaac Sosanya.
Monologue Slam UK - June 2012 Champion
References
- ↑ "David Avery: He's got game". voice-online.co.uk.
- ↑ 'Sofia's Diary' penciled in on U.K TV
- ↑ John Plunkett. "The Inbetweeners Movie breaks UK comedy box office record". The Guardian.
- ↑ "David Avery - Bloodyqwerty's Blog". wordpress.com.
- ↑ Annika Allen. "Brothers with no Game web series is here". FLAVOURMAG.
- ↑ "Hit UK web series wins six awards at LA Web Festival". voice-online.co.uk.
- ↑ "CEREMONY". DIGITAL-iS MEDIA AWARDS.
- ↑ "Children's in 2013". bafta.org.
- ↑ Peter Debruge. "'Starred Up' Review: David Mackenzie Takes Brutal Look at Prison Life - Variety". Variety.
- ↑ "Empire's Starred Up Movie Review". Empire.
- ↑ "British Academy Scotland Awards 2014 Winners Annouced". bafta.org.
- ↑ "Marcus - Characters - Brothers With No Game Characters - London Live". londonlive.co.uk.