Benjamin Byron Davis

Summary

Benjamin Byron Davis (born June 21, 1972[1]) is an American actor, writer, director and acting coach. He is known for his performance as Dutch van der Linde in the video games Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption 2.

Benjamin Byron Davis
Davis in 2019
Born (1972-06-21) June 21, 1972 (age 51)
Other namesBen Davis
Occupations
  • Actor
  • writer
  • director
  • acting coach
Years active1998–present
Websitebenjaminbyrondavis.com

Career edit

Davis has appeared primarily on television series, including Without a Trace, Criminal Minds, Gilmore Girls, Windfall, MADtv, Six Feet Under, among other series.[2] In addition to television, he also performs on stage. In 2011, Davis directed the theatre production Awake.[3] Davis voiced and provided performance capture for multiple characters in various Rockstar titles, and is best known for his role as Dutch van der Linde in Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption 2.

Filmography edit

Film edit

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Getting Personal Bart
1999 Flushed Zeius (Drag Queen)
2005 Black Eyed Sue Osbourne Crawl Short
Untitled Susie Essman Project Bartender TV movie
2006 Lies & Alibis Bartender
2008 Miracle of Phil Bartender Short
Q: Secret Agent Agent Briggs Short
2011 CIS: Las Gidi Captain Regis
Talida Radomir Short
2012 Faded Big Man Short
2013 Somewhere Slow Steve
2015 I'm Patrick, and You're Insane Dr. Gooch Short
Stay Large Man TV movie
2016 The Belko Experiment Antonio Fowler
2017 Madtown DA Ed Gooch TV movie
2018 Ant-Man and the Wasp Agent Burleigh
2023 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Bletelsnort
2024 Borderlands Marcus

Television edit

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Chowdaheads Buff Bagwell (voice) Main cast
2002 Six Feet Under Doctor Episode: "Back to the Garden"
Off Centre Big Guy #2 Episode: "Addicted to Love"
MADtv Balloon Guy Episode: "Episode #8.7"
2004 Las Vegas James L. Nelson Episode: "Catch of the Day"
2005 The Comeback Red Carpet Coordinator Episode: "Valerie Stands Out on the Red Carpet"
2006 Drake & Josh Jerk in Line Episode: "The Demonator"
Related Liquor Supplier #1 Episode: "Sisters Are Forever"
Windfall Lottery Winner Episode: "There and Gone Again" & "Running with the Devil"
Standoff Clumsy Man Episode: "Circling"
Gilmore Girls Tow Truck Driver Episode: "The Long Morrow"
2007 Heroes Linderman's Guard #2 Episode: "Chapter Nineteen '.07%'"
2008 Without a Trace Dale Kinecki Episode: "Better Angels"
2009 Criminal Minds Burt Lang Episode: "To Hell... And Back"
2010 NCIS: Los Angeles Waiter Episode: "Burned"
Medium Aaron Foley Episode: "Smoke Damage"
Sonny with a Chance Savage Stan Episode: "Marshall with a Chance"
Desperate Housewives Ex-Con Episode: "Down the Block There's a Riot"
Twentysixmiles Police Officer (2008) TV series
2011 Bones Tariq Grazdani Episode: "The Blackout in the Blizzard"
Chuck Villain Episode: "Chuck Versus the Last Details"
The Homes Mr. Hanson Web series
2012 Up All Night Man at Taco Stand Episode: "Daddy Daughter Time"
2013 The Goodwin Games Prison Guard Episode: "Pilot"
Ironside Large Russian Episode: "Action"
2014 How I Met Your Mother Burly Guy Episode: "Sunrise"
Parks and Recreation Foreman George Episode: "The Wall"
2016 Rizzoli & Isles Hank Mills Episode: "Cops vs. Zombies"
2023 Fright Krewe Malcolm Thibodeaux (voice) Recurring cast

Music video edit

Year Song Artist Role
2016 "Low Life" X Ambassadors (featuring Jamie N Commons & A$AP Ferg) Bar Patron

Video games edit

Year Title Role
2004 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Pedestrian / Radio Commercial
2010 Red Dead Redemption Dutch van der Linde / Nastas
2011 L.A. Noire Paul Kadarowski
2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 Dutch van der Linde

References edit

  1. ^ Davis, Benjamin Byron [@Tooda] (November 4, 2010). "Just remembered I turn 37 next Sunday! Shoulda pitched my Tom Bergins tradition to the Crew at Sunset Sundays..." (Tweet). Archived from the original on April 5, 2021. Retrieved April 6, 2021 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Benjamin Byron Davis Movies & TV, The New York Times
  3. ^ Awake: A New Solo Show By Joe Hernandez-Kolski Archived March 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Benjamin Byron Davis at IMDb