Alan Davies

Alan Davies

Known for
Acting
Born
March 6, 1966 (age 60)
Birthplace
Loughton, Essex, England, UK

Biography

Alan Roger Davies is an English stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. He has played the title role in the BBC mystery drama series Jonathan Creek since 1997, and has been the only permanent panelist on the BBC panel show QI since 2003, outlasting original host Stephen Fry (2003–16), who was replaced by Sandi Toksvig upon his departure.

Known For

Filmography

2026
Tonight at the Museum poster

Tonight at the Museum

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

2025
A Knock at the Door poster

A Knock at the Door

Movie · as Lenny Bray

2025
Sam Pang Tonight poster

Sam Pang Tonight

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2025
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · as Lenny Bray · 1 ep

2024
Perfect Pub Walks poster

Perfect Pub Walks

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2024
Rob Beckett's Smart TV poster

Rob Beckett's Smart TV

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2021
David Mitchell's Outsiders poster

David Mitchell's Outsiders

TV · as Self · 6 eps

2021
Blankety Blank poster

Blankety Blank

TV · 1 ep

2021
Taskmaster’s New Year Treat poster

Taskmaster’s New Year Treat

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Des O'Connor: The Ultimate Entertainer poster

Des O'Connor: The Ultimate Entertainer

Movie · as Self

2020
McDonald & Dodds poster

McDonald & Dodds

TV · as George Gillian · 1 ep

2020
QI XS poster

QI XS

TV · as Guest · 6 eps

2020
Guessable poster

Guessable

TV · as Self - Team Captain · 44 eps

2020
Between the Covers poster

Between the Covers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
FX's A Christmas Carol poster

FX's A Christmas Carol

Movie · as Miner

2019
Hypothetical poster

Hypothetical

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
Flack poster

Flack

TV · 1 ep

2018
The Bromley Boys poster

The Bromley Boys

Movie · as Donald Roberts

2018
The Midnight Gang poster

The Midnight Gang

Movie · as Porter

2017
89 poster

89

Movie · as Himself

2017
Frankie Drake Mysteries poster

Frankie Drake Mysteries

TV · as Jonny Cork · 1 ep

2017
All Round to Mrs. Brown's poster

All Round to Mrs. Brown's

TV · as Alan Davies · 1 ep

2017
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice poster

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Alan Davies: Little Victories poster

Alan Davies: Little Victories

Movie

2016
Damned poster

Damned

TV · as Alastair Kavanagh · 12 eps

2015
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry poster

A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry

Movie · as Self

2015
Taskmaster poster

Taskmaster

TV · as Self · 10 eps

2015
Travel Man: 48 Hours in... poster

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled poster

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

TV · as Himself - Host · 65 eps

2014
A Life on Screen poster

A Life on Screen

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Alan Davies Après-Ski poster

Alan Davies Après-Ski

TV · 3 eps

2013
Alan Davies: Life Is Pain poster

Alan Davies: Life Is Pain

Movie · as Himself

2013
Respect: A Felix Dexter Special poster

Respect: A Felix Dexter Special

Movie · as Self

2013
The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies poster

The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies

TV · as Presenter · 100 eps

2013
Have You Been Paying Attention? poster

Have You Been Paying Attention?

TV · as Panellist · 2 eps

2013
Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery poster

Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
The Last Leg poster

The Last Leg

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2013
Tipping Point: Lucky Stars poster

Tipping Point: Lucky Stars

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2012
Playhouse Presents poster

Playhouse Presents

TV · as Al · 1 ep

2011
Making Qi poster

Making Qi

Movie · as Self

2011
The Jonathan Ross Show poster

The Jonathan Ross Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2011
Show Me the Funny

Show Me the Funny

TV · 7 eps

2011
Perspectives poster

Perspectives

TV · 1 ep

2010
Huge poster

Huge

Movie · as Self

2010
Alan Davies' Teenage Revolution

Alan Davies' Teenage Revolution

TV · 3 eps

2010
The Michael Ball Show

The Michael Ball Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
Whites poster

Whites

TV · as Roland White · 6 eps

2010
Little Crackers poster

Little Crackers

TV · as Alan, Comedian · 1 ep

2009
Jonathan Creek: The Grinning Man poster

Jonathan Creek: The Grinning Man

Movie · as Jonathan Creek

2009
Live from Studio Five poster

Live from Studio Five

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
QI XL poster

QI XL

TV · as Self - Panellist · 280 eps

2008
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging poster

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging

Movie · as Bob Nicolson

2008
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen poster

Verity Lambert: Drama Queen

Movie

2007
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out poster

Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out

Movie · as Self

2007
Comedy Map of Britain

Comedy Map of Britain

TV · 1 ep

2007
Would I Lie to You? poster

Would I Lie to You?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Lewis poster

Lewis

TV · as Marcus Richards · 1 ep

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 5 eps

2006
TV Heaven, Telly Hell poster

TV Heaven, Telly Hell

TV · 1 ep

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2006
The Good Housekeeping Guide poster

The Good Housekeeping Guide

TV · 1 ep

2006
Hotel Babylon poster

Hotel Babylon

TV · as Otto Clark · 2 eps

2005
8 Out of 10 Cats poster

8 Out of 10 Cats

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Roman Road poster

Roman Road

Movie · as Vince

2004
Top Gear's Stars in Fast Cars poster

Top Gear's Stars in Fast Cars

Movie

2004
The Culture Show poster

The Culture Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
The Brief poster

The Brief

TV · as Henry Farmer · 8 eps

2003
QI poster

QI

TV · as Self - Panellist · 372 eps

2002
Top Gear poster

Top Gear

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2002
Great Britons poster

Great Britons

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

2002
Fifth Gear poster

Fifth Gear

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
Dog Eat Dog poster

Dog Eat Dog

Movie · as Phil

2001
Richard & Judy poster

Richard & Judy

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
Bob & Rose poster

Bob & Rose

TV · as Robert 'Bob' Gossage · 6 eps

2000
A Many Splintered Thing

A Many Splintered Thing

TV · 7 eps

1999
Jaws 5 poster

Jaws 5

Movie · as Himself

1999
Loose Women poster

Loose Women

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1998
Alan Davies: Urban Trauma poster

Alan Davies: Urban Trauma

Movie · as Himself

1998
Alan Davies: Lafter Hours

Alan Davies: Lafter Hours

Movie · as Himself

1998
Fantasy World Cup

Fantasy World Cup

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
Parkinson poster

Parkinson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Jonathan Creek poster

Jonathan Creek

TV · as Jonathan Creek · 26 eps

1997
Ruby poster

Ruby

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

TV · as Self, Self - Panellist · 1 ep

1995
Soccer AM poster

Soccer AM

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1995
One For The Road

One For The Road

TV · as Simon Treat · 6 eps

1994
Alan Davies: Live at the Lyric poster

Alan Davies: Live at the Lyric

Movie · as Himself

1994
Room 101 poster

Room 101

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1994
Ready, Steady, Cook poster

Ready, Steady, Cook

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1991
Pebble Mill

Pebble Mill

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1990
Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You

TV · as Self - Guest Captain · 1 ep

1988
Comic Relief poster

Comic Relief

TV · 1 ep

1964
Top of the Pops poster

Top of the Pops

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep