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Oliver Ford Davies

Oliver Ford Davies

15 movies on Netflix

Biography

Oliver Ford Davies is an English actor, director, playwright and theater historian who began performing as a schoolboy and joined the Ealing amateur troupe Questors in 1956. After studying history at Oxford and teaching it in Edinburgh, he turned to the stage professionally in 1967. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1975, and his breakthrough arrived in 1990 with the lead in Racing Demon, David Hare's play at the Royal National Theatre, which brought him a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a New Play. He played King Lear for the Almeida in 2002 and Polonius in the RSC Hamlet, filmed for television in 2009. On screen he is known as Sio Bibble in the Star Wars prequels (1999, 2002, 2005) and appeared in Johnny English (2003), while his television roles include Peter Foxcott in Kavanagh QC. He has also published books on acting and Shakespeare and received an OBE in 2024.

87years old

Turns 88 on August 12in 274 days

  • Born Ealing
  • Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
  • Also credited as Oliver Robert Ford Davies

Movie Career

Films
15
Career span
28 years1994 to 2022

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  1. Big break

    In 1990, Oliver Ford Davies was cast in the lead role of Sir David Hare's Racing Demon, staged at the Royal National Theatre in London, which marked his theater breakthrough.

  2. A change of course

    Before turning to acting professionally, Oliver Ford Davies spent years as a university history lecturer, teaching at the University of Edinburgh from 1964 until he took up acting in 1967.

  3. Early training

    Oliver Ford Davies earned a scholarship to Merton College, Oxford. There he studied history and served as president of the Oxford University Dramatic Society.

  4. First role

    At 27, Oliver Ford Davies made his first professional appearances in the Birmingham Repertory Theatre's 1967 season. That company also included Michael Gambon, Brian Cox and Timothy Dalton.

  5. Behind the camera

    Oliver Ford Davies wrote the drama King Cromwell, staged at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond in November 2003 under director Sam Walters, and took the title role himself.

  6. Behind the award

    An Actor's Life in 12 Productions, Davies' book, came out in November 2022 through The Book Guild. In 2023 it took the Society for Theatre Research's STR Theatre Book Prize.

Oliver Ford Davies movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace1999 Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fias Sio Bibble

    IMDb rating 6.5939K votes

  2. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones2002 Action, Adventure, Fantasyas Sio Bibble

    IMDb rating 6.6832K votes

  3. Triangle of Sadness2022as Winston

    IMDb rating 7.2220K votes

  4. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith2005as Sio Bibble

    IMDb rating 7.7934K votes

  5. Hamlet2009as Polonius

    IMDb rating 8.14.1K votes

  6. The Deep Blue Sea2011as Hester's Father

    IMDb rating 6.218K votes

  7. Johnny English2003as Archbishop of Canterbury

    IMDb rating 6.3187K votes

  8. Mrs Brown1997as Dean of Windsor

    IMDb rating 7.216K votes

Most often with

George Lucas directed three of these films. Ewan McGregor appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Ewan McGregor, 4 films togetherSee the 4 films with Ewan McGregorNatalie Portman, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Natalie PortmanFrank Oz, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Frank OzAnthony Daniels, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Anthony DanielsIan McDiarmid, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Ian McDiarmidAhmed Best, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Ahmed BestGeorge LucasDirector, 3 filmsSee the 3 films by George Lucas

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Box office

What Oliver Ford Davies's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$3.0 billion

12 of the 15 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 15 films: 12 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas.

  • 12Worldwide figure
  • 1US gross only
  • 2Never in cinemas

Top grosser

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace1999as Sio Bibble$1.0 billion

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace1999as Sio Bibble
    $1.0B35.4% of the total
  2. 2
    Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith2005as Sio Bibble
    $850M28.8% of the total
  3. 3
    Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones2002as Sio Bibble
    $649M22.0% of the total
  4. 4
    Christopher Robin2018as Old Man Winslow
    $198M6.7% of the total
  5. 5
    Johnny English2003as Archbishop of Canterbury
    $160M5.4% of the total
  6. 6
    Triangle of Sadness2022as Winston
    $25M0.8% of the total
  7. 7
    An Ideal Husband1999as Sir Hugo Danforth
    $19M0.6% of the total
  8. 8
    Mrs Dalloway1997as Hugh Whitbread
    $3.3M0.1% of the total
The Deep Blue Sea (2011), $1.1 millionThe Mother (2003), $1.1 millionBlow Dry (2001), $637,769Heidi (2005), $154,579

$3.0 millionfrom the other 4 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total

Awards

One award and honor.

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Oliver Ford Davies's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Other honors
Laurence Olivier AwardsWon

Online

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