Jaye Davidson

Jaye Davidson was born on Mar 21, 1968 in USA. Jaye Davidson's big-screen debut came with The Crying Game directed by Neil Jordan in 1992, strarring Dil. Jaye Davidson is known for The Crying Game directed by Neil Jordan, Forest Whitaker stars as Jody and Miranda Richardson as Jude. Jaye Davidson has got 1 awards and 7 nominations so far. The most recent award Jaye Davidson achieved is National Board of Review, USA. The upcoming new movie Jaye Davidson plays is Stargate which will be released on Oct 28, 1994.

Jaye was born in Riverside, California in 1968, the son of a Ghanaian father and English mother. The family left for England when Jaye was two and a half. Jaye left school at 16 and had been alternately unemployed and doing odd jobs (running for a production company, working in a factory) ever since. Jaye had no real acting experience when discovered by a casting associate at a wrap party for Derek Jarman's Edward II (1991). He was working as a fashion designer at that time and took the role for the money. He was cast to play Dil in The Crying Game (1992), which became a sleeper hit that shocked audiences worldwide and, in 1992, was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor for Jaye. His overnight stardom earned him his next big role as the sun god Ra opposite James Spader and Kurt Russell in the blockbuster Stargate : La Porte des étoiles (1994). Since his brush with movie fame, Jaye has spent his time doing big-name fashion shoots: Steven Meisel for Italian Vogue, Michael Roberts for Joseph, and a GAP ad by Annie Leibovitz. He accompanied Kate Moss to the British Fashion Awards, and in Paris at Valentino's jet-set party in honor of Sharon Stone, he accompanied Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington.