Brad Davis

Brad Davis is one of those actors who burned so bright so fast that it almost hurts to think about what was lost. His performance as Billy Hayes in Midnight Express is the kind of debut that makes you sit up straight — raw, desperate, completely exposed — and the Golden Globe he won for it felt less like industry validation and more like the world finally catching up to something obvious. He had the ability to make you feel trapped right alongside his characters, and his later work in Querelle and on stage showed a range that rarely got the spotlight it deserved. He carried his personal battles quietly and kept working right up until the end, dying of AIDS-related complications in 1991 at just 41. The fact that Hollywood never quite figured out what to do with him doesn't diminish what he gave us — it just makes those performances feel even more precious.

Name (English)

Brad Davis

Name (Japanese)

ブラッド・デイヴィス

Reading

ぶらっど・でいゔぃす

Born

November 6, 1949 – September 8, 1991

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Ox

Origin

Tallahassee, Florida, United States

Occupation

stage actor / film actor / television actor / actor

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9%20(%E4%BF%B3%E5%84%AA)

Tags

• Florida
• stage actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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