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My Take
What I admire most about Greg Davies is how completely he weaponized his years as a schoolteacher. The towering frame and booming voice would be enough for most comedians, but his real gift is authority played for absurdity — Mr. Gilbert in The Inbetweeners and the Taskmaster himself are both teachers at heart, grading the unruly. He is also a sneaky-good writer; Man Down and The Cleaner reveal a melancholy streak beneath the bluster. Davies proves a late start can be an asset: he arrived with a lifetime of material and the timing of a man who has silenced a thousand classrooms.
Overview
Gregory Daniel Davies ( DAY-viss; born 14 May 1968) is a British comedian, actor, presenter, and writer. He is best known for his roles as Mr. Gilbert in The Inbetweeners (2008–2010), Greg in We Are Klang (2009), Ken Thompson in Cuckoo (2012–2019), Dan Davies in Man Down (2013–2017), and Paul "Wicky" Wickstead in The Cleaner (2021–2024). He also created Man Down and The Cleaner.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Greg Davies
- Name (Japanese)
- グレッグ・デイヴィース
- Reading
- ぐれっぐ・でいゔぃーす
- Born
- May 14, 1968 (age 58)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Monkey
- Origin
- St Asaph, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / stand-up comedian / television presenter / school teacher / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Brunel University London
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | The Inbetweeners | — | |
| Notable work | Mock the Week | — | |
| Notable work | Man Down | — | |
| Notable work | Cuckoo | — |
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://gregdavies.co.uk
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/gregdavies/
- Xhttps://x.com/gdavies
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg%20Davies
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.