Phil Davis is an English actor, writer and director who portrays Jud Paynter in 2015 BBC adaptation of Poldark.
Early Life
Davis was interested in acting from the age of eight, He attended the National Youth Theatre and Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop.
Career
In 1977, he was cast in the lead role in the play Gotcha! about an under-achieving student.
He later landed the role of midshipman Edward "Ned" Young in The Bounty. He began a long association with Mike Leigh with roles in films including High Hopes.
He has also made numerous television appearances. More recent roles have seen him mainly cast as disreputable characters, Smallweed in the BBC adaptation of Bleak House. He played a main part in the first episode of Sherlock. In 2013 he starred in BBC Three's Being Human.
Since 2015, Davis has played Jud Paynter in the BBC adaptation of Poldark.[1]
Personal Life
Davis has one child, Hugo, to a previous relationship in 1996. In 2002, he married actress Eve Matheson and they have one daughter, Amy Elisabeth.