Phil Davis

Philip Davis (born 30 July 1953) is an English actor, writer, director and narrator.

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Alien³ (1992)

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After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The prison does not ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Fincher
CAST:  Sigourney Weaver  •  Charles S. Dutton  •  Charles Dance  •  Pete Postlethwaite

After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The prison does not ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Fincher
CAST:  Sigourney Weaver  •  Charles S. Dutton  •  Charles Dance  •  Pete Postlethwaite

Casanova (2005)

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With a reputation for seducing members of the opposite sex, regardless of their marital status, a notorious womanizer discovers a beauty who seems impervious to his charms. However, as he continues to pursue the indifferent lady, he finds himself falling in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lasse Hallström
CAST:  Heath Ledger  •  Sienna Miller  •  Jeremy Irons  •  Oliver Platt

With a reputation for seducing members of the opposite sex, regardless of their marital status, a notorious womanizer discovers a beauty who seems impervious to his charms. However, as he continues to pursue the indifferent lady, he finds himself falling in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lasse Hallström
CAST:  Heath Ledger  •  Sienna Miller  •  Jeremy Irons  •  Oliver Platt

Different for Girls (1996)

Paul reunites with his schoolmate Kim, and finds out she's actually a woman who has transitioned since they last met. She has no desire to stir up the past and they start to fall in love, but Paul's immaturity gets them in trouble.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Spence
CAST:  Rupert Graves  •  Steven Mackintosh  •  Miriam Margolyes  •  Charlotte Coleman

Paul reunites with his schoolmate Kim, and finds out she's actually a woman who has transitioned since they last met. She has no desire to stir up the past and they start to fall in love, but Paul's immaturity gets them in trouble.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Spence
CAST:  Rupert Graves  •  Steven Mackintosh  •  Miriam Margolyes  •  Charlotte Coleman

High Hopes (1989)

Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and Cyril's pretentious sister and philandering husband. Shirley wants a baby, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Leigh
CAST:  Phil Davis  •  Ruth Sheen  •  Edna Doré  •  Philip Jackson

Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and Cyril's pretentious sister and philandering husband. Shirley wants a baby, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Leigh
CAST:  Phil Davis  •  Ruth Sheen  •  Edna Doré  •  Philip Jackson

I.D. (1995)

Four policemen go undercover and infiltrate a gang of football hooligans hoping to route out their leaders. For one of the four, the line between 'job' and 'yob' becomes more unclear as time passes . . .  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Davis
CAST:  Reece Dinsdale  •  Richard Graham  •  Perry Fenwick  •  Sean Pertwee

Four policemen go undercover and infiltrate a gang of football hooligans hoping to route out their leaders. For one of the four, the line between 'job' and 'yob' becomes more unclear as time passes . . .  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Davis
CAST:  Reece Dinsdale  •  Richard Graham  •  Perry Fenwick  •  Sean Pertwee

In the Name of the Father (1993)

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A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He and his four friends are coerced by British police into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Sheridan
CAST:  Daniel Day-Lewis  •  Emma Thompson  •  Pete Postlethwaite  •  John Lynch

A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He and his four friends are coerced by British police into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Sheridan
CAST:  Daniel Day-Lewis  •  Emma Thompson  •  Pete Postlethwaite  •  John Lynch

Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)

A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Parker
CAST:  Christine Hargreaves  •  James Laurenson  •  Eleanor David  •  Bob Geldof

A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Parker
CAST:  Christine Hargreaves  •  James Laurenson  •  Eleanor David  •  Bob Geldof

Quadrophenia (1979)

Based on the 1973 rock opera album of the same name by The Who, this is the story of 60s teenager Jimmy. At work he slaves in a dead-end job. While after, he shops for tailored suits and rides his scooter as part of the London Mod scene.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franc Roddam
CAST:  Phil Daniels  •  Leslie Ash  •  Phil Davis  •  Mark Wingett

Based on the 1973 rock opera album of the same name by The Who, this is the story of 60s teenager Jimmy. At work he slaves in a dead-end job. While after, he shops for tailored suits and rides his scooter as part of the London Mod scene.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franc Roddam
CAST:  Phil Daniels  •  Leslie Ash  •  Phil Davis  •  Mark Wingett

Secrets & Lies (1996)

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With both her adoptive parents now dead, a black optometrist decides to make contact with her birth mother, but is shocked to find out that she is white.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Leigh
CAST:  Timothy Spall  •  Phyllis Logan  •  Brenda Blethyn  •  Claire Rushbrook

With both her adoptive parents now dead, a black optometrist decides to make contact with her birth mother, but is shocked to find out that she is white.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Leigh
CAST:  Timothy Spall  •  Phyllis Logan  •  Brenda Blethyn  •  Claire Rushbrook

Still Crazy (1998)

In the seventies Strange Fruit were it. They lived the rock lifestyle to the max, groupies, drugs, internal tension and an ex front man dead from an overdose. Even their demise was glamorous; when lightning struck the stage during an outdoor festival. 20 years on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Gibson
CAST:  Stephen Rea  •  Billy Connolly  •  Jimmy Nail  •  Bill Nighy

In the seventies Strange Fruit were it. They lived the rock lifestyle to the max, groupies, drugs, internal tension and an ex front man dead from an overdose. Even their demise was glamorous; when lightning struck the stage during an outdoor festival. 20 years on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Gibson
CAST:  Stephen Rea  •  Billy Connolly  •  Jimmy Nail  •  Bill Nighy

The Bounty (1984)

The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roger Donaldson
CAST:  Mel Gibson  •  Anthony Hopkins  •  Laurence Olivier  •  Edward Fox

The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roger Donaldson
CAST:  Mel Gibson  •  Anthony Hopkins  •  Laurence Olivier  •  Edward Fox

The Flipside of Dominick Hide (1980)

Dominick Hide, a time traveller from the year 2130, is studying the London transport system of 1980. Time travellers are supposed to be observers, and are strictly forbidden to land their flying saucers. One time traveller who broke this rule accidentally killed a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Gibson
CAST:  Peter Firth  •  Patrick Magee  •  Caroline Langrishe  •  Pippa Guard

Dominick Hide, a time traveller from the year 2130, is studying the London transport system of 1980. Time travellers are supposed to be observers, and are strictly forbidden to land their flying saucers. One time traveller who broke this rule accidentally killed a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Gibson
CAST:  Peter Firth  •  Patrick Magee  •  Caroline Langrishe  •  Pippa Guard

Cassandra's Dream (2007)

The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Woody Allen
CAST:  Colin Farrell  •  Ewan McGregor  •  Hayley Atwell  •  Sally Hawkins

The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Woody Allen
CAST:  Colin Farrell  •  Ewan McGregor  •  Hayley Atwell  •  Sally Hawkins

Vera Drake (2004)

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Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Leigh
CAST:  Imelda Staunton  •  Sally Hawkins  •  Phil Davis  •  Richard Graham

Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Leigh
CAST:  Imelda Staunton  •  Sally Hawkins  •  Phil Davis  •  Richard Graham

Underworld (1985)

When high class hooker Nicole is kidnapped from her brothel, Rich businessman Hugo Motherskille hires her ex love Roy Bain to find her. Investigating the disappearance, he eventually finds traces that lead to Dr. Savary, who has produced a strange white powder ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Pavlou
CAST:  Denholm Elliott  •  Steven Berkoff  •  Nicola Cowper  •  Larry Lamb

When high class hooker Nicole is kidnapped from her brothel, Rich businessman Hugo Motherskille hires her ex love Roy Bain to find her. Investigating the disappearance, he eventually finds traces that lead to Dr. Savary, who has produced a strange white powder ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Pavlou
CAST:  Denholm Elliott  •  Steven Berkoff  •  Nicola Cowper  •  Larry Lamb

The Canterbury Tales (1972)

Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pier Paolo Pasolini
CAST:  Franco Citti  •  Ninetto Davoli  •  Josephine Chaplin  •  Hugh Griffith

Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pier Paolo Pasolini
CAST:  Franco Citti  •  Ninetto Davoli  •  Josephine Chaplin  •  Hugh Griffith

S.O.S. Titanic (1980)

The Titanic disaster as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Hale
CAST:  David Janssen  •  Cloris Leachman  •  Susan Saint James  •  David Warner

The Titanic disaster as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Hale
CAST:  David Janssen  •  Cloris Leachman  •  Susan Saint James  •  David Warner

Photographing Fairies (1997)

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Photographer Charles Castle is numbed with grief following the death of his beautiful bride. He goes off to war, working in the trenches as a photographer. Following the war and still in grief Charles is given some photographs purporting to be of fairies. His ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Willing
CAST:  Toby Stephens  •  Emily Woof  •  Ben Kingsley  •  Frances Barber

Photographer Charles Castle is numbed with grief following the death of his beautiful bride. He goes off to war, working in the trenches as a photographer. Following the war and still in grief Charles is given some photographs purporting to be of fairies. His ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Willing
CAST:  Toby Stephens  •  Emily Woof  •  Ben Kingsley  •  Frances Barber

The Firm (1989)

A seemingly respectable estate agent leads a double life as the head of a vicious, well-organised gang of football hooligans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Clarke
CAST:  Gary Oldman  •  Lesley Manville  •  Phil Davis  •  Andrew Wilde

A seemingly respectable estate agent leads a double life as the head of a vicious, well-organised gang of football hooligans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Clarke
CAST:  Gary Oldman  •  Lesley Manville  •  Phil Davis  •  Andrew Wilde

Howling V: The Rebirth (1989)

When a group of people from different walks of life converge in a Hungarian castle situated in Budapest which has been sealed for 500 years, they bring with them a werewolf which slowly begins to cut their numbers down.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neal Sundstrom
CAST:  Phil Davis  •  Victoria Catlin  •  Ben Cole  •  Elizabeth Shé

When a group of people from different walks of life converge in a Hungarian castle situated in Budapest which has been sealed for 500 years, they bring with them a werewolf which slowly begins to cut their numbers down.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neal Sundstrom
CAST:  Phil Davis  •  Victoria Catlin  •  Ben Cole  •  Elizabeth Shé
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