Jeff Davis (comedian)

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Jeff Davis

Birth name	Jeffrey Bryan Davis
Born	October 6, 1973 Los Angeles, California
Notable roles	Happy Family as Todd Brennan Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Himself Drew Carey's Green Screen Show as Himself The Downer Channel as various characters On The Spot as Jeff Miller

Jeffrey Bryan Davis (born October 6, 1973 in Los Angeles, California) is an American comedian. He is most famous as a guest star on the improv comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway? He also appears in Drew Carey's Green Screen Show. He is most famous for his impressions of Christopher Walken and Jeff Goldblum in the Whose Line game "Questionable Impressions". He was also used quite a bit in the singing games.

[edit] Biography

Jeff Davis, a multi-talented actor/comedian, raised in Southern California, started his acting career at the age of 4 at the Groundlings Theater in Hollywood, playing Linus in You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown. On opening night, he threw up on his director.

Davis started in commercials when he was 4 years old, and at age 11 was cast as Louis in the Broadway production of The King and I with Yul Brynner. A national tour followed and, after 750 performances, Davis returned home to attend school.

Davis began performing with various improv troupes, and did a lot of work with the short video website Channel 101.com and was in the Dan Harmon series Laser Fart. Soon after he landed a recurring role on the improv series Whose Line Is It Anyway? His comedic timing won over comedian Steve Martin and the other producers of The Downer Channel, earning Davis a spot in the cast of the comedy sketch/reality series in 2001. He also has appeared on the television series The Norm Show, The Drew Carey Show and The WB's The Jamie Kennedy Experiment. Davis appeared in the acclaimed telefilm Tuesdays With Morrie and was a series regular on Happy Family, opposite Christine Baranski and John Larroquette, in the fall of 2003.

Davis currently resides in Los Angeles and he currently tours with the Improv All-Stars alongside fellow Whose Liners; Drew Carey, Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Chip Esten, Brad Sherwood, Kathy Kinney, Julie Larson, Jonathan Mangum, Sean Masterson, and Greg Proops. Davis has also been part of two USO tours.

Although Davis has studied Spanish in school, he is not fluent in the Spanish language.