Benjamin Davies (born Benjamin John Gareth Davies, 19 September 1980, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK), is a Laurence Olivier award winning actor.
Davies grew up in Scotland, Devon, Cornwall, Sussex and London, he is of Welsh/Scots descent.
He was educated at Tavistock College (Devon), Lewes Priory (Sussex) and the Drama Centre,(Chalk Farm London).
His earliest performances were at Theatre Royal, Plymouth, National Youth Theatre, Glyndebourne Opera House where he was a member of their young companies.
In 1997 Davies won entry to the prestigious Drama Centre London aged 17, where in 1998 he began his training under Yat Malmgren, Christopher Fettes and Reuven Adiv.
After graduating in 2001 Davies went on to work at the Royal Court Theatre where in 2002 he won a Laurence Olivier Award for his portrayal of Danny in Grae Cleugh's "Fucking Games". In 2003 he appeared at the Traverse Theatre to work with Wilson Milam, then to the National Theatre Studio. In 2004 he played "Dill" in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mocking Bird. Later that year he worked with the avant-garde film director Peter Greenaway on The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story and The Tulse Luper Suitcases,Part 2: Vaux to the Sea. In 2005 he played Dominic Morrison in "Sea of Souls" for BBC Television, then Davies played "Lawrence" in the first ever staged production of "Lovely Evening" by Peter Gill (playwright), for Daniel Evans (actor) directorial début for the Young Vic Theatre. Later that year he joined the Oxford Stage Company now Headlong Theatre, appearing in "Rookery Nook" by Ben Travers for Dominic Dromgoole final show with the OSC. In 2007 he played "Mickybo" in "Mojo Mickybo" by Owen McCafferty at the Trafalgar Studios in the West End. In 2008 he played "Ken" in the first revival of Howard Brenton's Weapons of Happiness. In 2010 he played "Elliot" in the UK premiere of the American play Nerve.