David Avery

David Avery
Born 10 December 1986
Occupation Actor
Years active 2009–present

David Avery (born 1986) is a British film, television and theatre actor. He is best known for Starred Up, The Inbetweeners Movie and CBBC's The Dumping Ground.

Background

Avery is from west London, England. He studied acting for one year at the Central School of Speech and Drama.[1]

Career

Avery's first on screen role came in 2009 by starring in the third series of Sofia's Diary. He joined the lead cast as Flex featuring throughout the series. Sofia's Diary, produced by Sony Television Pictures International, was one of the first online web series to make the transition to UK television.[2] Avery then landed his first feature film role in Fit written and directed by Rikki Beadle-Blair. Avery played Marios the older brother of lead character Lee. His next major role was in BBC daytime drama Missing starring opposite Pauline Quirke. He played guest lead character Pete Walsh for one episode in the second series. Shortly after, his big break came when he landed the part of Nicos in The Inbetweeners Movie. The film went on to break UK box office records for the opening weekend.[3] In 2012 Avery took part in the June edition of Monologue Slam UK. Actors take to the stage to compete against each other by performing monologues to a professional industry panel. Avery won first prize for his performance, "The monologue that David performed captivating the room was 'Nowhere in America' by Bathsheba Doran".[4]

Avery is also notable for playing lead character Marcus Graham in the multi-award winning web-to-television series Brothers With No Game. The series amassed a huge international following when the first episode was released online in June 2012.[5] Avery and the cast later returned for a second series with the public demand being so high and winning six awards at the LA Web Festival 2013.[6] The shows popularity got the attention of a new television channel London Live (TV channel) and went on to be broadcast in 2014. The lead cast of the show also went on to win Favourite Web Series Ensemble at the first ever Screen Nation Digital-iS awards.[7]

Avery's next major role came when he landed the part of Fabian in the final episode of the seventh series of Doctor Who 'The Name of the Doctor'. His television work continued when he joined the cast of CBBC's The Dumping Ground. Avery played Kingsley Jackson, Jodie's eldest brother alongside Victoria Alcock who played Jodie's mother. The family were a popular edition to the first series, so much so that the family were asked to return to the show for a Christmas Special episode Jody in Wonderland. The series went on to win a BAFTA that year for Best Drama.[8] His next major role was starring in Starred Up as Ashley opposite Jack O'Connell and Ben Mendelsohn. The film received excellent reviews "Raw and Immediate" - Variety and 4/5 stars from Empire Magazine.[9][10] The film was directed by David Mackenzie and went on to win various awards including Best Feature Film at BAFTA Scotland 2014.[11]

Avery's next appearance on the big screen will be playing Fisher in Kill Your Friends, a British dark comedy crime-thriller written be John Niven based on his own written 2008 novel of the same name.

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Sofia's Diary Flex 2 episodes
2010 Missing Pete Walsh Episode 2.2
Coming Up - DIP Theo Episode 8.7
2012 Brothers With No Game Marcus Graham[12] 14 episodes (Seasons 1 & 2)
Pini Dave Episode "Gorillas in the Mist"
2013 Doctor Who Fabian Episode "The Name of the Doctor"
The Dumping Ground Kingsley Jackson 2 episodes
2014 24: Live Another Day Donny 2 episodes
2015 Spotless Yilmaz Episode 1.7
2016 The Night Manager Freddie Hamid 2 episodes

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Fit Marios Nominated - Grand Prize Chéries-Chéris - Feature Film
2011 The Inbetweeners Movie Nicos Won - Empire Award - Best Comedy
Nominated - Empire Award - Best British Film
Nominated - Evening Standard British Film Award - Blockbuster of the Year
2013 Starred Up Ashley Won - BAFTA Awards, Scotland - Best Feature Film
Nominated - British Independent Film Awards - Best British Independent Film
2015 Drift Bisher Short-Film
Kill Your Friends Fisher Completed
2016 Mona Frasier Completed
Criminal Achmed Completed

Awards

Screen Nation Digital-iS Awards - Favourite Web Series Ensemble - Brothers With No Game

LA Web Festival 2013 - Brothers With No Game - Winner Outstanding Ensemble David Avery, Jay Marsh, Zephryn Taitte and Isaac Sosanya.

Monologue Slam UK - June 2012 Champion

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