Jaye Davidson

Jaye Davidson (born Alfred Amey) is an English model, fashion stylist, and retired actor. He made his acting debut as Dil in the thriller film The Crying Game, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Following his breakthrough, he portrayed the villainous Ra in the commercially successful science fiction film Stargate (1994). Davidson retired from acting afterwards, disliking the fame that it brought him.

Life Davidson was born in Riverside, California, in the United States. He was raised in Hertfordshire, England, where he moved when he was three. His father is from Ghana and his mother is from England.

Davidson married Thomas Clarke in 2017.

Career Davidson made his acting debut in the thriller film The Crying Game (1992). The film's funders wanted director Neil Jordan to cast a woman to play the transgender character Dil, believing that it would be impossible to find an androgynous male actor who could pass as female. Nevertheless, Davidson - who had no prior professional acting experience - was invited to audition for The Crying Game after being discovered at a wrap party for Derek Jarman's Edward II. He was cast in the role of Dil. The film was a critical and commercial success. It was marketed as having a surprise twist, in which the main character Fergus (played by Stephen Rea) discovers that Dil is transgender. The scene required full-frontal nudity on Davidson's part. Rea later said: "If Jaye hadn't been a completely convincing woman, my character would have looked stupid." When the film was released, Miramax requested that reviewers keep Davidson's sex a secret. and for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1993. Davidson also received nominations for the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actor and the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actress in 1993. in the 1994 science fiction adventure film Stargate. He was surprised when his request to be paid $1 million was accepted.

Davidson later retired from acting,

Filmography +Film work by Jaye Davidson Year Title Role Director Notes 1992 The Crying Game Dil Neil JordanNational Board of Review Award for Most Auspicious Debut Nominated – National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actor Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actress 1994 Stargate Ra Roland Emmerich 1994 Jiggery Pokery JoSophie MullerTelevision film 1995 Catwalk Himself Robert Leacock Documentary 2009 The Borghilde Project Nazi photographer Myles Grimsdale