Jeff Davis

Jeffrey Bryan Davis (born October 6, 1973) is an American actor, impressionist and comedian. He is known for his work as a recurring performer on the improv comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway? From July 2016 until October 2019, he has starred as the Goblin Hero Boneweevil on the VRV Direct original production HarmonQuest.

He appeared in Drew Carey's Green Screen Show as one of the main actors. In 2011, Davis appeared on Drew Carey's improv show, Improv-A-Ganza. He is also known for his impersonations of several actors, notably Sam Elliott, Christopher Walken, Keanu Reeves, and Jeff Goldblum. He also had a lead role in 2006's award-winning independent film The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down as Marty the housesitter.

Early life and education Davis was born in Los Angeles and raised in Whittier, California. He began his acting career at the age of four at the Groundlings Theater in Hollywood, playing Linus in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.

Davis started in commercials, and at age 11 he was cast as Louis in the Broadway production of The King and I with Yul Brynner.

He previously worked at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.

Career Davis's screen acting debut was a role in the series Highway to Heaven as a 12-year-old college student prodigy. By 1998, Davis was performing with the musical improv group the Impromptones, alongside Joe Whyte, James Thomas Bailey, and Michael Pollock; The Christian Science Monitor reported that the group performed at Austin's Big Stinkin' International Improv & Sketch Comedy Festival, where they received a standing ovation from other performers. He worked with the short-video website Channel 101 and was in the Dan Harmon series Laser Fart. In addition, he played David Lee Roth of Van Halen in an episode of Yacht Rock.

Soon after, Davis 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 series in 2001. He has appeared in the television series The Norm Show, The Drew Carey Show, and The Jamie Kennedy Experiment.

He appeared in the telefilm Tuesdays with Morrie and was a series regular in Happy Family, opposite Christine Baranski and John Larroquette. He played an attorney in the October 9, 2008, episode of The Sarah Silverman Program. Davis regularly appears as a guest on the Superego podcast, where he frequently impersonates Sam Elliott.

Davis has toured on "The Improv All Stars" alongside fellow Whose Line stars Drew Carey, Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Chip Esten, Brad Sherwood, Kathy Greenwood, and Greg Proops. In 2014, Game Show Network announced he would host a game show called The Line.

Starting in 2012 Davis co-hosted the live improvisational comedy podcast Harmontown with Community creator Dan Harmon where he played "Comptroller" to Harmon's "Mayor" role, serving as the show's anchor, announcer, and sidekick until the show ended its run in late 2019. In 2021, Davis, along with Spencer Crittenden and Kevin Day, started the podcast That Happens, wherein conversation is followed by role-playing.

He is often confused with Jeff Davis, the creator of the television series Teen Wolf. In 2020, he appeared on the Teen Wolf episode of Diminishing Returns podcast and gave an interview, posing as the other Jeff Davis.

Filmography Film Film Year Title Role Notes 2002 Robot Bastard! Robot Blood Mamba Short film Dan Harmon's Batman Video short 2004 Evil Remains Eric 2006 Boys & Girls Guide To Getting Down Marty Trans-plants C.E.O. Brick Michaels Short Just the Three of Us "McCloud" Guy Video short 2008 Killer Pad Backwater 2009 Bountiful Bounty Frank Short In Loving Memory of Chad Jeff Short film 2010 An Evening Without Monty Python Various My Funny Valentine Joel 2015 Amigo Undead Sheriff Maynard 2019 Holiday Hell Tom 2020 Izzy Lyon: The Unspun Truth Ritchy Rounds

Television Television Year Title Role Notes 1986 Highway To Heaven Christopher Gunn Season 3, episode 9: "Code Name: FREAK"1999 Tuesdays with Morrie A capella Singer #2 TV movie Oblique TV short 2001 The Test Himself/Panelist Episode 74: "The Reality Test" 2001–2002The Drew Carey ShowHimself/D'Artagnan 2 episodes 2000–01, 2003, 2005–06 2013–present Whose Line Is It Anyway? Regular performer 2000 Norm Terry Season 3, episode 5: "Norm vs. Halloween" 2001 The Downer Channel Various House of Cards TV movie 2003 On the Spot Jeff Miller 5 episodes Credited as Jeff B. Davis Ultraforce Colonel Samuel Price Computerman Agent Chapman 4 episodes Happy Family Todd Brennan Pyramid Himself/Celebrity panelist 2 episodes 2004 Call Me Cobra TV short Uncredited Twigger's Holiday Michelle's Father Episode #1.52004–2005 Laser Fart Jeff Stunts Drew Carey's Green Screen Show Regular performer 2005 Joey Martin Season 1, episode 14: "Joey and the Premiere"Jake in Progress The Waiter Episode: "Check Please" House of Cosbys Mitchell Reynolds / Mitchell Voice Awesometown Cowboy Unaired pilot 2006 The Wastelander Bicycle Cop TV series short Episode #1.3 Yacht Rock David Lee Roth Episode: "Runnin' with the Devil" Woria: Queen of Power Monstro TV short 2006–2007 Exposure Ash Credited as Jeff Davis2007 Bad Day Cautionary Tales of Swords Anchorman Episode 3 2007–2008 The Sarah Silverman Program Lawyer 4 episodes 2008 True Blood Undercover Cop Season 1, episode 4: "Escape from Dragon House" Moral Orel Miss Secondopinionson / Busy Dad Toss-o-Matic Voice 2 episode The Madness of Jane John Mossbechar TV movie 2009 The Quest for the Golden Hot Dog Hungry Hipster Episode: "Welcome Eaters" Water and Power Jeff Episode: "Ryan Leaves for Israel" Crappy Holidays Presents... 2 episodes 2010 Melrose Place Simon Episode 17: "Sepulveda" Hunk of Metal TV short Uncle Nigel TV movie The Price Is Right Guest announcer September–November 2010–2012 Mary Shelley's Frankenhole Victor Frankenstein 20 episodes 2011 Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza Regular performer Squidbillies Voice Season 6 episode 4: "Big E" 2012Suits Zielinski Season 2, episode 9: "Asterisk" SuperF***ers Super Dan / Polka Dots Voice 2013 Falcon Man Lenny Episode 1 Doin' It Yourself Glee Boy TV movie 2014 Car-Jumper Brad Killian Episode #1.17 Space Work TV short Santiago Music Manager Episode 3 The Line Co-host 2016 Fuller House Wrestling Announcer Season 1 episode 6: "The Legend of El Explosivo" Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ Dirk Season 1 episode 2: "Uncle Jerry" Hidden America with Jonah Ray Goodman Steve Season 1, episode 1: "Boston: Where Past Is Present" 2016–2019 HarmonQuest Himself/Boneweevil 30 episodes 2017 Rick and Morty "Simple Rick's" Voiceover Voice Season 3, episode 7: "The Ricklantis Mixup" 2020 Diminishing Returns Jeff Davis, Creator of MTV's Teen Wolf / Jeff Davis, Not the Creator of MTV's Teen Wolf 3 episodes 2021 That Happens Episode: "Nazis Notwithstanding"

Podcast Podcast Year Title Role Notes 2012-2017 Harmontown Writer Director 195 episodes Uncredited 2022 Roborockalypse Jeff