Jack Davenport was born in 1973 and is the son of actors Maria Aitken and
Nigel Davenport. He studied Literature and Film Studies at the University of
East Anglia. His first break happened after he wrote to John Cleese to ask
to be a runner on Wilde Kreaturen (1997) where he ended up playing a zoo keeper. His
first major role however was that of public school educated barrister
Miles in the BBC television series This Life (1996). Recent projects include the
stylish Ultraviolet (1998) where he played a modern-day vampire hunter, Der talentierte Mr. Ripley (1999) as
Matt Damon's love interest, and Fluch der Karibik (2003) as the Keira Knightley's intended
mate.
