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Karl Davies Profile |
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Birth Date: August 1982
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Birth Place: Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK
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Birth Name: Karl Davies
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Height: 5'9"
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Biography |
Karl Davies born August, 1982 in Stockport, Greater
Manchester is an English actor. He is best known for
portraying Robert Sugden in the ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale.
Davies began his television acting career in 2000 with a
guest appearance as Rick Ashburn in the ITV1 series Fat
Friends before moving into the recurring role of Nick Pullen
in Peak Practice a role he played between series 9 - 11. He
continued to play a number of minor television roles
including The Bill before getting his big break in Emmerdale
In 2001 Karl secured his most famous role to date taking
over the role of Robert Sugden a longstanding character
first introduced in 1986. The role had initially been played
by Robert Smith (1986 - 1989) before being taken by
Christopher Smith who held the position from 1989 - 2001.
The change was made by series producers to allow them to
engage Robert in a number of more mature story lines.
His first episode was broadcast in August 2001. The change
in actor allowed the character to be developed and he soon
became involved in a number of controversial storylines,
most involving a long running feud with his adopted brother
Andy Sugden. He also became known for a number of romantic
storylines, with Robert having an increasing number of
sexual partners including his brothers wife Katie Sugden, 15
year old Debbie Dingle and Sadie King played by Patsy Kensit
the former wife of singer Liam Gallagher. This final
romantic storyline received a lot of media attention when
Kensit reportedly objected to the relationship with a much
younger actor. The story however continued and was to be one
of Davies last.
The final story was to see the culmination of the brotherly
feud which had dominated much of Davies time on the show. In
a very highly publicised storyline it was made clear to the
media weeks in advance that either Robert, Andy or local vet
Max King would be killed in an explosive road accident. In
the end it was to be Max who was killed but Robert decided
he could no longer remain in the village and was last seen
driving off towards a new life. The open ending allowed
Davies to attempt to create himself a film career but leaves
open a possible return to the show (where the characters
family remain) should he or the producers wish to peruse
this option.
Following his departure from Emmerdale, Davies took the role
of Damien in a short film Me and Her which aired at the
Edinburgh International Film Festival on August 22, 2006. It
was made by the UK Film Council and directed by Sarah Tripp.
In 2006 he began production on a new movie Dolphins in which
he plays the central role Brent Black a teenager from a
rough estate in Brighton. The film follows Brent and a gang
of boy racers as they compete against another team of racers
from London. As of February 2007 the movie is stated to be
in post production with a release date of some time during
2007. According to the official website a promotional video
of the movie will be screened at AFM before the release of
the full movie in Berlin in February 2007.
Along with the production of Dolphins, Davies also spent
some of 2006 filming a new six part ITV1 television series
Kingdom where he will star alongside Stephen Fry and
Hermione Norris. It follows the story of a solicitor living
in a quiet seaside village in Norfolk and as of February
2007 is classified as being in post production with
broadcast expected at some point later this year.
Prior to becoming a professional actor Karl enjoyed extreme
sports and competed in climbing competitions at the age of
14, 15 and 16 but never pursued this further than local
competitions at a junior level. He has expressed a love of
extreme sports such as snowboarding and skiing. However
during his time on Emmerdale he has publicly stated that he
was prevented from participating in these activities by the
producers. His only real exception to this was as part of
the annual charity fund-raising event in Inveraray where he
was allowed to go Wing walking on a bi-plane, an experience
he greatly enjoyed.
According to his resume as provided by the Internet Movie
Database Karl speaks French and takes part in many atheltic
sports including cycling, swimming and gymnastics. He plays
guitar and bass guitar and lists his skills as Motorcyclist,
Stunts, Precision Driver, Stage Combat, Voiceover and
Improvisation. The same resume confirms that he is
authorised to work in the United States. |
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Other Information |
Performed a play for the Youth Unlimited Theatre Group.
Took the Sunday Sport to the UK Press Complaints Commission
for an inaccurate story about him. Their story was found to
be untrue and they removed it from their on-line database
and promised not to repeat it in any further publications. |
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