-Jeremy Davies was born Jeremy Boring on October 8, 1969 in Saugus, California. He is the second of four children - he has an older brother Josh (who is an Air Force pilot), a younger brother Zachary, and a  younger sister Katy. When Jeremy was a small child his parents moved to Traverse City, Michigan where he spent his early childhood. When he was still a child his parents divorced and he went to live with his mother in Kansas. He was subsequently moved around a lot during his childhood, living in places such as Wyoming, California, and New Orleans, among others.

His mother had contracted Lupus and passed away due to complications from the disease when Jeremy was 8. He then went to live with his father and step-mother in Santa Barbara, California. In the mid-1980's the family moved to Rockford, Iowa. While he was in California, Jeremy became interested in theater and acting. When he moved to Iowa, however, most of the teenage boys were pursuing careers in sports. Although this was what was expected of him, Jeremy did not have any desire to pursue sports. After he finished high school, he moved back to California and enrolled in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where he earned an Associates Degree. For his stage name, he chose "Davies" because it is his mother's maiden name. After graduating from the Academy of Dramatic Arts, he began to get small roles in television series such as 'The Wonder Years', 'General Hospital', and 'Melrose Place', as well as in television movies such as 'Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance' and '1775'. In 1993 he was cast in a Subaru commercial and casting directors took notice of him and he began receiving scripts for feature films.

He received much critical praise for his roles in films such as 'Saving Private Ryan' and 'Spanking the Monkey'. Rather than go the route of traditional formulaic Hollywood fare, Jeremy decided to move his career in the direction of playing more deep and intense characters in smaller films. He brilliantly brings to life the deep compexities of his characters and can successfully elicit emotions without needing to use words.

Rather than living the traditional young Hollywood lifestyle of excess, Jeremy chose to wisely invest his money and concentrate on his career. He never wanted to be in a position where he had to accept a film offer out of desperation for the money. He took care to make sure that he can only work on films out of pure desire and not need. Hoping to eventually become a film director himself, he sought guidance and instruction from some of the most acclaimed directors such as Lars von Trier, Werner Herzog, and Wim Wenders. He did not pursue an acting career for the sake of his own fame and fortune, instead he turned his career into an interesting learning experience - as he himself puts it, " a film school."

Trivia

- Jeremy's father is Mel Boring, the acclaimed author of children's books.

- Jeremy's first lead role was as Ray Aibelli in 'Spanking the Monkey'

- Jeremy was nominated for an independent Spirit Award in the category of Best Debut Performance for 'Spanking the Monkey'

- Jeremy won a Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award in the category of Best Supporting Actor for 'Saving Private Ryan'.

- Jeremy was nominated for a Blockbuster Entertainment Award in the cagegory of Favorite Supporting Actor for 'Saving Private Ryan'.

- Jeremy was nominated for two Golden Satellite Awards in the category of Best Actor in a Supporting Role for 'The Laramie Project' and 'Solaris'.

- Jeremy beat out more than 50 actors to get the part of Sonny Burns in 'Going All The Way' after giving director Mark Pellington a 9-page letter detailing his interpretation of the character. Pellington was, in his own words, "blown away".

-In preparation for his role as Charles Manson in 'Helter Skelter', Jeremy wanted to become comfortable and familiar with Manson's voice and style of speaking and he transcribed every interview that he could find of Manson and even slept listening to Manson's voice looped through headphones.

- In preparation for his role as prison camp inmate Eugene DeBruin in 'Rescue Dawn', Jeremy read 'Man's Search for Meaning' by Viktor Frankl. He also lost 33 pounds for the role using an infrared sauna and drinking lots of water.

- Jeremy got roles in 'Manderlay' and 'Dogville' after he sent director Lars von Trier a letter requesting the opportunity to watch the acclaimed director work and perhaps learn a few tricks of the trade.

- Jeremy dated Milla Jovovich, Drew Barrymore, and Holly Fields.

-Originally, 'Spanking the Monkey' director David O. Russel did not think that Jeremy was right for the role of Ray Aibelli, after seeing Jeremy's audition videotape he thought the young actor was too brooding. Russel also wanted an actor with more ethnic looks - like a young Dustin Hoffmann. But determined Jeremy flew to New York and auditioned for Russel in person, thus winning him over and getting the part.

Compiled by: Dina (Anise Starr)