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Jaye Davidson
Riverside, California, USA
Jaye Davidson was born Alfred Amey on March 21, 1968 in Riverside, California. He and his family left the United States for the United Kingdom when he was two and a half years old…
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Jaye Davidson was born Alfred Amey on March 21, 1968 in Riverside, California. He and his family left the United States for the United Kingdom when he was two and a half years old. He grew up in Hertfordshire, England. An Oscar-nominated British former actor and model, he is best known for his roles as transgender "Dil" in the 1992 suspense-drama thriller film The Crying Game, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, making him the first Black British actor to be nominated for an Oscar. He also starred in 1994's Stargate as Ra.
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2020
Disclosure
Movie Self / Dil (archive footage)
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2003
Kinky Gerlinky
Movie Self
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1995
Catwalk
Movie Self
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1994
Jiggery Pokery
Movie Jo
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1994
Stargate
Movie Ra
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1992
The Crying Game
Movie Dil
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1953
The Oscars
TV show Self
