Tom Davis (born 27 April 1979) is an English actor and comedian best known for his role as DI Sleet in the BBC Three comedy Murder in Successville, and as Gary King in the BBC sitcom King Gary.
Career Before television, Davis worked as a scaffolder and market stall trader. When his friend was working as a runner on Bo' Selecta, they gave some videos of their own comedy sketches to Leigh Francis, who then invited Davis to appear on the show. He appeared in various comedy roles on TV over the following years.
In 2015, he co-created and starred in Murder in Successville. This semi-improvised show, in which a celebrity guest must help DI Sleet solve a fictional crime, became a cult hit. In 2022 an American adaptation of the show, renamed Murderville, was released by Netflix. In 2016, Davis was named a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit and appeared in the films Free Fire and Prevenge. In 2017, he appeared in Paddington 2. In 2018-2021, he co-created, starred in and co-wrote the comedy series King Gary. The show portrayed life and its difficulties as a family man in the outer London suburbs. The show received reasonable reception; The Times felt viewers would "either love or hate King Gary". In 2022 he appeared in the comedy crime drama, The Curse. In 2023, he featured in Wonka.
He performs stand-up comedy professionally and co-hosts The Wolf & Owl podcast with Romesh Ranganathan.
Personal life Davis is married to Kathryn, and they have a daughter who was born in December 2021.
Filmography Film YearFilm Role Director Notes2012 Outside BetGutsy George Sacha Bennett2013 All Things to All MenRoberts George Isaac2014 Top DogCod Martin Kemp2014 The GuvnorsGabe Turner2014 Half Time and DownBob Mark-John FordShort film2015 After the EndGordon Sam SouthwardShort film2015LegacyRoger Davie FairbanksMarc Small2015 TradersBig John Rachael MoriartyPeter Murphy2015 The Bad Education MovieBig Tom Elliot Hegarty2016 PrevengeDJ Dan Alice Lowe2016 Free FireLeary Ben Wheatley2017 Paddington 2T-Bone Paul King2018 The More You Ignore MeBighead Wildgoose Keith English2023WonkaBleacherPaul King2026 Ladies First Chris Black Thea Sharrock
Television YearTitleRoleNotes2009 Cha'mone Mo'Fo'Selecta! A Tribute to Michael JacksonJohn LandisUncreditedTelevision film2010 The Morgana Show Various characters 5 episodes2011 The Comic Strip Presents... Burly Man 9.01 "The Hunt for Tony Blair"2011 Comedy Lab Ian Bodkin 12.05 "The Warm-Up Guy"Also writer2012 Very Important People Barman 1.01 Series 1, Episode 12012 Alan Partridge on Open Books with Martin BryceFan Television film2013 Common GroundSunshine Simon1.04 "Sunshine Simon" 1.05 "Rupert"1.08 "William & Sinclair"2013 Playhouse Presents Ralph 2.06 "Stage Door Johnnies"2013 Lemon La Vida Loca Big Tom 6 episodes 2013 Live at the Electric Bubba Duke 3 episodesAlso writer2013 Big School Simon 1.04 "Episode 4"2013BBC Comedy Feeds Various characters2.05 "The Cariad Show"2014 The Midnight Beast Shopkeeper 2.03 "Beast Holiday Ever"2014–2018 Plebs Davus 15 episodes2014 Bad Education Dean 3.06 "The Prom"2014 The Life of Rock with Brian Pern Security Guard 2.02 "The Day of the Triffids"2015 Still Open All Hours Nikki's Boyfriend 1.03 "Episode 3"2015 Cockroaches Felix 6 episodes2015–2016The Keith Lemon Sketch ShowVarious characters12 episodes2015 Drunk History Henry VIII 1.01 "Episode 1"2015 House of Fools Butcher Brother #1 2.04 "The Danceathon Affair"2015 Uncle Mechanic 2.06 "Fight For The Future"2015–2017 Murder in Successville DI Sleet 18 episodesAlso associate producer and writer2015Virtually Famous Himself2.02 Series 2, Episode 42015 Undercover Tigran 1.06 "The Finale"2015 BBC Comedy FeedsPerry 4.01 "Dead Air"2015 Together Construction Worker 1.01 "Signs"2015 Jekyll & HydeBilly "Beef" Wellington 1.04 "The Calyx"2016 The Aliens Jean 1.01 "Episode 1"2016 StagChef Television miniseries2016 Going Forward Terry 3 episodes2016 Harry Hill's Tea Time Egg Wallace 3 episodes2017 Revolting Hank Duke - Foie Gras Farmer 1.04 "Episode 4"2017Bizarre ERNarrator (voice) 10 episodes2017 The Great Xmas RantPanelist Television film2018 Action Team Logan Mann / Vlad 6 episodes Also writer2018 Judge Romesh Court Bailiff All episodes2018–2021 King Gary Gary King All episodes2019The RanganationHimself1.04 "Episode 4"2019The Virtues LandlordEpisode 1StickyHayes 1.00 "Where Eagles Fap"2022The CurseBig Mick Neville2023The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake OffHimself6.012023A League of Their OwnHimselfSeries 16, Episode 62025A Thousand BlowsCharlie Mitchell2026The GentlemenAslan2.04 Episode: "The Bigger Picture"2026The Reluctant VampireVictor8 Episodes
Podcast YearTitleRoleNotes2020–presentWolf and OwlHost179 episodes, alongside Romesh Ranganathan
Writing credits Production Notes Broadcaster/DistributorComedy Lab"The Warm-Up Guy" (co-written with James De Frond, 2011)Channel 4Common Ground "Sunshine Simon" (co-written with Eleanor Lawrence, 2013) Sky AtlanticLive at the Electric8 episodes (co-written with Stephen Grant, 2013)BBC ThreeMurder in Successville16 episodes (2015–2017)BBC ThreeAction Team5 episodes (2018)ITV
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