James Patrick Davis is an American actor known for his role as Will Parker in the Broadway musical Oklahoma!, where he won a Theatre World Award for his performance of Will Parker; he is also heard on its 2019 broadway cast recording. He made his Broadway debut in John Guare's The House of Blue Leaves.
Early life Davis grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and graduated from The Juilliard School in New York City. He began his career at the Shakespeare Theater in Washington, D.C. playing Juliet in Romeo and Juliet opposite Finn Wittrock.
Career Some of his early off-Broadway productions include an unnamed lead role in What Happened When by Daniel Talbott at Rising Phoenix Repertory in 2007, an unnamed role in We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884–1915 at Soho Repertory Theatre in 2012, and also in The Mother of Invention by James Lecesne at Abingdon Theatre Company.
He made his Broadway debut in The House of Blue Leaves as a military policeman and an understudy to the lead role, Artie Shaughnessy, alongside Ben Stiller and Edie Falco in 2011.
In both the 2015 Bard SummerScape version of Oklahoma! as well as its 2019 Broadway revival he played Will Parker, where he earned a Theatre World Award for his performance.
Acting credits
Year Title Role Location Notes 2008 Romeo and Juliet Juliet Shakespeare Theatre Company Regional Theater 2010 American Buffalo Bobby Studio Theater Regional Theater 2011 House of Blue Leaves Policeman Walter Kerr Broadway 2012 We are Proud to Present Man Soho Rep Off-Broadway 2013 Clybourne Park Jim/Tom/Kenneth Long Wharf Theatre Regional Theater 2014 As You Like It Jacques Quintessence Theater Regional Theater 2014 Richard II King Richard II Quintessence Theatre Regional Theater 2017 The Mother of Invention Jimmy Abingdon Theatre Off-Broadway 2017 Long Day's Journey Into Night Edmund Quintessence Theatre Regional Theater 2018 Oklahoma! Will Parker St. Ann's Warehouse Off-Broadway 2019 Circle in the Square Theatre Broadway 2022 Young Vic Off West End 2023 Wyndham's Theatre West End
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