
Davidson has appeared onstage in Epic Proportions on Broadway, Back Back Back, La Terrasse, Cyclone, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, the one-man play Nijinsky's Last Dance and Quills.
Screen work includes "SALT," "Little Chenier," "Deprivation," "Army Wives," "Brothers & Sisters," "Kill Point," "White Collar," "The Practice," "Roswell," "Ally McBeal," "Boston Legal," "Without a Trace," "Cold Case," "Century City," "Law & Order," "Law & Order: SVU," "Hate" and "Strangers with Candy."
He plays the role of Richard Parks on the ABC series "Pan Am."
Full given name: | Jeremy Michael Greenberg. Davidson is my grandmother's maiden name. |
Where you were born/where you were raised: | Vestal, NY |
Zodiac Sign: | Capricorn |
What your parents did/do for a living: | My dad was a high school English teacher and basketball coach. My mom taught French at a middle school. |
Special skills: | Breakdancing |
Something you're REALLY bad at: | Breakdancing |
First Broadway show you ever saw: | Les Miserables |
If you could go back in time and catch any performance, what would it be? | The premiere of Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" |
Current show other than your own you have been recommending to friends: | We've got 3 babies under age 2, so I really haven't seen anything in months... sorry! |
Some favorite plays: | Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris Quills by Doug Wright The Seafarer by Conor McPherson |
Some favorite playwrights: | Thornton Wilder, Tennessee Williams, Conor McPherson, Sebastian Barry |
Stage or screen star of the past you would most have loved to perform with: | Jimmy Stewart |
Your personal acting idols, living or dead: | Stephen Dillane, Mark Rylance, George Grizzard, Eli Wallach, Judi Dench |
The one performance – attended - that you will never forget: | Chekhov's Platonov, directed by Brian Mertes and Melissa Kievman at Lake Lucille |
Music that makes you cry, any genre: | "Riceboy Sleeps" by Jonsi and Alex |
MAC or PC? | MAC |
Most played song on your iPod: | "Little Jack Frost" by Kate Rusby |
Most-visited website: | ESPN diapers.com |
Last book you read: | "The Good Soldiers" by David Finkel |
Must-see TV shows: | "HBO Real Sports" "PBS Frontline" "Parenthood" "Pan Am" ![]() |
Last good movie you saw: | Hsia-Hsien Hou's "Flight of the Red Balloon" |
Some films you consider classics: | "Fried Green Tomatoes" "Benny and Joon" "Some Kind of Wonderful" |
Performer you would drop everything to go see: | Frank Sinatra |
Pop culture guilty pleasure: | "American Idol" |
Favorite cities: | Charleston, SC Washington, DC Brooklyn |
Favorite sport/team/player: | Basketball, Knicks, John Stockton |
First CD/Tape/LP you owned: | Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons |
Moment you knew you wanted to perform for a living: | Still not so sure about it! |
How you got your Equity card: | The Virginia Stage Company production of The Foreigner |
Favorite pre-/post- show meal: | Pre-show: Witchcraft Chickpea Sandwich with a cup of soup and Gingerberry Kombucha Post-show: PBJ on my couch |
Favorite liquid refreshment: | Pre-show: Grande Americano at Starbucks Post-show: Blue Moon Summer Ale with an orange slice, on my couch. |
Pre-show rituals or warm-ups: | Anything that gets me breathing |
Most challenging role you have ever played: | Vaslav Nijinsky |
Worst job you have ever had: | Working at a pipe factory, shoveling PVC out of a silo wearing a Hazmat suit. |
Some favorite screen/commercial gigs: | Directing "Tickling Leo" |
Who have you played on "Law & Order"? What editions? | Three different killers on the mothership series, and one white supremacist rapist on "SVU." |
Leading man role you've been dying to play: | Stay-at-home father |
Career you would want if not a performer: | Sportswriter |
Three things you can't live without: | Phineas, Wilder and Clio |
"I'll never understand why…" | ... my wife has let me do this play at this time in our lives. |
Words of advice for aspiring performers: | Be prepared for an opportunity when it shows itself! |