Benjamin Byron Davis

Benjamin Byron Davis (born June 21, 1972^[1]) is an American actor, writer, director and acting coach. He is known for his performance as Dutch van der Linde in the video games Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption 2.

Benjamin Byron Davis
Davis in 2019
Born	(1972-06-21) June 21, 1972 (age 52) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Other names	Ben Davis
Occupations	Actor writer director acting coach
Years active	1998–present
Website	benjaminbyrondavis.com

Career

Davis has appeared primarily on television series, including Without a Trace, Criminal Minds, Gilmore Girls, Windfall, MADtv, Six Feet Under, among other series.^[2] In addition to television, he also performs on stage. In 2011, Davis directed the theatre production Awake.^[3] Davis voiced and provided performance capture for multiple characters in various Rockstar titles, and is best known for his role as Dutch van der Linde in Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption 2.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Getting Personal	Bart
1999	Flushed	Zeius (Drag Queen)
2005	Black Eyed Sue	Osbourne Crawl	Short
2006	Lies & Alibis	Bartender
2008	Miracle of Phil	Bartender	Short
	Q: Secret Agent	Agent Briggs	Short
2011	CIS: Las Gidi	Captain Regis
	Talida	Radomir	Short
2012	Faded	Big Man	Short
2013	Somewhere Slow	Steve
2015	I'm Patrick, and You're Insane	Dr. Gooch	Short
2016	The Belko Experiment	Antonio Fowler
2018	Ant-Man and the Wasp	Agent Burleigh
2023	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3	Bletelsnort
2024	Borderlands	Marcus

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Chowdaheads	Buff Bagwell (voice)	Main cast
2002	Six Feet Under	Doctor	Episode: "Back to the Garden"
	Off Centre	Big Guy #2	Episode: "Addicted to Love"
	MADtv	Balloon Guy	Episode: "Episode #8.7"
2004	Las Vegas	James L. Nelson	Episode: "Catch of the Day"
2005	The Comeback	Red Carpet Coordinator	Episode: "Valerie Stands Out on the Red Carpet"
2006	Drake & Josh	Jerk in Line	Episode: "The Demonator"
	Related	Liquor Supplier #1	Episode: "Sisters Are Forever"
	Windfall	Lottery Winner	Episode: "There and Gone Again" & "Running with the Devil"
	Standoff	Clumsy Man	Episode: "Circling"
	Gilmore Girls	Tow Truck Driver	Episode: "The Long Morrow"
2007	Heroes	Linderman's Guard #2	Episode: "Chapter Nineteen '.07%'"
2008	Without a Trace	Dale Kinecki	Episode: "Better Angels"
2009	Criminal Minds	Burt Lang	Episode: "To Hell... And Back"
2010	NCIS: Los Angeles	Waiter	Episode: "Burned"
	Medium	Aaron Foley	Episode: "Smoke Damage"
	Sonny with a Chance	Savage Stan	Episode: "Marshall with a Chance"
	Desperate Housewives	Ex-Con	Episode: "Down the Block There's a Riot"
	Twentysixmiles	Police Officer (2008)	TV series
2011	Bones	Tariq Grazdani	Episode: "The Blackout in the Blizzard"
	Chuck	Villain	Episode: "Chuck Versus the Last Details"
2012	Up All Night	Man at Taco Stand	Episode: "Daddy Daughter Time"
2013	The Goodwin Games	Prison Guard	Episode: "Pilot"
	Ironside	Large Russian	Episode: "Action"
2014	How I Met Your Mother	Burly Guy	Episode: "Sunrise"
	Parks and Recreation	Foreman George	Episode: "The Wall"
2016	Rizzoli & Isles	Hank Mills	Episode: "Cops vs. Zombies"
2023	Fright Krewe	Malcolm Thibodeaux (voice)	Recurring cast (season 1)
2024	Creature Commandos	Rupert Thorne (voice)	Episode: "Priyatel Skelet"

Music video

Year	Song	Artist	Role
2016	"Low Life"	X Ambassadors (featuring Jamie N Commons & A$AP Ferg)	Bar Patron

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2004	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	Pedestrian / Radio Commercial
2010	Red Dead Redemption	Dutch van der Linde / Nastas
2011	L.A. Noire	Paul Kadarowski
2018	Red Dead Redemption 2	Dutch van der Linde