- Born
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Alan lived in Loughton, Essex for most of his life, until he left to pursue a career in comedy. He now lives in Islington in north London. He is the second of three children, born in Essex, and has an older brother and a younger sister. He was raised by his father, an accountant when his mother died when he was just 6 years old.
In 1982 he left Bancroft's School in Woodford Green with 8 O-levels. He then attended Loughton College of Further Education and got 4 GCSEs and two A levels, in Theatre Studies and Media Studies. He was taught theatre skills by Piers Gladhill.
Alan is best known for playing the title role in Jonathan Creek (1997) written by David Renwick, as a man who designs magic tricks for Adam Klaus but he also teams up with Maddy Magellan to solve baffling crimes. He is also known from the Abbey National adverts. Since 2003, he has appeared in a panel game show QI (2003).
- IMDb mini biography by: Hannah Nicholas
- SpouseKate Maskell(January 2007 - present) (3 children)
- ChildrenSusieRobertFrancis
- Is a pescetarian.
- Paid £30,000 in a charity auction to purchase the original Big Brother (2000) House diary room chair.
- He is a dedicated supporter of the Arsenal football team in England. When Arsenal reached the final of the UEFA Champions League in 2006, he missed his only QI (2003) episode to date in order to attend the match in Paris. His support of Arsenal has been used as a running gag in various ways on the show, such as assigning him a buzzer sound of a chant by fans of rival team Manchester United.
- His last name is pronounced like Davis, without the long-E.
- Studied at the University of Kent at Canterbury
- People say that if you're famous you give up the right to privacy. That's bull. I'm an actor. I'm not a celebrity.
- [on whom he'd marry if he were gay] I can't have someone towering over me, so I'd want someone small. Probably a jockey. Jockey is the third one. Motorcyclist, they're little. Dani Pedrosa, Valentino Rossi. And then obviously that bloke [ Chris Hemsworth ] who plays Thor (2011). Wouldn't you? He's gorgeous.
- [on David Renwick] David is a master craftsman who builds something that lasts, and bears repeated viewing.
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