Jack Davenport Net Worth

What Is Jack Davenport's Net Worth?

Jack Davenport is an English actor who has a net worth of $4 million. Jack Davenport made his onscreen debut in 1996's "This Life" as Miles Stewart. Davenport also secured a small part as a trainee zookeeper in "Fierce Creatures" by writing a letter asking for work to famed actor and producer John Cleese. Jack has played James Norrington in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series, Miles Stewart on the BBC Two' drama "This Life" (1996–1997), Steve Taylor on the BBC Two / BBC Three sitcom "Coupling" (2000–2004), Lloyd Simcoe on ABC's "FlashForward" (2009–2010), and Derek Wills on the NBC musical drama "Smash" (2012–2013). He has more than 70 acting credits to his name, including the films "The Talented Mr. Ripley" (1999), "The Libertine" (2004), "The Wedding Date" (2005), "The Boat That Rocked" (2009), and "Kingsman: The Secret Service" (2014), the miniseries "Mary Bryant" (2005), and "Next of Kin" (2018), and the television series "Ultraviolet" (1998), "Swingtown" (2008), "Breathless" (2013), "White Famous" (2017), "The Morning Show" (2019), "Ten Percent" (2022), and "Dr. Death" (2023).

Early Life

Jack Davenport was born Jack Arthur Davenport on March 1, 1973, in Wimbledon, London, England. He is the son of actors Maria Aitken and Nigel Davenport. Jack lived in Ibiza, Spain, until he was seven years old. He is related to many prominent figures on his mother's side of the family: politician William Aitken (grandfather), socialite Penelope Aitken (grandmother), and 1st Baron Rugby John Maffey (great-grandfather). His maternal uncle Jonathan Aitken, a former Conservative MP, married Elizabeth Rees-Williams, the mother of actors Jared and Jamie Harris and filmmaker Damian Harris. When Davenport was seven years old, his parents divorced, and he was sent to the Dragon School in Oxford. He later attended the boarding school Cheltenham College and London's British American Drama Academy. After his time at Cheltenham College, Jack impressed a director from Theatr Clwyd with his performance in a drama course he took over the summer. The two subsequently began working together, and Davenport appeared in "Hamlet" and befriended fellow actor Rhys Ifans. Jack then studied English literature and film at the University of East Anglia.

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Career

After he graduated, Jack's mother suggested that he write to actor / comedian John Cleese to ask for work on the set of the film "Fierce Creatures." Cleese passed Davenport's letter on to the casting department, and Jack was cast as a trainee zookeeper in the film. Before the film was released in 1997, Davenport made his TV debut as Miles Stewart on the BBC Two series "This Life" in 1996, appearing in all 32 episodes of the show. Next, he appeared in the TV movie "Macbeth" (1998) and the films "Tale of the Mummy" (1998), "The Wisdom of Crocodiles" (1998), and "The Talented Mr. Ripley" (1999) and played Detective Sergeant Michael Colefield on the Channel 4 series "Ultraviolet" (1998). From 2000 to 2004, Jack starred as Steve Taylor on the BBC Two / BBC Three sitcom "Coupling," which won a British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy in 2003. Around this time, he also appeared in the films "Offending Angels" (2000), "Gypsy Woman" (2001), "The Bunker" (2001), "The Libertine" (2004), "The Wedding Date" (2005), and "The Boat That Rocked" (2009), and he played James Norrington in "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" (2003), "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" (2006), and "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (2007). In 2008, Davenport starred as Bruce Miller on the CBS drama "Swingtown," and from 2009 to 2010, he played Lloyd Simcoe on ABC's "FlashForward."

From 2012 to 2013, Jack played Derek Wills on the NBC musical drama "Smash" alongside Debra Messing, Katharine McPhee, Christian Borle, Megan Hilty, Anjelica Huston, and Leslie Odom Jr. The series was executive produced by Steven Spielberg, and it won a Critics' Choice Television Award for Most Exciting New Series and a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Drama Series and earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy. In 2013, Davenport starred as Otto Powell on the ITV period drama "Breathless," then he guest-starred on "The Good Wife" (2014), "Life in Squares" (2015), "The Mindy Project" (2016), and "Deception" (2018). He also appeared in the films "Kingsman: The Secret Service" (2014), "Guernica" (2016), "Americana" (2016), "A United Kingdom" (2016), "The Wilde Wedding" (2017), and "The Stolen" (2017). Jack played Peter King on the Showtime sitcom "White Famous" (2017), Jason Craig on the Apple TV+ drama "The Morning Show" (2019), Jonathan Nightingale on the Amazon Prime Video comedy "Ten Percent" (2022), and Nils Headley on the Peacock true crime anthology "Dr. Death" (2023). In 2019, he starred as Karl Grove on the CBS All Access anthology series "Why Women Kill," and when it moved to Paramount+ in 2021 for season two, he served as the show's narrator. In recent years, Davenport has guest-starred on "Accused" (2023), "Elsbeth" (2024), and "The Assassin" (2025).

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Personal Life

Jack married actress Michelle Gomez on May 1, 2000, and they welcomed a son, Harry, in 2010. Gomez is known for roles such as Missy on "Doctor Who" and Lilith / Madam Satan on "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina." In 2023, Michelle announced that she, Jack, and Harry had become naturalized American citizens.

Awards and Nominations

In 2002, Davenport earned a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Most Promising Performer for the play "The Servant." In 2006, he won a Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Rumble (shared with Orlando Bloom) for "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."

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