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Lloyd Simcoe
JACK DAVENPORT
• Works as a physicist specializing in high
energy particles, currently working at NLAP
(National Linear Accelerator Project).
• Recently widowed when his estranged wife died
tragically during the GBO.
• Father of Dylan Simcoe, age 8, an autistic boy
whose interest in magic inspires Lloyd to learn
and perform tricks.
Lloyd SAYS
Our experiment killed 20 million people, Simon. What more is there to say?
Next QuoteCHARACTER BIO
Dr. Lloyd Simcoe is a brilliant and successful quantum physicist who is Associate Director of the Plasma-Wakefield Program at NLAP (National Linear Accelerator Project) in Northern California. Separated for several years from his wife and young son, Dylan, Lloyd has been solely focused on making his mark in the scientific world. His not-so-secret ambition is to win a Nobel Prize.Following the tragic death of his estranged wife during the GBO, Lloyd has suddenly become a single father to a son he barely knows, a boy whose autism presents an even greater challenge to learning how to parent. Effortlessly charming, Lloyd learns to bond with Dylan by developing his skill in the art of magic.
ACTOR BIO
Jack Davenport's television credits include lead roles in the series Swingtown; the BBC’s Coupling, The Real Jane Austen and The Wyvern Mystery; two series of the BBC's award-winning This Life and last year’s anniversary special This Life+10, the miniseries Dickens and Mary Bryant, and a six-part series for Britain's Channel Four, Ultraviolet.
On the big screen, Davenport can soon be seen in Working Title's comedy The Boat That Rocked, directed by Richard Curtis. Other feature film credits include the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Career Girls, Fierce Creatures, Tale of the Mummy, The Wisdom of Crocodiles, The Bunker and The Wedding Date. He also served as executive producer and appeared in two acclaimed short films, Ticks and Subterrain. Davenport recently completed a leading role in The Key Man, also starring Brian Cox and Hugo Weaving.
His other projects include radio productions of A Clockwork Orange and The Cruel Sea. He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for his role in the critically-acclaimed production of The Servant at the Lyric Theatre. He also appeared in London's West End production of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People and Gorki's Enemies at London's famed Almeida Theatre.
Davenport was born in London, England and studied literature and film at the University of East Anglia. He currently lives in California with his wife, Michelle Gomez.
HOMETOWN: London, England
BIRTHDATE: March 1
