Geraint Wyn Davies - Early Life and Training

Early Life and Training

Geraint Wyn Davies was born in Britain on 20 April 1957 in Swansea in South Wales. He was the son of a Congregationalist Christian preacher. At the age of seven he moved with his family from Haverfordwest in Britain to Canada. There he attended Upper Canada College. He was twelve when he was first bitten by the acting bug - appearing in a school production of Lord of the Flies. He went on to study at the University of Western Ontario, where he studied economics before dropping out to pursue an acting career.

His professional stage debut was made in 1976 in Quebec City, when at 19 he appeared in The Fantasticks, Red Emma and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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