What is Alan Davies?
{{Infobox Comedian | name = Alan Davies | image = Alan Davies.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|3|6|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Loughton]], [[Essex]], [[England]] | nationality = [[British people|British]] | active = 1988-present | medium = Television, [[Stand-up comedy|stand-up]], film, radio | genre = Stand-up, television, radio | spouse = Katie Maskell<br>(m. 2007-present) | notable_work = ''[[Jonathan Creek]]''<br>''[[QI]]''<br>''[[Whites (TV series)|Whites]]'' }} '''Alan Davies''' (born 6 March 1966) is an [[English people|English]] [[comedian]], [[writer]] and [[actor]]. He is best known for starring in [[Jonathan Creek]] and for being a panellist on [[QI]]. Davies was born in [[Loughton]], [[Essex]]. His childhood years were spent in [[Chingford]], [[London]].<ref>{{cite news |title=On the move: Alan Davies |date=2008-07-11 |first=Garth |last=Pearce |publisher=The Sunday Times |url=http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article4396137.ece |access-date=2009-05-10 |location=London |archive-date=2011-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615192103/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article4396137.ece |url-status=dead }}</ref> Davies' mother died when he was six. He graduated in Drama from the [[University of Kent]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kent.ac.uk/studying/why/alumni.html |title=University of Kent |access-date=2012-07-28 |archive-date=2008-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612095534/http://www.kent.ac.uk/studying/why/alumni.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> in 1988. In 2008, Davies was in the teen comedy ''[[Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0963743/|title=Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging (2008)|date=25 July 2008|access-date=31 December 2011|publisher=The Internet Movie Database}}</ref> Davies' first book, the autobiographical ''My Favourite People and Me, 1978-88'', was published by [[Penguin Books