Benjamin Byron Davis
Benjamin Byron Davis (born June 21, 1972) is an American actor, writer, director, and acting coach. He is known for his performance as Dutch van der Linde in the video games Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption 2.
Benjamin Byron Davis

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- Name
- Benjamin Byron Davis
- Born
- 21 June 1972
- Birthplace
- Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Occupation
- * Actor
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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• Name — Benjamin Byron Davis • Other Names — Ben Davis • Born — 21 June 1972 • Birthplace — Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. • Occupation — * Actor • writer • director • acting coach • Years Active — 1998–present • Website — benjaminbyrondavis.com
Career
Career
Davis has appeared primarily on television series, including Without a Trace, Criminal Minds, Gilmore Girls, Windfall, MADtv, Six Feet Under, among other series. In addition to television, he also performs on stage. In 2011, Davis directed the theatre production Awake. Davis voiced and provided performance capture for multiple characters in various Rockstar titles, and is best known for his role as Dutch van der Linde in Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption 2.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1999 — Chowdaheads — Buff Bagwell (voice) — Main cast • 2002 — Six Feet Under — Doctor — Episode: "Back to the Garden" • Off Centre — Big Guy #2 — Episode: "Addicted to Love" • MADtv — Balloon Guy — Episode: "Episode #8.7" • 2004 — Las Vegas — James L. Nelson — Episode: "Catch of the Day" • 2005 — The Comeback — Red Carpet Coordinator — Episode: "Valerie Stands Out on the Red Carpet" • 2006 — Drake & Josh — Jerk in Line — Episode: "The Demonator" • Related — Liquor Supplier #1 — Episode: "Sisters Are Forever" • Windfall — Lottery Winner — Episode: "There and Gone Again" & "Running with the Devil" • Standoff — Clumsy Man — Episode: "Circling" • Gilmore Girls — Tow Truck Driver — Episode: "The Long Morrow" • 2007 — Heroes — Linderman's Guard #2 — Episode: "Chapter Nineteen '.07%'" • 2008 — Without a Trace — Dale Kinecki — Episode: "Better Angels" • 2009 — Criminal Minds — Burt Lang — Episode: "To Hell... And Back" • 2010 — NCIS: Los Angeles — Waiter — Episode: "Burned" • Medium — Aaron Foley — Episode: "Smoke Damage" • Sonny with a Chance — Savage Stan — Episode: "Marshall with a Chance" • Desperate Housewives — Ex-Con — Episode: "Down the Block There's a Riot" • Twentysixmiles — Police Officer (2008) — TV series • 2011 — Bones — Tariq Grazdani — Episode: "The Blackout in the Blizzard" • Chuck — Villain — Episode: "Chuck Versus the Last Details" • 2012 — Up All Night — Man at Taco Stand — Episode: "Daddy Daughter Time" • 2013 — The Goodwin Games — Prison Guard — Episode: "Pilot" • Ironside — Large Russian — Episode: "Action" • 2014 — How I Met Your Mother — Burly Guy — Episode: "Sunrise" • Parks and Recreation — Foreman George — Episode: "The Wall" • 2016 — Rizzoli & Isles — Hank Mills — Episode: "Cops vs. Zombies" • 2023 — Fright Krewe — Malcolm Thibodeaux (voice) — Recurring cast (season 1) • 2024 — Creature Commandos — Rupert Thorne (voice) — Episode: "Priyatel Skelet"
Music video
Music video
• Year — Song — Artist — Role • 2016 — "Low Life" — X Ambassadors (featuring Jamie N Commons & A$AP Ferg) — Bar Patron
Video games
Video games
• Year — Title — Role • 2004 — Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas — Pedestrian / Radio Commercial • 2010 — Red Dead Redemption — Dutch van der Linde / Nastas • 2011 — L.A. Noire — Paul Kadarowski • 2018 — Red Dead Redemption 2 — Dutch van der Linde

Performance capture actor Benjamin Byron Davis at PCX Austin 2026 in the Congressional B Ballroom of the Fairmont Austin in Austin, Texas, United States on a panel discussing the Red Dead Redemption video games.
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Benjamin Byron Davis born at Boston.
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1998 — Getting Personal — Bart • 1999 — Flushed — Zeius (Drag Queen) • 2005 — Black Eyed Sue — Osbourne Crawl — Short • 2006 — Lies & Alibis — Bartender • 2008 — Miracle of Phil — Bartender — Short • Q: Secret Agent — Agent Briggs — Short • 2011 — CIS: Las Gidi — Captain Regis • Talida — Radomir — Short • 2012 — Faded — Big Man — Short • 2013 — Somewhere Slow — Steve • 2015 — I'm Patrick, and You're Insane — Dr. Gooch — Short • 2016 — The Belko Experiment — Antonio Fowler • 2018 — Ant-Man and the Wasp — Agent Burleigh • 2023 — Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 — Bletelsnort • 2024 — Borderlands — Marcus • 2026 — Ice Cream Man — The Priest
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- 1.Davis, Benjamin Byron. Just remembered I turn 37 next Sunday! Shoulda pitched my Tom Bergins tradition to the Crew at Sunset Sundays. 2175428338. June 15, 2009.
- 2., The New York Times
- 3.Awake: A New Solo Show By Joe Hernandez-Kolski
- 4.White, Sam. Red Dead Redemption 2 interview: The actor behind Dutch reveals all. British GQ. 2019-04-13.
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