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Jaye Davidson, also known by the name Alfred Amey, is an American-British model and retired actor who is best known for his work on the thriller film named The Crying Game. He portrayed the role of a transgender woman named Dil. For that role, he even was nominated for an Academy Award as the Best Actor.
Jaye was born on 21 March 1968 on Riverside, CA. He currently ages 52 years old and has the birth sign of Aries. He is American by nationality and embraces the mixed ethnicity (American-British).
Net Worth, Salary, Income
Jaye Davidson, who had no earlier professional acting experience, was discovered at a party and was invited for an audition for The Crying Game. Then in 1992, he was cast in the film named The Crying, where he portrayed the character of Dil, which was directed by Neil Jordan. For his role, he was nominated with five awards like National Board of Review Award for Most Auspicious Debut, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor, Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actor and Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actor. Unfortunately, he didn’t pocket any of those awards.
In the year 1994, he was cast in another film named Stargate, where he portrayed the character of Ra, which was directed by Roland Emmerich. He was also cast in a television movie named Jiggery-Pokery, where he portrayed the role of Jo. Then he was cast is a Documentary named Catwalk, where he played his own character name role. Likewise, in the year 2009, he was cast in the film named The BorghildeProject Nazi photographer, where he portrayed the character of Nazi photographer.
After that, he officially retired as an actor. He explained;
”Back then I did not think there were enough roles for black people. And then when you add openly gay black people, that’s the double whammy. So I thought I would be scrambling for the crumbs. And it’s hard to live off crumbs.”
Though he has played least amount of movies in his career as an actor, he might have earned a decent amount. And his estimated net worth swings around $1 million.
Dating, Boyfriend, Affairs
Retired actor and model Jaye is openly gay, and the news became transparent after he was cast as a transgender in the film named The Crying Game.
He is married to his gay husband, Thomas Clarke. They both tied their knot of July of 2017. They celebrated their 1st marriage anniversary in Spain.
Family, Parents, Siblings
Jaye was born to American-British parents. However, information regarding their name is still unknown to the media. His father was African-American, and his mother was a white Englishwoman. He has two sisters as siblings
Body Measurement: Height, Weight, Size
Jaye stands tall at the height of 5 feet 3 inches and weighs about 55 kilograms. He has black colored hair with pairs of beautiful black colored eyes.
