Jaye Davidson

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 Best Actor.

Jaye Davidson was born on March 21, 1968, in Riverside, CA. He currently ages 55 years old and has the birth sign of Aries. He is American by nationality and embraces a mixed ethnicity (American-British).

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Jaye Davidson Net Worth and Salary

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 for five awards like National Board of Review Award for Most Auspicious Debut, the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor, the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor, the 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 in 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 a 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 the least amount of movies in his career as an actor, he might have earned a decent amount. As of 2023, Jaye Davidson holds an estimated net worth of $2 million.

Married to Husband, Thomas Clarke

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 the knot in July 2017. They celebrated their 1st marriage anniversary in Spain.

Parents, Siblings, and Family

Jaye was born to American-British parents, Mr Amey, and Mrs Amey. 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

Jaye Davidson Height and Weight

Jaye stands tall at the height of 5 feet 3 inches and weighs about 62 kg. He has black hair with pairs of beautiful black eyes.

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