“I've never disguised the fact that I wasn't happy in teaching. But the reason was that I wanted to do comedy. I would have been a very unhappy security guard or a very unhappy greengrocer.”

British comedian, actor, presenter, and writer

Gregory Daniel Davies is a British comedian, actor, presenter, and writer. He is known for television comedy roles in The Inbetweeners, We Are Klang, Cuckoo, Man Down, and The Cleaner, and for creating Man Down. Davies played Mr. Gilbert in The Inbetweeners from 2008 to 2010, Greg in We Are Klang in 2009, Ken Thompson in Cuckoo from 2012 to 2019, Dan Davies in Man Down from 2013 to 2017, and Paul "Wicky" Wickstead in The Cleaner from 2021. His work is rooted in character comedy and sitcom writing, with a career that spans acting, presenting, and creating television comedy.