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Jaye Davidson(I)

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Jaye Davidson in Stargate (1994)
An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
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Jaye was born in Riverside, California in 1968, the son of a Ghanaian father and English mother. The family left for England when Jaye was two and a half. Jaye left school at 16 and had been alternately unemployed and doing odd jobs (running for a production company, working in a factory) ever since. Jaye had no real acting experience when discovered by a casting associate at a wrap party for Derek Jarman's Edward II (1991). He was working as a fashion designer at that time and took the role for the money. He was cast to play Dil in The Crying Game (1992), which became a sleeper hit that shocked audiences worldwide and, in 1992, was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor for Jaye. His overnight stardom earned him his next big role as the sun god Ra opposite James Spader and Kurt Russell in the blockbuster Stargate (1994). Since his brush with movie fame, Jaye has spent his time doing big-name fashion shoots: Steven Meisel for Italian Vogue, Michael Roberts for Joseph, and a GAP ad by Annie Leibovitz. He accompanied Kate Moss to the British Fashion Awards, and in Paris at Valentino's jet-set party in honor of Sharon Stone, he accompanied Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington.
BornMarch 21, 1968
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 win & 7 nominations total

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    Miranda Richardson in The Crying Game (1992)
    The Crying Game
    7.2
    • Dil
    • 1992
    Stargate (1994)
    Stargate
    7.0
    • Ra
    • 1994
    The Borghilde Project (2009)
    The Borghilde Project
    7.9
    Short
    • Nazi Photographer
    • 2009
    Ute Lemper, the German singer and actress, 12th February 1993.
    Jiggery Pokery
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • Jo
    • 1994

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    • The Borghilde Project (2009)
      The Borghilde Project
      7.9
      Short
      • Nazi Photographer
      • 2009
    • Ute Lemper, the German singer and actress, 12th February 1993.
      Jiggery Pokery
      7.0
      TV Movie
      • Jo
      • 1994
    • Stargate (1994)
      Stargate
      7.0
      • Ra
      • 1994
    • Miranda Richardson in The Crying Game (1992)
      The Crying Game
      7.2
      • Dil
      • 1992

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    The Crying Game Collector's Edition DVD
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    The Crying Game Collector's Edition DVD
    The Crying Game Collector's Edition DVD
    Trailer 1:41
    The Crying Game Collector's Edition DVD

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    • Height
      • 5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
    • Born
      • March 21, 1968
      • Riverside, California, USA
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      His dislike of the attention that he received after The Crying Game (1992) made him reluctant to take the role of Ra in Stargate (1994). He didn't want to just turn the offer down so made what he expected to be an unacceptable demand of $1 million. This was accepted and he appeared.
    • Quotes
      About the way homosexuals are perceived in the media: "Some people are so precious -- all this hoo-ha about bad role models and positive images! Of course gay people are murderers, bigamists, drug addicts and nasty people -- just as much as heterosexual people are all of these things. What it all boils down to is, we are all people, and we all have the same human desires. It just happens that some desires go this way and some desires go that way. It's sad when people are oppressed. But it's a question of rising above it. Personally, mentally and, if you have to, physically. "
    • Salary
      • Stargate
        (1994)
        $1,000,000

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