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Jack Davenport on Ten Percent: ‘It’s easy to mock showbiz’

After winning a loyal following as Miles in This Life, the actor escaped to America. Now he’s back and taking on his biggest role in years

The stars of Ten Percent: Dominic West, Helena Bonham Carter, Jack Davenport, Olivia Williams and David Oyelowo
The stars of Ten Percent: Dominic West, Helena Bonham Carter, Jack Davenport, Olivia Williams and David Oyelowo
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The Sunday Times

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Jack Davenport has a story about Pirates of the Caribbean, but is not sure that he should tell it. The actor played an admiral in three of the Disney blockbusters that starred Johnny Depp and the gist is that he still has not been on the theme park ride that was the film’s source material. “I may tell you,” he says through a grin. “Or not. You have got to be careful about biting the corporate hand that feeds you.”

Not that Davenport seems to mind. We meet for coffee in New York, where the 49-year-old London-born actor has lived for years. He and his Scottish wife, Michelle Gomez, an actress best known for Green Wing, and their 12-year-old son, Harry, have an