# Benjamin Byron Davis

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**Benjamin Byron Davis** (born June 21, 1972)[1] is an American actor, writer, director, and acting coach. He is known for his performance as [Dutch van der Linde](/source/Dutch_van_der_Linde) in the video games *[Red Dead Redemption](/source/Red_Dead_Redemption)* and *[Red Dead Redemption 2](/source/Red_Dead_Redemption_2)*.

## Career

Davis has appeared primarily on television series, including *[Without a Trace](/source/Without_a_Trace)*, *[Criminal Minds](/source/Criminal_Minds)*, *[Gilmore Girls](/source/Gilmore_Girls)*, *[Windfall](/source/Windfall_(TV_series))*, *[MADtv](/source/MADtv)*, *[Six Feet Under](/source/Six_Feet_Under_(TV_series))*, among other series.[2] In addition to television, he also performs on stage. In 2011, Davis directed the theatre production *Awake*.[3] Davis voiced and provided performance capture for multiple characters in various Rockstar titles, and is best known for his role as Dutch van der Linde in *[Red Dead Redemption](/source/Red_Dead_Redemption)* and *[Red Dead Redemption 2](/source/Red_Dead_Redemption_2)*.[4]

## Filmography

### Film

Year Title Role Notes 1998 Getting Personal Bart 1999 Flushed Zeius (Drag Queen) 2005 Black Eyed Sue Osbourne Crawl Short 2006 Lies & Alibis Bartender 2008 Miracle of Phil Bartender Short Q: Secret Agent Agent Briggs Short 2011 CIS: Las Gidi Captain Regis Talida Radomir Short 2012 Faded Big Man Short 2013 Somewhere Slow Steve 2015 I'm Patrick, and You're Insane Dr. Gooch Short 2016 The Belko Experiment Antonio Fowler 2018 Ant-Man and the Wasp Agent Burleigh 2023 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Bletelsnort 2024 Borderlands Marcus 2026 Ice Cream Man Post-production

### Television

Year Title Role Notes 1999 Chowdaheads Buff Bagwell (voice) Main cast 2002 Six Feet Under Doctor Episode: "Back to the Garden" Off Centre Big Guy #2 Episode: "Addicted to Love" MADtv Balloon Guy Episode: "Episode #8.7" 2004 Las Vegas James L. Nelson Episode: "Catch of the Day" 2005 The Comeback Red Carpet Coordinator Episode: "Valerie Stands Out on the Red Carpet" 2006 Drake & Josh Jerk in Line Episode: "The Demonator" Related Liquor Supplier #1 Episode: "Sisters Are Forever" Windfall Lottery Winner Episode: "There and Gone Again" & "Running with the Devil" Standoff Clumsy Man Episode: "Circling" Gilmore Girls Tow Truck Driver Episode: "The Long Morrow" 2007 Heroes Linderman's Guard #2 Episode: "Chapter Nineteen '.07%'" 2008 Without a Trace Dale Kinecki Episode: "Better Angels" 2009 Criminal Minds Burt Lang Episode: "To Hell... And Back" 2010 NCIS: Los Angeles Waiter Episode: "Burned" Medium Aaron Foley Episode: "Smoke Damage" Sonny with a Chance Savage Stan Episode: "Marshall with a Chance" Desperate Housewives Ex-Con Episode: "Down the Block There's a Riot" Twentysixmiles Police Officer (2008) TV series 2011 Bones Tariq Grazdani Episode: "The Blackout in the Blizzard" Chuck Villain Episode: "Chuck Versus the Last Details" 2012 Up All Night Man at Taco Stand Episode: "Daddy Daughter Time" 2013 The Goodwin Games Prison Guard Episode: "Pilot" Ironside Large Russian Episode: "Action" 2014 How I Met Your Mother Burly Guy Episode: "Sunrise" Parks and Recreation Foreman George Episode: "The Wall" 2016 Rizzoli & Isles Hank Mills Episode: "Cops vs. Zombies" 2023 Fright Krewe Malcolm Thibodeaux (voice) Recurring cast (season 1) 2024 Creature Commandos Rupert Thorne (voice) Episode: "Priyatel Skelet"

### Music video

Year Song Artist Role 2016 "Low Life" X Ambassadors (featuring Jamie N Commons & A$AP Ferg) Bar Patron

### Video games

Year Title Role 2004 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Pedestrian / Radio Commercial 2010 Red Dead Redemption Dutch van der Linde / Nastas 2011 L.A. Noire Paul Kadarowski 2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 Dutch van der Linde

## References

1. Davis, Benjamin Byron (June 15, 2009). "Just remembered I turn 37 next Sunday! Shoulda pitched my Tom Bergins tradition to the Crew at Sunset Sundays...". No. 2175428338. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210405233949/https://twitter.com/Tooda/status/2175428338) April 5, 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 6, 2021.

1. [Benjamin Byron Davis Movies & TV](https://archive.today/20120713054609/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1389219/Benjamin-Byron-Davis), *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*

1. [*Awake*: A New Solo Show By Joe Hernandez-Kolski](http://pochojoe.com/shows/awake) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120301062617/http://pochojoe.com/shows/awake) March 1, 2012 at the Wayback Machine

1. White, Sam (2019-04-13). ["Red Dead Redemption 2 interview: The actor behind Dutch reveals all"](https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/red-dead-redemption-dutch-interview-benjamin-byron-davis). *British GQ*. Retrieved 2025-08-09.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.benjaminbyrondavis.com/)
- [Benjamin Byron Davis](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1177880/) at IMDb

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