- Born
- Died
- Birth nameEdgar Leon Davis Jr.
- Nickname
- Chip
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Edgar was born to Olivia Deborah Davis and Edgar Leon Davis, Sr. in St. Louis. Missouri. He attended University City Senior High school (1976-80). He received a B.F.A. in Painting from the Kansas City Art Institute in K.C., Mo. (1980-84) He also received an M.F.A. in Acting from the University of Minnesota's Dept. of Theater Arts and Dance (1990-93). He now resides with his wife, Shari Cornish in Harwick, Vermont.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Edgar L. Davis / luludavis@aol.com
- SpouseShari Cornish(September 22, 1988 - November 27, 2016) (his death)
- Spent three months in the northeastern Japanese city of Sendai teaching English at Tokiwagi Gakuen, an all-girls' highschool during the spring of 1997. After returning to the U.S., he wrote a one-man show entitled Island of Mirrors chronicling his adventures. A video version of the stage play has been filmed by British director Sophie Pegrum for Vision Box Picutres.
- Both he and his wife, Shari Cornish share many coincidences: Both have an oldest sister named Diane, they are both the youngest in their families and both have an uncle and an aunt named Tony and Carolyn.
- Non-acting jobs include: movie theater projectonist, security guard, acting teacher, bouncer, doorman, grocery clerk, tour organizer, house painter, construction worker, phone sales and a nude model for college drawing classes.
- Has been cast in Suzan-Lori Parks, Pulitzer Prize winning play, Topdog/Underdog at the Highland Repetory Theater in Asheville, North Carolina, February 10-12, 2005.
- Has been cast in the roles of Belize and Mr. Lies in the Johnson State College (Johnson, Vermont) production of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize winning play, Angels in America.
- After all is said and done, more is often said than done.
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