Randy Davison

Randy Lee Davison (born May 17, 1971) is an American actor who appeared in the films The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021) as Joseph McCarthy, Mank (2020), Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea (2023), Not This Part of the World (1995), and Touch (2022). In the 1990s, Davison appeared in the television show America's Funniest People as Edith Bunker and as Senex in Boise State University's production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

Early life
Davison graduated from Capital High School and is a theatre major out of Boise State University. In 1992, Davison appeared on America's Funniest People as Edith Bunker and as Popeye being Elvis. The following year, he participated in the Irene Ryan Acting competition at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival regional conference for his monologue in the play The Four Bagger. In 1994, Davison starred as Phil in Boys' Life at BSU, tied for top honors at the Student Programs Board's stand-up comedy competition Just Another One Night Stand.

Career
Davison's journey into acting was inspired during his grade school years when he saw a boy playing a bear in the youth production of The Jungle Book and catching a performance of The Tempest in 7th grade. Early in his career, Davison co-starred in the film Not This Part of the World. Before joining SAG-AFTRA, his work experience came from being an extra on movies sets and doing voice-over projects. Davison relocated to San Diego after booking a commercial for Southwest Airlines. His acting career set him up with work at UC San Diego School of Medicine. Davison co-starred with Jayma Mays in a production of The Ruling Class at The Knightsbridge Theatre in Los Angeles, CA.

In 2017, he contributed his voice to Uncharted Regions, a radio drama by Neal Hallford featuring Gigi Edgely, John Billingsley and Larry Nemeck. Davison worked on a film called Carbon in 2018, shot in San Diego. In the 2020s, he portrayed the maitre d' of the Cafe Trocadero in Mank, Joseph McCarthy in The United States vs. Billie Holiday, a sheriff in Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea, and acted in Touch. Davison was one of the last people photographed with Tom Sizemore before his death in 2023.