"Funniest Comedian PETE DAVIDSON vs ALAN DAVIES"

PETE DAVIDSON

Peter Michael Davidson (born November 16, 1993) is an American comedian, actor, writer and producer. He is a cast member on Saturday Night Live. David...

Peter Michael Davidson (born November 16, 1993) is an American comedian, actor, writer and producer. He is a cast member on Saturday Night Live. Davidson has also appeared on the MTV shows Guy Code, Wild 'n Out, and Failosophy. He has performed stand-up comedy on Adam DeVine's House Party, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and Comedy Underground with Dave Attell, and guest-starred in Brooklyn Nine-Nine. In 2020, he co-wrote and starred in the semi-autobiographical comedy-drama film The King of Staten Island. Davidson was born on November 16, 1993, on Staten Island, New York, the son of Amy (née Waters) and Scott Matthew Davidson. His father was a New York City firefighter who died in service during the September 11 attacks. He was last seen running up the stairs of the Marriott World Trade Center, just before it collapsed. His Requiem Mass was held at St. Clare's Roman Catholic Church in Great Kills, Staten Island. Davidson, then 7 years old, was profoundly affected by the loss. He told The New York Times that it was "overwhelming" and that he later acted out in school as a result of the trauma. At one point, he ripped his hair out until he was bald. In October 2016, Davidson revealed on The Breakfast Club morning radio show that he struggled with suicidal thoughts when he was younger and that the music of artist Kid Cudi saved his life. Davidson's father was predominantly of Jewish ancestry, with some distant Irish, German, and Italian roots. Davidson's mother is of mostly Irish ancestry, with some distant German roots; and he has a younger sister named Casey. He was raised Catholic. His mother works as the school nurse at Xaverian High School in Brooklyn. Davidson attended St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School, then Tottenville High School before transferring to Brooklyn's Xaverian High School, where he graduated in 2011. Following high school, he enrolled at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights. After one semester, Davidson decided to pursue a career in comedy full-time. Davidson first tried stand-up comedy at age 16 in a Staten Island bowling alley, where a group of friends, knowing of his comedy aspirations, dared him to take to the stage.

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ALAN DAVIES

Alan Roger Davies (/ˈdeɪvɪs/; born 6 March 1966) is an English stand-up comedian, writer, actor and TV presenter. He has played the title role in the...

Alan Roger Davies (/ˈdeɪvɪs/; born 6 March 1966) is an English stand-up comedian, writer, actor and TV presenter. He has played the title role in the BBC mystery drama series Jonathan Creek since 1997, and has been the only permanent panellist on the BBC panel show QI since 2003, outlasting original host Stephen Fry (2003–16), who was replaced by Sandi Toksvig upon his departure. Davies was born in Loughton, Essex, and spent his childhood years in Chingford. When Davies was six, his mother died from leukaemia and he was raised by his father. He was sexually abused by his father from age 8 to 13, as described in his book Just Ignore Him. Davies wrote that his brother and sister were turned against him. Davies identified this as making him strongly want to please others, which led him to shoplift for schoolmates, and play the joker at home. Davies attended Staples Road School in Loughton and was privately educated at the independent Bancroft's School in Woodford Green, where he gained eight O-Levels. He then moved on to Loughton College of Further Education where he gained four more O-Levels and two A-Levels (Communications & Theatre Studies). He graduated in Drama & Theatre Studies from the University of Kent in 1988, and was awarded an honorary Doctorate by the university in 2003. Davies began performing comedy in 1988 at the Whitstable Labour Club. In 1991, he was named Time Out's Best Young Comic. He continued touring and performing in the UK and Australia, winning the Edinburgh Festival Critics Award for Comedy in 1994. That show was released on video and audio cassette in 1995 as Alan Davies Live at the Lyric recorded at the Lyric Theatre as part of the Perrier Pick of the Fringe season in October 1994. A version of his show 'Urban Trauma', which ran in the West End at the Duchess Theatre and toured the UK and Australia, was shown on BBC One in 1998. In 2012, Davies planned a new tour called "Life is Pain". The title for this show came from a story he heard about a six-year-old girl being told off by her mother and responding "Life is pain". Davies said "This really made me laugh". The tour was broadcast on Dave.

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