Jaye Davidson

Davidson, who had no prior professional acting experience, was discovered at a wrap party for Derek Jarman's Edward II and was invited to audition for The Crying Game. He was cast in the role of Dil. The film was a critical and popular success. It is known for a surprise plot twist: a love scene in which Dil undresses and main character Fergus (played by Stephen Rea) discovers that Dil is transgender. The scene required full-frontal nudity. Rea later said, "'If Jaye hadn’t been a completely convincing woman, my character would have looked stupid'". When the film was released, Miramax requested that reviewers keep Davidson's gender a secret.

Davidson starred as Ra, an alien impersonating a god, in the 1994 science fiction adventure film Stargate. His fee was $1m, which surprised him.

For his work in The Crying Game, Davidson was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1993. Davidson also received nominations for the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actor and the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actress in 1993.

Jaye Davidson (born Alfred Amey; March 21, 1968) is an American-born British model and retired actor. He is probably best known for his role as the transgender woman Dil in the 1992 suspense-drama thriller film The Crying Game, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Among science fiction fans, he is known for his appearance in 1994's Stargate as the god-like Ra.