Morgan Davies

Morgan Davies (born 27 November 2001) is an Australian actor most known for his roles in Evil Dead Rise (2023) and One Piece (2023).

Morgan Davies
Born	(2001-11-27) November 27, 2001 (age 23) Sydney, Australia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2008–present

Early and personal life

Davies grew up in Sydney's suburb Rozelle with a single mother.^[1] Davies has become an advocate for transgender rights and has publicly talked about his battles with depression as a teenager and his stage fright.^[1] He came out as transgender to a small number of close family and friends at age 13, but did not publicly come out until 2020.^[1][2]

Career

Davies began his career as a child actor at age 7, starring as Brittany in the 2008 movie Green Fire Envy.^[3]

His breakout role was in the 2010 Australian-French film The Tree, and his performance received multiple award nominations.

In 2015, he starred in and assistant directed the short film The Boyfriend Game.

He played Madeline in the 2019 Australian movie Storm Boy alongside Geoffrey Rush and Jai Courtney.

He starred in the 2020 television series The End as Oberon, a trans teen in the process of gender transition. He initially turned the role down due to not feeling comfortable playing the character while still struggling with his own gender identity, but later decided to accept the role.^[4][1]

Davies portrayed one of the main characters, the teenage boy Danny, in Evil Dead Rise, the 2023 installment of the Evil Dead franchise.^[5]

He plays the role of Koby in One Piece, the 2023 live-action adaptation of the manga of the same name.^[6]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Green Fire Envy	Brittany
2010	The Tree	Simone	[1]
2011	The Hunter	Sass Armstrong
	Julian	Cassandra	Short film
2019	Storm Boy	Madeline	[1]
2021	Beautiful They	Blue	Short film[1]
2022	Blaze	Young man	[1]
2023	Evil Dead Rise	Danny	[5]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Terra Nova	Leah Marcos	2 episodes[1]
2014	Devil's Playground	Bridie Allen	6 episodes
2017	The Girlfriend Experience	Kayla	7 episodes
2020	The End	Oberon Brennan / Titania Brennan	10 episodes[4][1]
2023–present	One Piece	Koby	Main role

As director

Year	Title	Notes
2015	The Boyfriend Game	Second assistant director; short film

Reception

Awards

Year	Media	Award	Result	Notes
2010	The Tree	AFI Young Actor Award	Nominated
		AFI Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
2011		Film Critics Circle of Australia Award– Best Supporting Actor – Female		[7]
	The Hunter	AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
2012		Film Critics Circle of Australia Award – Best Performance by a Young Actor

The Calgary Herald praised his touching performance in The Tree^[8] while Julie Bertuccelli, the director of The Tree, praised his work, calling him "terrific".^[9]