Davis got his start at an Actors, Models, and Talent for Christ (AMTC) event. Davis has done print modeling and commercials for Nike and FootLocker. Davis has had guest and recurring appearances in several notable television shows, including ''
That's So Raven, Switched at Birth, and Grey's Anatomy''. In 2011, he landed a recurring role on
BET's
The Game as Kwan Kirkland, a quarterback for the San Diego Sabers. In February 2013, it was announced that Davis was cast in a lead role on
The CW's new show
The Originals, a spinoff of
The Vampire Diaries, centered on the Original Family as they move to New Orleans, where Davis' character (a vampire named
Marcel) currently rules. In 2018, after appearing in a recurring capacity in the fourth season of the American
comedy-drama Younger, Davis was promoted to the series' main cast for its
fifth season. In March 2022 it was announced that Davis would appear in
Legacies as Marcel Gerard. Davis was in a relationship with choreographer and model Katrina Amato. However, in a September 19, 2014, episode of the CBS talk show
The Talk, he disclosed that he is "newly single". ==Filmography==