Davidson joined the cast of The Young and The Restless back in May of 1978, and he has portrayed private investigator Paul Williams ever since. Davidson is the longest-serving current cast member on the popular daytime drama series, which just celebrated its 45th year anniversary on CBS.
Throughout his respected career in acting, Davidson was nominated for the daytime Emmy award for “Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series” four times for his work on The Young and The Restless in 2003, 2010, 2013 and 2014, where in 2013, Davidson won his first Emmy award. Davidson also received a nomination for the “Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series” Emmy award in 2011.
In addition, the Soap Opera Digest Awards honored Davidson four times: twice for “Outstanding Daytime Hero” in 1990 and 1991, and twice for “Best Supporting Actor” in 1992 and 1997, respectively.
Davidson is married to actress Cindy Fisher (who played Rebecca on The Young and The Restless in the early ’80s), and they have two children, Calyssa and Caden.
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