Larry Laverty

Laurence Laverty (born 1959) is an American character actor. His film roles include playing Larry Davies in The Hamiltons (2006), as well as appearances in Dead Tone (2007) and in Gus Van Sant's Elephant (2003). Laverty made television guest appearances in Judging Amy, The Practice, Breaking Vegas, Nash Bridges, and MADtv. His performance on The Tonight Show led to a number of appearances on daytime soap operas including Days of Our Lives, Passions, Port Charles, and All My Children. He is also a writer and photographer and, in 2019, published a book of photography entitled Power and Majesty: The Plight and Preservation of the African Elephant, which contains Larry's photographs from his observations of the elephants in Africa. The aim of the book is to raise awareness about and support wildlife conservation and animal welfare. In 2025, he followed up with his second book, this one observing the elephants in Asia, Magnetic: Humanity and the Asian Elephant.